Party leaders of the United States Senate

made a successful career in politics. They have similar views on some issues but the small differences that set them apart are what matters. It is vital for the Democratic party to nominate the right candidate in order to win the election over the Republican candidate, Donald trump. The position of President of the United States is not one that should be taken by anyone. It is a stressful job that requires the Commander in Chief to be experienced in legislature,…

3 Branches of the Government When the founding fathers formed the Constitution they wanted a government that did not give one person too much power. In the Constitution it states that the government to separated into three different parts. Each branch has its own responsibilities and tasks they have to perform to help the country succeed and make sure its citizen’s rights are not ignored. The three branches are Legislative, Judicial, and Executive. All three branches use a system of checks and…

is designed to be made up of two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each house, however, clashes with one another, making for a broken Congress. In Hamilton and Madison’s On Congress (1788), in order to be in the House of Representatives, one “must be of the age of twenty-five years; must have been seven years a citizen of the United States; must, at the time of his election, be an inhabitant of the State he is to represent” (page 180). If these guidelines are met and one is…

The founders of the United States had many hard choices to make when deciding to “form a more perfect union” with the Constitution. They had to make a federal government that would be acceptable not only to the common people but to the naysayers as well. If they did not satisfy the needs of the people, then they would not be able to trade and be recognized as a power on the world market. The founders needed a way to convey this to the citizens of the United States and make them interested in…

lawmakers (Obama Uses Power of Appointment, Sidestepping Senate). President Obama has stated that "Senators had blocked or refused to consider the confirmations of the nominees for various reasons, including questions about their qualifications" (Obama Uses Power of Appointment, Sidestepping Senate). In the nomination fight over Mr. Cole, President Obama 's nomination of whom to install as the deputy attorney general for the Justice Department, the Senate 's Democrats tried to confirm the…

21: Section 1: Repeals the 18th amendment (alcohol is now legal again) Section 2: This gives the State the right to regulate alcohol within its own border Section 3: This amendment would become void if 3/4 of states did not ratify it within 7 years. 22: Section 1: This limits the president to two terms (excluding Harry S Truman…

dissatisfaction with the Bush administration led to more than two dozen Democrats taking control of seats in the House of Representatives in 2006. This victory elevated Representative Nancy Pelosi, a liberal, to House Speaker. In the Senate, Harry Reid, became majority leader, as the Democrats were able to win a slim majority with 49 seats, plus two independents who joined the caucus. The combination of these victories concluded unified Republican control of Congress. In the two months that…

population in small states. The framers of the constitution chose an electoral college over direct election of the president because the latter would connect executive…

and a supermajority was needed to pass. The seat was soon filled and that put the plan back into action. In the House of Representatives the bill goes on to the Senate with a 219 Democrat vote and 1 Republican for the Affordable Health Care for America Act, with a 39 Democrat and 176 Republican vote against it. When the bill went to the Senate it lacked the 60th vote needed to pass. However, they took a different route by using the budget reconciliation only needing 51 votes to pass. It was…

Joseph Paine. Senator Paine suggests to Mr. Smith that he should create a bill to keep him occupied. As Mr. Smith creates his bill with the help of his secretary Saunders, they stumble upon an inconvenience. Mr. Jefferson sees the corruption within the Senate, and tries to fight against them while they frame him of being corrupt. Mr. Smith doesn’t give up until his body can’t go anymore, thus…