United States Senate

The Electoral College is outdated and needs to be changed. In the United States our founding fathers devised a system, like none other, to elect the president. Through an indirect vote of the people. What this means is that people don’t actual vote for the president. They vote for electors that then vote for their pledged candidate. So for example, I vote for Trump in the election. I am not actually voting for Trump directly. I am actually voting for an elector that is pledged to vote for Trump…

when the Senate of the United States is in recess. However, vacancies in governmental positions do appear and need appointment. Since the Senate cannot carry out the task while in recess, Article II of the Constitution gives the president the “power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session.” The president has the “sole authority” to temporarily fill such positions without Senate…

filibuster and why is it regarded as an obstacle to legislation? In the United States, there is a process that all bills must go through before being enacted into law. This process begins when a member of congress proposes a bill in either the house or the senate. Once a bill is introduced, it will be transferred to a standing committee and eventually to a subcommittee. These committees will then send the bill back to the house or the senate with a written report. Then, the bill is issued to a…

pleasure. The Island of Luana is a place where people can come to be happy and to enjoy life. Just like any other island people come here to get away from reality and have a nice vacation. We have fought for many years to not be a part of the United States and to able to call it our own island. Luana is a very big Island, the size of Texas and Oklahoma put together. This island has many things that need to be done to it. The government is not very good and we have to vote on establishing a…

houses of the United States. The lower house of United States Congress with 435 popular elected officials which is often called representative body of federal government. The United States congress is made together with the House of Representatives and Senate, which identify their individual districts in their own state. The main role of this house is basically to vote and pass the laws. The arrangement and powers of the house are established in the United States constitution. Each U.S state is…

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…

The Constitution of the United States does not leave room for democratic rule. There are several instances that indicate that this statement is true, some are: the Electoral College in the selection of a President, the ratio of citizens to Senators, and the President’s judicial appointment of Supreme Court Justices. The rules set forth in the Constitution do not constitute a democracy because the weight of each vote varies. The Senate is one of the two sections in the Legislative Branch of our…

power, must, by the arrangement of things, power checks power” . The establishment fundamental features for any state or country is to elaborate a strong structure for its powers. The theory depends on organizing the relationships between the public authorities in order to control and discomfit the tyranny that could be overtaken by the government , and ensure the stability to the state. The governmental powers are divided into three main branches: legislative, executive and judicial. All these…

United States congress is a bicameral legislature with a lower chamber known as the House of Representatives and the higher being known as the Senate. Congress men and women have various rights and privileges to help them serve the nation the best way possible. Congress checks on the courts and on the President. The constitution gives very broad powers to the congress “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States” (Politics in America) The founding…

corruption of politics during the gilded age. A young Midwestern man named Smith is voted into a Senate seat where he tried to pass a bill for a boy’s camp. Incidentally the location of the camp was in the same location the other Senator from his state, Senator Paine, wanted to build a dam. The issue over the land caused an argument to ensue between the two Senators. The argument took place within the Senate and took multiple days to resolve. Capra illustrated in the beginning of the movie the…