United States House of Representatives

PLSI 373 Understanding California’s Political Landscape California is a Democratic state, and it looks blue. The U.S senators and congressional representatives are both Democrats. There is also a greater number in Democrats in state legislative houses and offices. Barack Obama won 61% of election vote in 2008. He went agains Republican Mitt Romney, 50-40% in November 2011. Differentiating a liberal and a conservative, it appears that the most Californian falls towards conservative.…

Complementary to the Roman Republic, the United States government has three main branches: Legislative, Judicial, and Executive. These three branches provides the balance needed to have a well run government. Red Millenium states, “Each branch of government keeps the other side in check to ensure that no one branch becomes more powerful than another” () In Rome, the Legislative branch…

It is an Island that is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea. The country is divided between Ireland and Northern Ireland, which belongs to the United Kingdom. The largest river in Ireland is the River Shannon. Ireland is also known as the Emerald Isle, because of its vast hills and plains of green. The climate consists of mild winters, cool summers and consistently humid with overcast about half…

to convey messages to people on a different level. With that being said, the government has had a hand in controlling how the industry goes about conducting it’s business and how it goes about relaying it’s messages. Two such examples are The United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948) and The Hollywood Blacklist. In the mid nineteen forties, which was also the golden age of Hollywood,…

There has long been a complex and changing relationship between Congress and the presidency. Many variables contribute to the creation of the dynamic rivalry in government. The lack of bipartisanship and the increase in partisan politics has played a key role. The current circumstances between the Congress and presidency are dysfunctional. History plays an important role in understanding the rivalry between Congress and the presidency. The framers created the enduring rivalry with the…

Bargaining has been a common occurrence in human behavior for millennia. The first systems of trade and currency relied on barter systems. Bargaining has especially been prevalent in modern Congress in the United States. Recently though, the power of bartering has faced significant obstacles. The power of “going public” has been increasing due to intense partisanship in both Congress and the American people as a whole. If this trend continues, bargaining in Congress may be a relic of the past.…

Why Three Sister Nations Need to Stay Independent Every few years, a provocative proposal emerges that challenges the identities of three sister nations: the merging of Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Although flashing with various benefits for each country, the proposition is simply outlined by award-winning economist Simon Mainwaring as, “Change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation, and consensus” (Mainwaring qutd. by BrainyQuote). This quote…

groups to have a hand in policy making without even holding a particular office themselves. Interest groups use lobbying tactics to gain influence in policy making by hiring professional advocates to argue specific pieces of legislation usually in the house…

the 15th of April in 2013 two bombs detonated near the finish line of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. What followed was five-day manhunt for the two suspects identified by the FBI. The aftermath of this event left the citizens of the United States stunned and showed that homegrown terrorists are a real and emerging threat. In order to prevent another attack, we must take a look at the Threat ID associated with bombing in Boston. It is essential to look at the timeline of events, the…

psychologically, and symbolically on its black citizens.” The United States has a long history of racial discrimination, not only by individuals, but often prescribed in law. In 1776, the original Constitution openly legitimized the foundation of slavery in three of its provisions, counting a slave as three-fifths of an individual for the goal of distributing seats in the House of Representatives. Especially in the slave holding states, this conduct permeated the administration of justice. For…