United States Senate

The fear of a powerful central government was what led to the Articles of Confederation. Confederation is best defined as a political system in which states or regional governments keep ultimate authority except for those powers they expressly delegated to a central government. The Articles of Confederations actually ended up creating a weak central government. Even though the Article of Confederations…

Article 1 MLA Citation: TACKETT, MICHAEL. "Republicans’ ‘Tough Cycle’ Now Spreads to Senate." The New York Times, 11 Jan. 2018. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/republicans-having-difficulty-recruiting-senate-candidates.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fpolitics Journal Entry: On January 14, 2018, Kevin Reamer, a Republican from North Dakota, said that he would not challenge Heidi Heitkamp, the Democratic incumbent senator, in the 2018 midterm elections. Although…

When Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States, I personally, believed that he had little chance of winning and as I addressed in my book, “On the Shoulders of Greatness,” he wasn’t my original choice for President. I was and continue to be a big supporter of Hillary Clinton because I believe she is a strong, extremely qualified and extraordinary woman. Her strengths and capabilities have been reflected on so many levels in both her personal life and in her…

are informed about our own constitution, but there are many other countries in the world that use numerous kinds of government. One that stands out based on recent events is the country of Brazil. In this paper, I will compare and contrast the United States Constitution to Brazil’s. There are plenty of similarities, as well as differences between these two constitutions. I will focus on how the two constitutions handle the impeachment of their leaders. At first glance, the Brazilian and…

the United States reads, “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the president of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States.” (Cullop) In Article II Section 3…

The United States government is comprised of three main branches of government; the executive, legislative and judicial branch. Every branch has a specific function that contributes to the system in its entirety. The executive branch is headed by the President of the United States and implements and enforces laws which are created by the legislative branch. The judicial branch interprets laws and determines their constitutionality. The legislative branch creates laws, a power granted through the…

at possibly the most controversial scandal in recent memory. On January 7, 1999, for the second time in United States history the Senate began impeachment proceedings against a sitting president. William Jefferson Clinton (Bill Clinton), the 42nd President of the United States of America, was impeached in the House of Representatives on December 19, 1998; and then later acquitted after a Senate trial on February 12, 1999. This event would have repercussions that still ripple in American…

Thomas O’Neill “Tip O’Neill” Jr. was an American politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S. He was a democrat and had a very heavy influence on the House of Representatives with his 34 years of service. He represented the Northern part of Boston, Massachusetts. He also served as Speaker of the House for 10 years (1977-1987) making him the second longest serving speaker. Thomas O’Neill was born in the area of North Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 9, 1912. He was the…

within both of the chambers of Congress, The House of Representatives and the Senate. First and foremost, the two chambers vary within size and term lengths, the House has 435 congressmen with two-year terms and the Senate has 100 Senators with six year terms. Both chambers have different rules and procedures to pass bills through. The House is the “peoples party” and in session, Monday through Thursday whereas the Senate operates less formally and in accordance to their calendar they convene…

grounds of “Treason, Bribery, and other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” (US Const. art. II, sec. 4). This power is further detailed in Article I Sections 2 and 3. It gives sole power of impeachment to the House of Representatives and details that the Senate has the power to try all impeachments. The power of impeachment is a fantastic example of the philosophy that no man is above the law. The power of impeachment was written into the Constitution to insure the law is upheld and obeyed by even…