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Congress and the Internet

and provides a springboard for discussion on this very important topic. The articles contained in the volume all relate to the In...

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...

SOX Audits

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

President Truman's Foreign Policy

and respect for the individual and was seen as posing a major threat to democracy and freedom and would deny people under those re...

Retirement Benefits and Congress

the Presidents rate (Sepp, 2000). The formula for those elected prior to 1984 is "the average of the three highest years salaries,...

Congress, Personality, and Legislative Change

therefore, could have less than three electoral votes, two for each of its two senators and one for every Representative it has. ...

Proposed Legislation Patient Safety Act of 2004

legal errors (Fackelmann, 2002). Furthermore, the AMA study demonstrated that there is a direct statistical connection between th...

France's Old Regime

and in Spain. However, in France, the Congress of Vienna did not seem to be making great gains in terms of the political strugg...

Reform of Congress?

interest groups, some of which are small in numbers, have become vocal and can capture the attention of the media with a proper "v...

Congress and the Function of Political Parties

aspect is further argued by one author who indicates that, "In America, the national parties play a relatively limited role in ele...

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...

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 ...

Crimes Against Medicare

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

America's 2000 Presidential Election

In 5 pages this paper examines the 2000 US presidential election results and their implications upon citizens, Congress, and upon ...

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 ...

Election of Congress Members and Public Policy

the greater good of society, they work to fund their next election. This is a topic that is not obscured and in fact the subject o...

U.S. Emvironmental Policy in 1992

This 6 page paper discusses U.S. international environmental policy, and examines the failure of the U.S. to take its expected lea...

February 27, 2001 Congressional Address by President George W. Bush

In five pages this paper discusses Bush's address to Congress outlining his budget plan and proposed tax cuts with positive and ne...

Trade Policy and Congressional Deference

In eight pages this paper considers how the Congress often defers to the President on trade matters but that it nevertheless retai...

Foreign Policy Within Congress and The House of Commons

formulation of foreign policy. The overall consensus, of those who formulated the document, was that foreign policy was too impor...

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...

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...

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...

Tyranny Protection and Democratic Elections

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

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...

Bankruptcy Laws and Reform

In eleven pages reform efforts of bankruptcy laws are examine in terms of Chapters 7, 11, and 13 before and after Congress imposed...

Dreams and Reality in the 105th U.S. Congress

cuts and health care" (Anderson PG). Though there is much talk of eliminating the Affirmative Action policies (or at least reform...

Reagan Administration Iran Contra Scandal

In six pages this report discusses the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan in a consideration of the Iran Contra scandal ...

The Establishment Clause by Leonard Levy

In five pages the issues presented by Levy are explicated in order to present the argument that Congress frequently exceeds Consti...