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    America and Congress

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    increasingly discontent view of Congress especially true when one looks back before the Clinton Impeachment debacle As the size of the nation and the number of congressman have grown‚ the congress has come under attack by both public influences and congressman themselves. Yet looking at one congressman’s relationship with his or her constituents‚ it would be hard to believe that this is the branch of government that has come under suspect. In "If Ralph Nader says congress is ’The broken branch‚’ how

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    Representation Of Congress

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    1. There are many ways in how a congress person can represent the American people. There are two kinds of representation for a congress person‚ which are sociological and agency. Sociological is type of representation‚ in where representatives have the same cultural background or traits as their constituents. For example‚ if a congress person has the same ethnic as their constituents‚ the people will feel that they are well representative at national level. The second principle is called Agency representation

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    Letter to Congress

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    establish lifelong‚ comprehensive coverage for health care. A single-payer system would take the charge of insurance premiums off of employers and put it on the people as a nation‚ where it belongs. I can’t think of a more pro-business step that Congress could take at this time. It’s also the right thing to do‚ the humane thing to do. Obamacare doesn’t address the lack of sustainability of our healthcare system. It won’t keep insurance prices down‚ more than 30 million people will remain uninsured

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    Powers of Congress

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    The congress has special powers spelled out within the constitution. The most important place that the powers are in the constitution is article one‚ section eight. In this section‚ it lists powers of congress and what they entail. Congress in a way has more power than the president because after congress comes up with a law it is then taken to the president and if the president vetoes the new law‚ congress can still override the president’s decision. In addition‚ if the congress wanted to they

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    Power Of Congress

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    The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America‚ consisting of two houses‚ the Senate and the House of Representatives. Both senators and representatives are chosen through direct election. As provided by the United States Constitution‚ each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives represents a district and serves a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population. The 100 Senators serve staggered

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    The Library of Congress

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    <b>HISTORY</b><br>The Library of congress was established by an act of congress on April 24‚ 1800. It was originally housed in the United States capitol. The collection‚ which stared out small at 740 volumes‚ slowly increased to over 3‚000 volumes by 1814. That year‚ though‚ the British along with the capitol burned those books during the assault on Washington.<br><br>To rapidly replace the collection‚ Thomas Jefferson offered his personal library to congress at no cost‚ describing the nature of

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    Congress Dbq

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    At its core Congress should act as a representative body. Congress should seek to represent their constituents and ideals the constituents voted for. Moreover‚ at its core America is supposed to elect a barometer of the public opinion. Americans representatives should strive to represent the people that elected. The ability to participate in a national legislative body through electing a representative is the function of a free republic. Taken to extremes‚ if a type of representative democracy did

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    Women In Congress

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    Tamara Keith talk about women in congress and the reasons why they is under represented in conventional delegation. Today they are women in congress and it is the highest ever‚ but they only represent 19.4 percent of the total congress. In Texas they are only 3 congress women out of 35 congress delegates. The first woman to survey the House of Representatives was in 1917 and since 1991 it got tripled compared to the previous years. In 1992 female voter turnout was the highest and that year is called

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    Congress of Vienna

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    agreed on‚ while establishing the Congress of Vienna to deal with whatever remaining problems they still had. The Congress of Vienna consisted of these four major European powers‚ whom of which were all intent on creating a balance of power to preserve the peace in Napoleon’s absence; ultimately‚ the Congress of Vienna would achieve all of their goals‚ culminating in peace and the prevention of general war for a hundred years. The Congress of Vienna was an international

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    Letter to Congress

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    Letter to congress NUR/405 March 28‚ 2014 Karen Wilson‚ MN‚ RN‚ CGRN To: Kathy Castor‚ State Representative. Date: 3/28/14 Re: Support for a Bill That Seeks To Extend the Affordable Care Act Mrs Castor: My name is Vanessa‚ I am a Registered Nurse currently enrolled in the BSN program at University

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