Essays on United States Congress

The constitution adressed the problems of decentralization powers under the Articles of Confederation. Three problems that existest were no national currency, unicameral legislature, and cogress had no ability to tax. The tension between decentralized and centralized power are argued to still exist through environmental policy, gun control, and disability access. These tensions are illustrated in…

“From 1781 to 1789 the articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective government”. I disagree with this quote because the articles was to weak to keep the nation unified which made the article a failure. The Articles were set up intentionally to be weak because of the memory of a strong central…

Is the United States Giving too Much to the United Nations? Does it seem like whenever the United Nations (UN) sends peacekeepers to a region that the United States (US) bears the majority of the debt and load of troops? Does it seem that we are the only country supply material and “doing it all?”…

What is majority rule? Majority rule is where a group, party, or faction has more than half the votes (Websters). The statement In theory and in practice, majority rule is not a reliable guarantee of democracy is true of the US government today. It is hard for the majority to rule in the United States…

A. ) As a group we decided to kill things more than to amend or keep them. I think that had a lot to do with the different roles everyone in the group had, and the people they were trying to please. Members were politically at different ends of the spectrum. There were only two…

The bases for the three branches of government in the U. S. is that the branches, legislative, judicial, and executive, would interact in a way that if one branch were to step outside the boundary set by the constitution the other branches would step in and pronounce the act unconstitutional (Patterson, 2008). So the intended…

William Seward, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster all served as legislator as either Senator or Congressman and then took positions in the executive branch of the government. William Seward and Daniel Webster were both members of the Whig Party, while John Calhoun was a member of the Republican Party. The Whig Party was a political…

Evaluating Opposing Points of View in Two Articles             The Legislative passed a bill that would allow immigrant students to pay in-tuition rates in colleges and universities where they reside. This move aroused differing opinions from people. Two articles, an editorial in the Chicago Tribune called “An Education in Citizenship” and a news article entitled…

Chapter 11 Organizations as Political Arenas and Political Agents Introduction: Wal-mart Founder: Sam Walton Started in 1945 as proprietor of 2nd best variety store in small Arkansas town Over 2 million associates > 90% of American households shop at Wal-mart Wal-mart effect: multiple ways this organization influences consumers, vendors, employees, community, environment Example of Wal-mart’s…

DISCLAIMER: If you are planning to vote for Al Gore in November, good for you. Don’t let what I’m about to say change your mind because I’ve been told by all the experts that if you do change your mind based on what I’m about to say, George W. Bush might win the election and…