Party leaders of the United States Senate

It is always fascinating to me to see all these Congresswoman and men come from all different places, and to end up in a central spot in Washington, DC after they win their election. One of those people of Congress is Elise Stefanik. Back in 2014, she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Then, she was 30 years old. Stefanik was born on the second of July in 1984. She was born in Albany, New York. Her parents are Melanie and Ken Stefanik, who own Premium Plywood Products. This is…

When it comes to Congress careers, we mainly speak about the pursuit of reelection, the power the try to uphold and good public policy. With the pursuit of reelection, in order to come out on top lawmakers must work both sides of the spectrum. On one side you have the voters and supporters back home and on the other you have to work on creating power hungry careers on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers in the Constituency or Home Style careers fo mainly focus on giving their home base attention and those…

Chase Smith was the first woman elected to both houses of congress. Margret Chase Smith was a help to get woman into both houses and that if a woman was good in the senate that they wouldn't just be good in the senate. She was also the first woman to be…

country. During the Wendy Filibuster, all the Senate was confused as to how she managed to get such a large audience to help her out. Little did she know is that her filibuster was not going to be worth it because the governor can call individual sessions and vote on the bill either way. The law ended up passing so the filibuster was not sufficient. The filibusters give the minorities a power, and they use that power to speak out their voice in the Senate. That helps the minorities be better on…

inspired by the 33rd Vice President Henry Wallace and his battle against the democratic party bosses as America’s forgotten visionary. Through political activism and deep patriotism for…

The film Bulworth follows the campaign of a senator that is running for elections in the State of California. As soon as the film starts we are introduced to the high level of corruption that occurs in a political campaign or as politicians refer to it as simply campaign. By the end of the movie it is clear that the film portrays current American politics. The film makes interesting references to how race, gender and class matter when it comes to our political system. However it is also very…

unanswered question of American politics in this era is whether our divided political system can function in times of stress” (Ezra Klein). Our political system is comprised of two parties with opposite views on important topics. When the representatives of these parties experience more constraint to vote towards their party 's stance on issues they are less likely to compromise and therefore get less accomplished. This is called political polarization. Political polarization is the cause of…

common interests. This is one of the reasons why Madison wanted more territories, more states, and more districts in the United States to prevent having a majority and separate powers. Furthermore, he did not think democracy would efficiently work in such a large country like the United States since the territory is overly large to keep all men in politics. Democracy only efficiently worked in small states because everyone was able to participate in politics such as Athena in ancient Greece.…

proposal. One of the main proposals was to lower taxes in an effort to reduce the feeling of a weak economy as many people perceive there to be. It was stated that many people still do not feel the effects of recovered economy despite the evidence that states it so. Another proposal he had is the concept of free community college which would be available to US citizens. This in itself would raise taxes because ultimately education is not free. Lastly another idea he explained was that of…

president in November of 2008. After doing this, he encouraged members of Congress to pass the health care reform he was proposing. He encouraged them through addresses, many speeches, and his State of the Union addresses in the years 2009 and 2010 (ProCon.org). During the 111th Congress session, both parties put forth over one hundred health care bills. Republicans voted against increasing the amount of money spent on health care. And Democrats voted for public option. There was a health…