Senate

Northeastern High School Motto, “Achievement, Respect, Leadership, and Opportunity,” is similar to the ethics I live my life by. All of these aspects are important qualities in anyone who strives to be an effective leader. If chosen to be a student senate member, I promise to demonstrate these aspects and more. I believe in pushing myself to achieve the maximum both academically and athletically. Throughout my middle school career, I have discovered that in order to achieve success you must…

to increase diversity. Many students at UC Berkeley did not agree with governor Jerry Brown to sign Senate Bill 185 to consider race, gender, ethnicity, and national geographic origin in the admission process. The Berkeley Bake Sale was a successful way in grabbing the…

class and income inequality including the Middle Class Success Act as well as the Middle Class Opportunity Acts of 2007 and 2009. Upon discussing this with her and hopefully if she takes it with her to the Senate floor to introduce it to the rest of the Senate. Once it is introduced into the Senate, then it…

“Enemies from Within” speech, Joseph McCarthy became a sensation. McCarthy’s approval ratings skyrocketed, gaining a huge national following, becoming the most popular senator overnight. For a few months, McCarthy stood unopposed. Although many in the Senate disliked McCarthy’s actions, with McCarthy’s shocking popularity…

of the aristocracy, and a lower chamber, the House of Commons, filled with representatives of the ordinary people. The second reason the framers' emphasis on the idea of checks and balances. By dividing legislative power between the House and the Senate, the two chambers would serve as checks against each other's authority, preventing a major tyranny. The final reason is the small states, afraid of losing influence in the new government, demanded that representation in Congress be awarded on an…

complexity, is a well-defined progression of popular representation within the government. The Struggle of the Orders represents a point in which democracy seems to begin to limit the power of the senate. In 494 B.C.E. when the Plebeians threatened to secede from Rome and establish their own state, the Senate was forced to establish the Tribune of the Plebs; a body of Plebeians representative of the popular interests. Tribunes possessed the authority of the absolute veto except in the area of…

consists of congress, senate, and the House of Representatives. This governing body is in charge of writing and making bills into laws. The senate has a total of a hundred elected and with two being from each state. Senators serve a six year term and can be re-elected multiple times. The house of representatives has 435 voting representatives. The amount of representatives from each state is based on the state’s population. The House of Representatives, similar to the senate can also be…

necessary to divide it in two; thus establishing the House of Representatives and the Senate. In class, there was a discussion on The Federalist…

stopped. He sided with the Senate to fight Caesar. The Senate gave Pompey the power to fight Caesar. Pompey asked Caesar to meet him alone. Of course Caesar knew Pompey would have an army and would most likely try to kill him. So Caesar brought an army of his own. This should be honored because he wasn’t going down without a fight. After a vicious fight Caesar beat Pompey and returned to Rome. “His increasing power was met with envy, concern and angst in the Roman Senate,”(Biography 1). Once…

In order to execute and enforce this objective, they propose legislation and provide legislative oversight. Due to its importance, this committee is present in both the House and Senate (GovTrack). The primary focus of this research paper will be the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The origins of the Senate Intelligence Committee can be traced back to the Watergate Scandal (Senate.gov). It began in 1973 with the revelation that, “...the executive branch had directed national…