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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...

African National Congress's Impact on Social Change

In five pages this paper assesses the social change impact of the African National Congress with poverty among the topics addresse...

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...

Examination of Campaign Finance Reform

current drive for campaign finance reform faces long odds across the country, as well as in Wisconsin, and Missouri, states that...

An Evaluation of the Web Based Curriculum America Dreams

Such is the case for "America Dreams..through the decades", a web site developed by the Library of Congress. The "America D...

H.R. 724/Nursing Education Act of 2009

back to Congress on the proposed legislation, either favorably or unfavorably (GovTrack, 2009b). They are first considered in the ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Immanuel Kant, Support for Tort Reform and Stella Liebeck's Case

In five pages this paper discusses the tort reform laws of Congress, the case of Stella Liebeck, and how each would be supported b...

Contributions to Political Campaigns and Ethics

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

Reduction of Early Grades' Class Size and Teacher Quality Improvement - An Analysis of Bill S.2209

In five pages this 105th Congress's merits are analyzed in terms of its proposed benefits and emphasizes smaller classes and impro...

Representation in Congress

In a paper consisting of 5 pages representation in Congress is considered in this overview with the text Dysfunctional Congress an...

Leonard Levy's The Establishment Clause

In five pages this paper discusses Levy's conclusion that Congress's view of religious freedom was broad and that government was p...

Proposing to End Violence Against Women Bill H.R. 1248

In a paper consisting of six pages the 106th Congress's bill proposal addressing the issue of violence against women is discussed ...

Presidents and Congress

separate branches of the government: legislative, executive and judicial. With this framework in place, then, it was assured tha...

Federal Communications Commission's Cable Television Rules for Program Access

for the consumer. However, since the original Act was introduced the market has seen an increase in fees for the consumer and a de...

Making Policy and Lance Leloup and Steven Shull's The President and Congress

These factors apply to both the President and Congress and are influential in the decisions they reach. Later examples will highl...

The Emergence Of The Modern Congress And Presidency

and every bureau" (Sundquist, 1981, p. 38) every year. Prior to that Act, each department and bureau had to submit their own progr...

President-Congress Relationship

process of checks and balances. Jackson "saw himself as a guardian of the people, with a mission to protect them from the excesse...

The Reconstruction Period of American History from 1865 until 1877

the emancipation of slaves (Burkart, n.d.). * Radical Republicans had another idea, those 11 states should be reverted to territor...

Controlling Congress/The Electoral System

a fact that "Their very jobs depend on it" (Arnold 43). Considering this, political analysts have studied and analyzed the behavio...

Powers and Operation of Congress

2 from each of the 50 states. In 1929, the size of the membership of the House was fixed by law at 435 members (OConnor & Sabato...

Congressional Legislation

The early framers of our government designed a federation system where neither national nor state governments would get their powe...

One School Reform Model

Model (Blasik, 2004). 2. Roles of Community Leaders, School Board and others In Broward County, Florida, the Area Superintenden...

Politics and Healthcare Reform

In eight pages this paper discusses healthcare reform politics in an examination that includes reasons for the 1994 national healt...

Dealing with Corruption, Theory and Strategy

its agenda does not include attacking either individuals or particular governments. The organization maintains that "Combating co...

Essay on Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform

a little out of line. But even those physicians who werent obstetricians ran into problems. In an effort to avoid any type ...

Educational Improvement and Anita Garland

she recommends and see if they might work in todays system. One proposal she suggests, which many school districts have im...

TANF Assistance to Families

Welfare as a topic itself leads to debates and heated discussions. Welfare reform leads to even more heated debates. In general, m...