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forward their agenda. Education is a window to future careers; children and young adults should have access to educational services and/or financial aid no matter what income threshold their families come from. According to the tape "House Support for Senate Budget Unlikely" funding for schools were the center of contention between the two houses because the House wants to…

mother’s milk of politics, negotiate visibility, politics has a “chit economy”, so keep track, reputations are permanent, and don’t let em get to you”. In the United States, the Congressional Leadership consists of Senate (upper house) and House of Representatives (lower house). The Senate has one hundred members, that includes two from each state. They serve six year terms, and one third of the total of members are up for election every two years. The House of Representatives have four hundred…

reforms of Tiberius Gracchus in the 1st century BCE and therefore his conflict with the senate. These lead to political upheaval and the eventually, the demise of the Roman republic. His radical reforms directly or indirectly changed the economic, social and political landscape of Rome. The causes and consequences of this will be explored in this essay, as well as how the the conflict between Tiberius and the Senate affected Rome. The main factors in making Tiberius´s reforms posible were the…

there are 150 single-member seats with preferential voting (Find source). However in the Senate (upper house), there is a single-transferable proportional vote (STV) for each multi-member state (Find source). The proportional representation electoral system is believed to, according to Duverger’s Law, lead to a multi-party system (Find source). Despite this, the Australian House of Represenatives and the Senate is still dominated by two parties- Australian Labor Party and the Coalition.…

SPQR is a Latin acronym short for Senatus Populusque Romanus. Senatus Populusque Romanus means The Senate and People of Rome in English. At first, this only included patricians, who were of higher power or class, but when democracy made its way in Rome, the meaning of Populus gradually changed to include the general public as well. It is most probably the longest lasting acronym in the history of the world (Beard, 10). Those letters were stamped all over Rome, and it shows how important the…

families of the men in the Senate. As the Patricians elected who takes the seat of a consul, the actions of the consuls were representative to the needs of the Patrician class and ignored the needs of the lower class plebeians. Plebeians had gained more representation through a unoffical body called the Concilium Plebis. The Concilium Plebis was a group of plebeian officials called Tribunes who safeguarded the interests of the plebeians and negotiated with the consuls and the Senate. Rome’s law…

evaluate the role of both the Senate and individual equestrians under the Julio-Claudian emperors. I will investigate Augustus’ granting of rights to equestrians that permitted them to enter Egypt and Arminius being an equestrian in his youth, Tiberius’ attitude and role in treason trails and the role of Sejanus, Gaius’ relationship with the Senate, Claudius’ actions towards the Senate and his promotion of equestrians, and finally Nero’s relationship with the Senate and the role…

Augustus formalized the government according to the fact “The government was formalized in 23 B.C.E, When the Senate Augustus. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation. Augustus. Reproduced by permission of the Corbis Corporation gave Augustus enormous control over the army foreign policy, and legislation” (Augustus Biography). Before he formalized the government, Augustus went to the senate to tell him that he is going to bring back the people and rule of Rome. Later the senate’s give…

on the issue time will be clear to interfere, however the issue will be certainly resolved by the government. For the purpose of resolving such issues the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate were created. The Texas House of Representatives, known as the lower house, and the Texas Senate, known as the upper house, are what compose the legislative bicameral section of the United States Congress. The way both sections are structured can be compared through their composition and…

Rome, the people were granted representation in government. The government was separated into three sectors, elected magistrates, senate, and popular assemblies. The elected magistrates are civil officers with varying degrees of power, the powers starting with dictators on the top, below the dictator follows, censor, consul, curule, aedile, and finally praetors. The senate was made up of elite and veteran politicians appointed by the consuls and censors, and they were tasked with serving as…