Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Congressional fundraising is unhealthy for the United States political system. Congressional fundraising encourages politicians to focus more on telemarketing rather than leading the people. It’s a demeaning process for the politicians, and the process takes an exorbitant amount of time out of the politician’s schedule. By supporting the David Jolly’s Stop Act, creating a group of financial consultants and removing limits on donations…

responsibilities of proper conduct for our government officials and representatives. The United States House Committee on Ethics was created in 1967 to “enforce standards of conduct for members, officers, and employees; to investigate alleged violations of any law, rule or regulation; and to make recommendations to the House for further action” (Committe History). Former sheriff of Mahoning County Ohio, James Traficant was elected to the House in 1985. During his nine terms of srvice,…

Mission: NAACP What is the group's mission? The mission of the NAACP is simply to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality for all people regardless of the race. The NAACP’s mission is to end racial discrimination in several aspects (NAACP.ORG). What causes do its members support? The members of the NAACP support several causes such as the following: • Criminal Justice: The NAACP understands the imminent risk of criminals and therefore recommends for smarter criminal…

the issues the United States was facing at that time. He said that although the war has came to an end, but still there is no peace in country because of Cold war. 2. According to my understanding; another important point of this document is the McCarthy’s personal opinion under which he says that State Department which is the most important department of United State government is infested by Communists. Through this personal opinion, McCarthy is criticizing the all members of State Department.…

To properly answer this question, we first have to identify what exactly the founding fathers vision actually was. Now, we obviously can't say for certain, as they lived over two hundred years ago, but we can formulate an educated guess by examining quotes from the founding fathers, their actions, and the constitution itself. Although, even in their quotes, the founding fathers do seem to contradict each other, as well as occasionally themselves. However, amongst the other contradictory and some…

importantly, like President Trump today, how to rally them to achieve her objectives. Although no states ratified the ERA after 1977 several states “un-ratified” the ERA between 1974 and 1979. Geng Chunling in a 2012 article that appeared in the Canadian Social Science journal wrote that: “The ERA proponents needed 38 states to ratify, while she needed only 13 nonratifying states to win”. Chunling states that Schlafly’s arguments as including, “women would join men as combat soldiers, and that…

function of a filibuster is used for educating and preparing the people of the United States for change. William F Hildenbrand, former Secretary of the United States, Senate states “The one way a bad bill can be stopped is a way of calling public attention to a bill. Without it the minority side here, would be steam rolled. If you ever take away the filibuster I think the people would be the losers.” Although states a rather convincing point for the pro filibuster side, there are several…

the beginning of American politics, has had many negative and positive effects on elections, politics, and parties. In a famous court case, Baker v. Carr, the lack of enforcement of gerrymandering regulation in the states was brought to the attention of the federal courts. Specific states, such as Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Nebraska, have all felt the impact of gerrymandering in different ways. Most recently in the 2016 election, redistricting has continued to play a crucial part in election…

following correlation between Aristotle's mixed state and the Constitution of 1787(of America.) More precisely, how the Constitution of 1787 can be seen as a implementation of Aristotle’s mixed state. Three examples will be shown to demonstrate three elements of the mixed state. These three elements are the monarchist component, the aristocratic component, and the democratic component. Monarchy starts off as our first component to the mixed state. The president is a great example of some…

If the United States government was designed to be the best for the people, why does it cause so many problems in the lives of the citizens today? In the papers today it is uncommon to not find some article talking about some issue that is going on in politics. The government has lost many of the original principles that the Founding Fathers had in place to make sure the government’s main goal was to keep the country good and safe for the people. Problems facing the government today are what has…