United States Senate Committee on Finance

Congress is made up the House of Representatives and senate. The house of representatives currently has four hundred and thirty five members. The number of representatives per state are decided by the population of the state. Member of the house of representative are up for election every two year meaning they are always “campaigning”. Representatives tend to keep closer relationships to their constituents so they are aware of their current needs. This leads them to focus on legislation which…

Malyvanh Chanthavong Professor Hamner SOC 101-80 19 December 2016 FINAL EXAM When comparing and contrasting Housing and Urban Development, Red Cross and International Committee of the Red Cross, surprisingly the three organizations are similar in a way, but also have some differences as well. First, to start off HUD is a United States government agency created in 1965 to support community development and home ownership. As opposed to The American Red Cross also known as American National Red…

What was the Connecticut Compromise? The Connecticut compromise was an agreement that was formed during the constitutional convention. This agreement grants states equal representation in the senate, and the House of Representatives. It was a result of a disagreement of how much representation each state should have within congress. Before the Connecticut compromise an agreement was finally agreed upon when delegate roger Sherman suggested a two chambered congress. This resulted in the House of…

to remain fickle in certain areas to maintain the advantage of possessing the trait of listening to what the populace wants, even if it is against the beliefs of the politician in office. This is not the case, however, with the former Secretary of State. Her stances changing frequently, voting on bills that are against her alleged beliefs, and constantly jumping on bandwagons that are statements Mr. Sanders has been saying for years, are mere examples of the fact there is a difference between a…

The Senate is the upper house in Canada’s bicameral parliamentary democracy. It is argued that the Senate in Canadian Parliament should be abolished due to many reasons. In my opinion, however, I believe we should keep the Senate, but reform it. Ever since Canada is formed as a country, the Senate has existed in the parliament; it has already become a part of Canadian history and holds a lot of significance. The Senate has contributed to the society a lot, even though unnoticeably. It regularly…

3.) Unfortunately, Mr. Smith as many vulnerabilities. First, we could look at his race as an African American male. Mr. Smith is also a farmer whom never graduated from high school. This makes Mr. Smith vulnerable due to lower income status. Mr. Smith also lives in a rural community in which access to health care may be scares or not available to him. Lastly, being an African American male with hypertension and history of mild strokes, places him at great risk of death. This in return may put in…

It is always fascinating to me to see all these Congresswoman and men come from all different places, and to end up in a central spot in Washington, DC after they win their election. One of those people of Congress is Elise Stefanik. Back in 2014, she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Then, she was 30 years old. Stefanik was born on the second of July in 1984. She was born in Albany, New York. Her parents are Melanie and Ken Stefanik, who own Premium Plywood Products. This is…

When it comes to Congress careers, we mainly speak about the pursuit of reelection, the power the try to uphold and good public policy. With the pursuit of reelection, in order to come out on top lawmakers must work both sides of the spectrum. On one side you have the voters and supporters back home and on the other you have to work on creating power hungry careers on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers in the Constituency or Home Style careers fo mainly focus on giving their home base attention and those…

Chase Smith was the first woman elected to both houses of congress. Margret Chase Smith was a help to get woman into both houses and that if a woman was good in the senate that they wouldn't just be good in the senate. She was also the first woman to be…

country. During the Wendy Filibuster, all the Senate was confused as to how she managed to get such a large audience to help her out. Little did she know is that her filibuster was not going to be worth it because the governor can call individual sessions and vote on the bill either way. The law ended up passing so the filibuster was not sufficient. The filibusters give the minorities a power, and they use that power to speak out their voice in the Senate. That helps the minorities be better on…