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Barbara Bovjerg's 2001 Testimony on Social Security Reform

In nine pages this paper examines this GAO employee's 2001 testimony to Congress on the future of the U.S. Social Security system ...

Steroid Scandal in Major League Baseball and Congress

had used steroids and also claimed that as much as 50% pf the players used them (Schmaltz, 2002; 264). Another big name, Jose Cans...

US Public Opinion, Congress, and the Presidency

not the relationship between the executive and legislative branches is successful is due, in large part, to a presidents ability t...

Political Races: New Mexico: 2006

candidates and smear campaigns, in combination with what the candidates have done, good or bad. In the examination Bill Richardson...

The Democratic Agenda

Democratic Party is also a sore loser. Because of this they will try to correct what they perceive as a past wrong. That wrong, ...

Presidential and Congressional Influences

Reform Act of 2002 ("LEGISLATION RELATED TO THE ATTACK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001," 2002). The purpose of this law is to beef up securi...

The Role Congress Plays in Influencing Foreign Policy

Although, as we shall see, there are some temporary exceptions; the legislative branch typically approves or disapproves the actio...

AMERICAN COLONISTS AND GRIEVANCES AGAINST KING GEORGE

were three acts. The first (taxation without representation) extended the power of raising revenues in America without representat...

Corruption in the United States Congress

human nature. In general, if someone is nice and gives another person a gift, the recipient is more likely to feel obligated to th...

Logical Fallacies: Bush Rhetoric On Terrorism

popular time in United States history, inasmuch as 911 proved to divide an already agitated homeland. Bushs speech attempted to p...

Moore’s Law and Data Storage

the number of transistors (Jurvetson, 2004). However, the use of nanotechnology has extended the law from the boundaries that were...

The Electoral College

the state legislators could elect the president but that would lead to the president being obligated to the states; popular vote c...

Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

Foreign Diplomacy and the Role of Congress

order to obtain the power to act unilaterally in Southeast Asia, Congress felt compelled to assume the full power granted that bod...

Government's Powers and its Three Divisions

branch. It can propose and make laws and it can pass laws with a two thirds vote even if the President vetoes a bill, but at first...

North Carolina and Usury Laws

help at all, either. In 1978, the Supreme Court rules that a bank or other credit issuer could charge higher interest rates and fe...

Different Views on Airliners Carrying Guns in Cockpits

pilots, and they should have the right to protect that cockpit with a firearm" (Burns, 2002, PG). The Airline Pilots Association,...

Pros and Cons of Pornography

chats, and a forum where one can post a message. There does not seem to be any sadistic or fetish buttons on this site. Most of th...

Presidential and Congress Balance of Power

snuff, the idea that the presidents role should be expanded goes against everything that the Founders intended. First, what did th...

U.S. Congress' Partisan Relations

In five pages this paper discusses the 107th U.S. Congress in a consideration of the impact of partisan relations. Four sources a...

Second World War, Colonialism, Muslims, and India

In twelve pages this paper discusses how the Second World War and the response of the Indian soldier influenced separatism and ind...

Tyranny Protection and Democratic Elections

federal government -- the legislative and the judicial -- are constitutionally equal. Nonetheless, the president is almost always ...

Congress Lack of Action on Smog Problems

of the problem coupled with pressure from big business to remain quiet. The United States was forced to take a good, long l...

Overview of the Declaration of Independence

are quite the same as anybody elses; but all are entitled to an equal voice in deciding how they should be governed" (The Economis...

Domestic Programs Proposed by President Harry S. Truman

his efforts (The American President, Domestic Affairs, nd). He then seized the mines and had them operate under the supervision of...

Tutorial on the Enron Scandal

sources will be cited using APA style. Chronology of the Enron Collapse Before analyzing what, exactly, caused Enrons coll...

SOX Audits

(2003) commented that the sweeping criminal provisions in the act apply to everyone, including nonprofit organizations. For exampl...

Crimes Against Medicare

The Office of Inspector General, Department of Health & Human Services publishes several reports each year in addition to giving t...

Summry of Jefferson Davis' Speech on Property Rights

This 3 page paper gives a summary of the speech given to Congress by Jefferson Davis over property owning in relation to slaves. T...

Government Midterm Exam Questions

This 5 page paper gives an example of answers to a government midterm exam. This paper includes answers to questions about agency ...