Party leaders of the United States Senate

“When it comes to women, preventive care should include coverage of contraceptive services such as birth control,” declared President Obama. Two years ago the President of the United States delivered a speech to both Houses of Congress and the world announcing that the new Affordable Care Act would require businesses to provide contraception in addition to basic health insurance to all of its employees. Mixed feelings spread across the nation, and it became clear that the act was either a step…

We the people of the United States of America created a constitution that is the law of the land and has been for the past 234 years. However, this document was created during a time that was very unlike the modern world. Due to the differences in the world that the founding fathers lived in they made a grave mistake that has yet to reprimanded in the all powerful document controlling the country. The mistake that the country’s forefathers made was the installation and the henceforth…

1. a) Just as a democracy should be, Congress is empowered by the people. The House of Representative members have always been elected by the people and as of 1913 when the Seventeenth amendment passed, so is the Senate. In the Constitution, Congress is given specific powers called enumerated powers that are appointed only to this part of the government. Also in Section 1 Article 8 is the elastic clause. This clause gives Congress the power make any necessary and proper laws to carry out its…

For over two hundred thirty years, the United States of America has thrived on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as set forth in the Declaration of Independence. It is these same values which American voters attempt to illuminate, keep, and prolong. Congress, however, can create laws which block those same values our founders laid down. America’s job is to prevent that from happening by electing people to represent them in government. The people vote for those whom they think will best…

legislative branches responsible for making laws and is led by congress. Congress is separated into two houses which are called the senate and the House of Representatives. The senate is based off of equal representation so each state gets two representatives. The vice president is considered…

Club In the fall of 2013, the United States Congress was unable to pass the fiscal budget for the year. The result of this was a government shutdown, that caused non-essential workers to be sent home, national parks were closed to the public and government programs were subject to temporally losing funding. The atmosphere in Washington, D.C. was one of indignation and outrage. The Democrats and Republicans refused to work together to find a solution. Well, the parties’ men refused to work…

The year of 2016 is quite unique because it holds so many monumental moments for the United States during the presidential race . This year every registered voter in America gets to take part in choosing the next president of the United States. The race for president in 2016 has already held so many surprises and it still has more to come. It is quite common for candidates to come from similar backgrounds, qualities, and political experience. Except, from the pool of candidates this year the…

trying to decide on whether a single person, a council of leaders, a president for life, or three executives should be leader of the country. They decided on the system we have today, where three branches keep each other in check. While the executive branch is the head, the other two branches serve to monitor it and keep it from…

moreover, left the political parties and Congress occupied with issues that did not necessarily pertain to the daily dealings of the working class. An immense mainstream of the national leadership could be considered as political second-rates. Many political machines made good use of their financial authority to buy their way into governorships and the United States Senate. In the years of the Gilded Age, 1876-1900, Congress was noted for being disorderly…

filibuster and why is it regarded as an obstacle to legislation? In the United States, there is a process that all bills must go through before being enacted into law. This process begins when a member of congress proposes a bill in either the house or the senate. Once a bill is introduced, it will be transferred to a standing committee and eventually to a subcommittee. These committees will then send the bill back to the house or the senate with a written report. Then, the bill is issued to a…