United States Senate Committee on Finance

appointment of Mr. Jefferson Smith as the Junior Senator from a state in the Western part of the United States. He travels to Washington, DC, where his awe and amazement show that he is humbled and proud to serve his country. He views the senior senator from his home state as an idealistic, honest, intelligent politician and roll model. Once in Washington, Mr. Smith enters and poses a threat to party bosses that work in the Senate. He does not fall into place and become their puppet. Mr.…

The film Bulworth follows the campaign of a senator that is running for elections in the State of California. As soon as the film starts we are introduced to the high level of corruption that occurs in a political campaign or as politicians refer to it as simply campaign. By the end of the movie it is clear that the film portrays current American politics. The film makes interesting references to how race, gender and class matter when it comes to our political system. However it is also very…

not personal but motivated by a desire for the American people to weigh in on Scalia 's replacement.”v Many Republicans say they will not consider the president 's nomination and they will not meet with the candidate no matter how qualified he is. Senate leader Mitch McConnell spoke to Justice nominee Merrick Garland over the phone "and told him not to bother stopping by".vi GOP leaders say their refusal to construct a hearing on the democratic presidential nominee is not personally motivated,…

Political Polarization “The unanswered question of American politics in this era is whether our divided political system can function in times of stress” (Ezra Klein). Our political system is comprised of two parties with opposite views on important topics. When the representatives of these parties experience more constraint to vote towards their party 's stance on issues they are less likely to compromise and therefore get less accomplished. This is called political polarization. Political…

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.…

proposal. One of the main proposals was to lower taxes in an effort to reduce the feeling of a weak economy as many people perceive there to be. It was stated that many people still do not feel the effects of recovered economy despite the evidence that states it so. Another proposal he had is the concept of free community college which would be available to US citizens. This in itself would raise taxes because ultimately education is not free. Lastly another idea he explained was that of…

American” (ProCon.org). Barack Obama eventually became president in November of 2008. After doing this, he encouraged members of Congress to pass the health care reform he was proposing. He encouraged them through addresses, many speeches, and his State of the Union addresses in the years 2009 and 2010 (ProCon.org). During the 111th Congress session, both parties put forth over one hundred health care bills. Republicans voted against increasing the amount of money spent on health care. And…

legislative branches responsible for making laws and is led by congress. Congress is separated into two houses which are called the senate and the House of Representatives. The senate is based off of equal representation so each state gets two representatives. The vice president is considered…

In the book, “The Norton Mix: American History”, there are two articles regarding the Chinese exclusion act. The first article is about a democratic senate from Oregon, James Harvey Slater, who voiced his proposal in 1882 at the senate house. Slater is in favor of the Chinese exclusion and believes in white American protestant religion. Slater’s opponent is a Republican named, Robert G. Ingersoll. Ingersoll voiced his proposal eleven years later on July 1893 in the same room when Slater voiced…

remarks, Obama reveals what he wants to achieve for the nation. Obama’s ultimate goal is to try to help Americans in every possible way. He started to achieve this by becoming involved in politics. He was able to become a state senator for the state of Illinois, a United States senator representing Illinois, and the forty-fourth president of the…