United States Senate

the president of the united states.The president is the head of the executive branch. He or she can serve a limit of two terms lasting 4 years each as stated by the 22nd amendment. After the first term, the president has to campaign again and win in order to serve a 2nd term. The requirements to run for president is to be at least 35 years or older and have resided in the United State for the last 14 years. Their is no educational requirement to be president of the United states. The president…

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…

Hailey’s paper. If you do then you will learn about Marco Rubio. Marco Rubio was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2010 and began his term representing Florida the following year. He wanted the Republican Party’s nomination in the U.S. presidential election of 2016. Rubio’s parents left their Cuba in 1956, during the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship, and moved to the United States. The family settled in Miami, Florida, where Marco Rubio was born on May 28, 1971. His family later…

Article 1 The Legislative Branch of the United States has a very important role in our government. The structure of our Congress is bicameral which means it has two chambers, a Senate and House of Representatives. Those are also the two parts of the Legislative Branch government. The Senate consists of one hundred members which means that there are two from each of the fifty states. Anyone can run for senate member as long as they meet the requirements. The person running for this office…

My topic of interest is gender difference in US Congress voting on child welfare laws. This is an important issue because legislators greatly impact our society and how it runs. In the past several decades, the amount of female legislators has significantly increased, holding around 15-20 percent of seats in Congress. Is the increasing inclusion of women in government changing the laws of our country? Will women’s issues be more prevalent in Congress? How will this change in the demographics of…

constitution gave the president under Acritical II Of the United States Constitution, the power to be Commander and Chief of the United States arms forces as well as chief diplomat. As Chief diplomat and the figure head of the nation the citizens expect the president to create laws and regulate laws in the greater beneficial of America foreign or domestic. But as important as the president is in policy making. It has to share its power with the United States Congress. They have a symbiotic…

which position carry more power or are they equal? Congress is made up of 535 people, 100 from the U.S. Senate and 435 from the House of Representatives. The qualification for each are different but they are very from are kind of similar. To be in the U.S. Senate you must be “30 years of age, a citizen of the United States for 9 years, and at the time of election, be a resident of the state” (Tim…

of state agencies. The term limits did not give the legislatures enough time to gain experience (Jacobs, P. 1990). The California term limits were changed in 2012 by Proposition 28. The new law would only apply to those elected for the first time after 2012. It stated that people could be in office for a total 12 years, that could be in either House or just one. That law helps the people in the Assembly to gain experience and stay there for twelve years, not the original six, and the Senate to…

1) The Senate?s main leadership positions is Lt. Governor as well as the second formal leader of the Majority Party who is the President Pro Tem of the Senate. The Lt. Governor is considered the ?President? of the Missouri Senate and is able to cast the final vote in the event of a tie in Senate. The Lt. Governor is elected separately from the Governor by a statewide election. The President Pro Tem of the Senate is chosen by the Majority Party but elected by the Senate members. The House of…

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…