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U.S. Congress and How It Operates

In three pages the U.S. Congress, its two houses and the functions of each are discussed along with a description of how a bill mo...

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 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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Johnson’s Veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau

the idea of moving to abandoned lands; in addition, white Southerners, as is well known, were not ready to accommodate the entry o...

Government's Sights on Healthcare Insurance

good first step would be with torte reform so that physicians are not required to order expensive and often unnecessary tests for ...

Blocking Unions Legally

fact, under the new presidents ideas, unionizing would become easier and easier. Consider, for example, the speeches during the ca...

Financial Statements: GM and Ford

$39 billion loss" (Fortune 500, 2008). Of course the same poor conditions exist for the entire industry and not only for GM, but ...

Role Of Congress In National Security

any other official militia of the country.4 The Constitution divides the powers regarding war between the President and the Co...

How Accounting Rules Change

including major accounting firms. While we generally consider the effects of this Act on public companies, Hamel (2003) reminds pe...

Inequalities in the Workplace

Previously, employers were able to avoid lawsuits for pay discrimination if they could prevent the employee from finding out that ...

The Obama Administration and North Korea

US. He is soon to learn that that this is anything but the truth. 1. A concise history of...

Steroid Use in Major League Baseball

steroids enhance performance; or rather, there is sufficient doubt about it to suggest that it might not be true in all cases. In ...

Fictitious Nuclear Accident and Congressional Reactor Shutdown

Congress has called for the closure of light water reactors throughout the United States. A legislator in the State of Wisconsin ...

Congressional Term Limitation

diligent and farsighted policy analysts to draft legislation and supervise the bureaucracy. Yet these abilities are not tested in ...

Congressional Power and the Constitution

The powers given by the Constitution to the various branches of government have been the subject of vigorous debate throughout our...

24th AMENDMENT

very Amendment. As such, the Court unanimously agreed people were not to be penalized for opting in favor of what was already the...

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...

Gas Rationing

out a system so that those who drive farther get more gas? Whos going to go around to all the congressional districts and check on...

Contributions to Political Campaigns and Ethics

In seven pages ethics implications of abuses regarding presidential campaign contributions are discussed along with various types ...