Senate

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…

A few of them include presiding over the daily sessions of the Senate, keep order in the chamber, to state all the parliamentary motions, rule on all parliamentary questions, appoint committee chairs and members, refers bills to the committee, sign the writs and warrants, and they act as the main spokesperson for the House or for the Assembly. The Senate President Pro Templore is the second highest official, after the vice-president. Most of the time, the…

first of four terms he would serve as mayor. In 1991, he was elected to Vermont’s U.S. House of Representatives where he remained until being elected as a U.S. Senate in 2007. Since being in the Senate he has done many things to focus on bettering the economy. His focus has been on American middle class and serving as chairman of the Senate Committee passing a reform for the VA health care system. He also serves on the Environment and Public Works Committee, is a member of the Energy and…

Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, a very highly debated topic in today's news with the upcoming 2016 election. The two candidates are complete opposites whatever one thinks the other thinks the total opposite. From all of their statements and views that have been told, I along with millions of other Americans believe that Hillary will be a better president. First, Clinton would be a much better Chief Executive because she has seen the job done first hand from her lying, cheating husband, Bill…

This was the first bayonet fight of World War Two. The battalion later found him still alive throwing grenades at the German enemy. This is one of the many stories of soldiers in the 442nd battalion. Soldiers just like Kim wanted to prove that Asian Americans cared just as much about their country as any active citizen in the United States. Even though their government and country distrusted them, the 442nd battalion went far and beyond what was expected of any soldier. In the end the Battalion…

Hughes H-4 Hercules, commonly known as the “Flying Boat” or “spruce goose” was, and still is, the largest wooden aircraft ever designed and flown5. It holds the record for having the biggest wing with a span of 320 feet, which could cover an entire football field2. Henry Fraiser was the man who first proposed the idea of the enormous flying boat based on the demand for a transport plane to support the activities of the US military during World War 24. Frasier approached the famous aircraft…

the Senate Banking Committee and Federal Officials to determine the level of participation of its senior leadership. The investigations will determine that Senior Leadership played a major role in creating an environment and encouraging a culture that defrauded customers and increased profits. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) determined that they were secretly opening multiple accounts without their customer’s knowledge. CFPB estimated that Wells Fargo employees opened…

1. All six topics were equally important, which made it difficult to single out one most important. After hearing the debate from both presidential candidates, Mrs. Hillary Clinton and Mr. Donald Trump, I have decided the fitness to be a president would be the most important topic. To my belief, the president of the United States is a representative for the nation’s people. The president also greatly influences the other five topics that will greatly affect the people. The president’s actions…

from the bill to make it more effective. This is an important part of moving the bill up in legislation. The fourth step is having the bill be discussed on the floor between the House and the Senate. During this process the pros and cons of the bill are thoroughly discussed. This is when the House and Senate vote on if the bill should continue on. The fifth step is the bill being sent to a Conference Committee to be discussed. When the bill makes it here, it is discussed and written up within…

“The standing committees are permanent bodies with specific responsibilities spelled out in the Senates official rules.” The select committees are made up for certain reasons. They could be used for investigating presidential campaigns, like the Watergate Scandal in 1973. Today the joint committees are used for “studies” or “housekeeping functions”…