United States House of Representatives

Introduction: The United States of America is a country that has strived for a government that is by the people and for the people from day one. As a result of this desire for unbiased representation of citizen’s demands, the Legislative branch of government was formed. The Legislative branch is a “Bicameral Legislature consisting of Senate and House of Representatives.”(p53) While these two chambers serve a different constituency, the members of both House and Senate are elected directly by…

common interests. This is one of the reasons why Madison wanted more territories, more states, and more districts in the United States to prevent having a majority and separate powers. Furthermore, he did not think democracy would efficiently work in such a large country like the United States since the territory is overly large to keep all men in politics. Democracy only efficiently worked in small states because everyone was able to participate in politics such as Athena in ancient Greece.…

change. Out of the three branches of government I believe that congress needs to be reformed. As it currently stands I don’t think that it is a well-oiled working machine. That’s why I agree with Sabato when it comes to reforming the Senate and the House. First, I strongly agree that congress should be in a way “reformed”. It irritates me when I turn to various news outlets, and hear how congress is just not working in our interest. Either how in the current session there’s a deadlock and…

anything Starr found impeachable against Clinton had to be turned over with no exceptions. Clinton is solely to blame for the impeachment process to have even started. His actions caught up with him after time passed. Being the President of the United States did not help cover up his actions. Clinton, like many presidents, was often talked about and followed by the media. Although, the way independent counsel Starr represented information was dramatic did not help the negative coverage. Proving…

In Montana there is one House Representative, two senators, and one governor. Each person has a specific job that they have to do to help the state grow. For example, The House of Representatives focuses on federal laws, Senators represent their state when making new laws, and the Governor has the power to veto bills if it is for the better part of their state. Each state in America has representatives that is responsible to help the state function. Two different part groups are Democratic and…

Even though Andrew Johnson grew up on the troubled side, he would soon grow up to make an impact on the United States of America that will forever be remembered. On December 29, 1808 Andrew Johnson was born in a log cabin in Raleigh, North Carolina to his mother, Mary Polly and his father, Jacob Johnson. Andrew grew up in a rural community where he and his family struggled to make ends meet. On January 4, 1812 Andrew’s father, Jacob Johnson, drowns while trying to save the lives of his two…

significant representative institution within the whole state. It is also the most powerful out of the three branches of government. The Texas Legislature consists of a bicameral body that is organized of one hundred and fifty House of Representatives members and of thirty-one Senate members. The House of Representatives has a chief presiding officer that is known as the Speaker of the house. Speaker of the house is one of the individuals that has a powerful political figure within the state.…

Under the Articles of Confederation, written in 1777, the United States of America was in dire need of a strong centralized power and a more structured government. 55 delegates rallied to this need and started the Philadelphia Convention, where the motive was to form a better government that would meet the needs of its people. With this motive in mind, the Constitution of the United States was drafted, but there was still a long road till it was signed into law in 1788. In order to make the…

it may be possible to get rid of the effects of this paradox, therefore rendering it harmless. An example of the paradox may be slavery; the majority ruled that the minority should not have any rights at all. The Jim Crow Law, passed in 1877, gave states in the US the right to segregate between white people and colored people ("Crow Law"). Segregation as a whole is the perfect example of how majority rule may not agree with minority rights. There is no clear way to eliminate the disagreements…

Imagine sitting at a table and drafting a document that is going to govern and choose the United Stated president every four years for the rest of history. In 1787, the values and thoughts of those men were about fairness and a balance of government that they had not found being under British rule. Now as a citizen of the United States, we go into booths and either press a button or mark with a pencil who we would like to be our president or at least that is what we think. The actual process…