United States Senate

is designed to be made up of two houses: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each house, however, clashes with one another, making for a broken Congress. In Hamilton and Madison’s On Congress (1788), in order to be in the House of Representatives, one “must be of the age of twenty-five years; must have been seven years a citizen of the United States; must, at the time of his election, be an inhabitant of the State he is to represent” (page 180). If these guidelines are met and one is…

movements in the United States. The concepts analyzed will further develop how Tammy Baldwin is an impactful influence on Communication and culture. In recent time women have made huge stepping stones and have outgrown stereotypes. But still women face discrimination in the workforce, whether it being they are not competent enough or other excuses. In the case of Tammy Baldwin a women who has reached many goals she still has to face hardships due…

making permanent tax cuts for the benefit of American citizens. Sessions is also a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, where he is responsible for confirming federal judges who are dedicated to strictly following the law (“Senator Jeff Sessions”). He also serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he strongly supports installing major defense systems in Alabama. Sessions also serves on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which helps him create policies that reduce…

In the United States Congress there are currently 20 women who are serving as senators. The woman that was first elected as a senator and made history in the United States is Debbie Stabenow, who is the senator for the state of Michigan, and part of the Democratic Party. Senator Stabenow is passionate about many issues like saving the lakes in Michigan, and making healthcare affordable for everyone, but she in not passionate about the immigration issue and fixing the immigration problems that…

of Conscience” in order to make the Senate and President Truman re-evaluate their positions on a speech made four months prior. In February of 1950, fellow Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy accused 205 members of the State Department of being communist traitors to the United States government. His accusations caused fear, mistrust, and hatred among the senators. Through her speech a few months later, Smith set the record straight and encouraged the Senate to regain “basic principles of…

up for a vote in the Senate. But now, the civil rights bill had been approved by the House of Representatives and was sent to the Senate to be debated. For four months, February to June of 1964 legislators who supported of H.R. 7152 (final House vote on the Civil Rights Act 1964) tried to persuade more than sixty-seven senators to vote for cloture. This would be the first…

Terry Sanford’s seat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee exposed him to all of these foreign policy activities. After a trip to Nicaragua in 1987, one of his many trips to the region, Sanford wrote, “You could see poverty all around.” Continuing in his analysis, he wrote that the Sandinista-Contra conflict in Nicaragua was “all such a pathetic poverty-ridden sight that it’s too bad that we have been adding to the misery by promoting, if not insisting upon, war.” Sanford’s negative view…

not wait, and it will not wait another year." March 5, 2009 -- The White House holds its first health care summit. April 21, 2009 -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley embrace the first of three roundtables of health policy and industry experts to debate the development of health care legislation. July 15, 2009 -- The Senate 's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passes The Affordable Health Choices Act. The bipartisan bill includes more…

searched enough outside of the United States for them to report. And outside of the United States, the term 'thought leadership' is only searched enough for them to report it in the U.K. and India. Do you remember that famous children's story by Hans Christian Anderson The Emperor's New Clothes? It's the story of 12 tailors who tell an emperor…

New York, the fourth most populated state in the United States of America, is hopping with excitement for the political race for US Senate in the 9th district; due to the candidates evoking thoughts on education. First, the Democratic nominee, the incumbent for the last 18 years, Chuck Schumer. Chuck was born in Brooklyn, New York and has grown up in the city area his whole life and still lives there today. He graduated from Harvard Law school in 1974, and then right on, in 1980, he was elected…