Minnesota House of Representatives

1. What is the specific social problem you are investigating? Why does this constitute a social problem? (Connect to class content. For example: who is impacted, objective & subjective conditions, elements of harm.) I chose to research the repeal of Minnesota’s Sunday liquor sale ban. This constitutes as a social problem because there is clear and collective awareness of this problem, it affects a large group of people (respective to Minnesota), political action has transpired through the creation of numerous bills, there has been many years of discussion on what should be done and why, and a large group of people have shown strong emotion to support their opinion through websites, articles, blogs, and petitions. The social problem of Minnesota’s Sunday liquor sale ban is both subjective and objective. The subjective aspects of this…

liability for leaving certain animals unattended in or removing certain individuals or animals from a motor vehicle. This act will allow a person to remove a vulnerable individual or a domestic animal from a vehicle without the fear of criminal prosecution or civil action. Also, SB 188 – Uresti – Relating to civil or criminal liability for transporting in, confining in, or removing from a motor vehicle certain animals, is very similar. There are two similar bills submitted in the House of…

The Difference Between the House and Senate In order to be in The House of Representative, you must be 25 years of age and also a U.S citizen for at least seven years. In order to become a Senator you must be 30 years of age , and been a U.S citizen for the past nine years . The election is usually held in November among the people in the U.S. The House is mainly 435 members and the Senate is 100 members , they both have odd number of people in there group. The House members usually…

Senate and the House. First, I strongly agree that congress should be in a way “reformed”. It irritates me when I turn to various news outlets, and hear how congress is just not working in our interest. Either how in the current session there’s a deadlock and nothing is getting done. Even worse is when there is a scandal, such as corruption. I…

estimated that this year alone there is over four hundred in additional TIF funding is floating around. A concerted effort is being made by Senate Majority Leader Flynn Currie along with twenty-three co-sponsors including Mary E. Flowers, Arthur Turner, Elgie R. Sims Jr. to enact this bill. Supporters In addition, to Barbara Flynn Currie supporters of this bill include, a number of Chicago lawmakers, Ald. Carlos Ramirez, and Teachers Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey. Ramirez is the lead…

Obesity has been a growing concern in most counties over the past decades. Obesity has made the astonishing jump from affecting 857 million to 2.1 billion people from the 1980’s to 2013 (The Lancet). The numbers of overweight and obese citizens is starting to become a norm in most societies around the world. The United States is one of the countries that are trying to decrease this growing concern. Where/who do individuals look for the source of this epidemic? There have been no countries in the…

have a lot of connections with the right wing nationalist organization, the Rising Peace Academy. Among them, the anime especially highlights a connection between a politician whose election poster resembles that of Abe Shinzo. Although the anime used Democratic Liberal Party for fictional name of the government party instead of the real name of Abe Shinzo’s government party, Liberal Democratic Party, the similarity between the two names demonstrates that the anime is clearly accusing both Abe…

third party since before the 1900’s. There are many reasons why third party candidates haven’t won an election since before the 1900’s. One major reason that third party candidates don’t win the presidency is due to the restrictive ballot access laws. The reason that this is such a factor is because states write there on rules for a candidate making the ballot. They often write the ballot rules to allow only two parties to dominate the ballots, and often as know this is likely to be the…

In the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, it states that local governments are a matter for the state law and not the federal law. It is because of this that the states have developed a wide range of structures and systems for local governments. The United States Census Bureau has identified four different types of local government systems. The first one is a county government, which are authorized in state constitutions and statutes. Then there are town or township governments,…

Is Andrew Jackson a Hero, or a Villain? “One man with courage makes a majority." This quote by Andrew Jackson perfectly portrays the life, the character, and the overall Presidency of Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson became the seventh President of United States of America on March 4, 1829 and served two terms until March 3, 1837. During this time frame, Mr. Jackson completely revolutionized the Presidency of the United States by winning the popular vote, and by being the direct representative…