of U.S. Senators have been heavily discussed in legislative research to understand and predict the votes cast in the senate. Specifically‚ the research on factors that lead to senators voting against their party has become prominent because of the increasing partisan polarization in Congress (Poole and Rosenthal 2007). Finding statistically significant factors that influence Senate voting is important in understanding Senators’ willingness to vote against their party in a system that depends on bi-partisan
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Creating Augustus’ Landscape: The Garden Room at Prima Porta The Garden Room at Prima Porta is an unlikely example of how Emperor Augustus’ reign changed Rome; creating a “golden age” that painted what Augustus wanted for Rome: a Republic of peace and tranquility. This Republic of peace and tranquility also relates to specific foliage in the Garden Room‚ as well as how the plants relate to the god‚ Apollo. However‚ it should be noted that the concept garden rooms was not knew in Ancient Rome‚
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Violence in Kansas spilled over into the Congress itself. On May 22 1856‚ the day after the sack of Lawrence and two days before Brown’s Pottawatomie Massacre‚ a sudden flash of savagery on the Senate floor electrified the whole country. Just two days earlier Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts had finished an inflammatory speech in which he described the treatment of Kansas as ’the rape of a virgin territory‚’ and blamed it on the South’s ’depraved longing for a new slave State.’ Sumner made
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Assignment 3 The Canadian Senate By: Courtney Marie Lester. What role does the Senate play in terms of Canadian democracy‚ and in light of that role‚ should the Senate be retained in its current form‚ reformed in some way‚ or abolished entirely? The Canadian Senate has often been referred to as the sober second thought. The house of commons was originally set up to have two chambers‚ the upper and the lower‚ to carefully decide Canadian laws. The Senate‚ in the upper house‚ reviews proposed
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the case during the rule of Augustus in Rome. Debate 3 was a heated battle of discourse over the viability and morality of Augustus enacting censorship and rewriting parts of Roman history. Propaganda has been used across centuries and continents to sway the populace of a ruling nation into a certain belief pattern. Censorship also has been enacted to keep the people from breeding discontent towards those in power. One side of the debate praised the actions of Augustus and was in favor of permitting
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While the senate was created along with the rest of the Canadian government and is written into the constitution‚ it is deeply flawed and must be reformed. Firstly‚ the senate does not equally represent each province according to current populations. Though originally seat distribution was based off populations‚ drastic changes in population since 1867 have not been accounted for. For example‚ as of 2014 New Brunswick has a population of 753‚914 and holds ten seats‚ yet British Columbia has a population
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The Senate Filibuster tactic has been used for many years now. It first started in 1826 and is still relevant in 2017. This tactic is used in the U.S Senate to prevent a measure from being brought to vote. The most common form of filibuster occurs when a senator attempts to delay or block a vote on a bill by extending debate on the measure. For example‚ if a senator does not agree or approve of the bill that is being brought up‚ then they can speak up against it in order to not get it passed. They
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The names of the authors that wrote an article titled candidates and policy in the United States Senate elections are Gerald C. Wright and Michael B. Berkman. Although‚ previous literature on the subject suggests that policy is not a major factor in the decision making process‚ the article argued otherwise. It is a known fact that a substantial policy differences between the candidates in a particular race exists. The outcome of the race determines policy. Positive correlation exists between a district
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creating the survey that we gave to students‚ and just getting to spend time doing weekly interactions. During this month‚ I got to grow even more as a senator on the ASGCU senate‚ and feel that I am starting to make a different on the GCU campus. I want to share with you the busy and amazing month I have had on the senate. The first thing that I accomplished this month was getting two resolution ideas cleared to start writing the initial resolution. My two ideas were‚ to extend the hours at Fresh
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extracts from Augustus’ Res Gestae‚ the images from Augustus’ regime‚ and the extracts from Tacitus’ Annals. How much do these sources tell us about the Augustan regime? The civil war‚ which had happened before the Augustan regime came to the power‚ made Rome weak‚ divided the army into different parties. Civil war is the worst situation in each state. In that situation‚ many leaders appear in the country and fight with one another and try to be the only leader in the country. Augustus’ Res Gestae
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