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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American Government Research Paper Why do you think so few women and racial minorities have been elected to Congress? That is a question that can come with many different answers. In my opinion‚ I believe that there is a different reason between women and minorities for their lack of success in Congress. Both reasons involve the past‚ but in different ways. The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States‚ consisting of the House of Representatives
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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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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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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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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 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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AP Essay- Congress The framers of the Constitution created a bicameral legislation where there were two chambers of congress made. There was the Senate and the House of Representatives and these two chambers split the necessary duties that congress needed to fulfill. The framers of the Constitution chose a bicameral legislature because they did not want all powers of the government concentrated in a single government institution as they would have been if a unicameral legislature was used. They
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3. Describe the ways in which conservative political and social views shaped the peace settlement of the Congress of Vienna. Explain the consequences of the peace of settlement for the period 1815-1848. In Europe from the time period of 1814-1815‚ a peace settlement known as the Congress of Vienna was established which sought to restore social and political order. The Congress of Vienna was shaped with conservative political views‚ conservative social views‚ and was later reflected in the time
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the Congress of Vienna This essay is about the effects of the French Revolution on Europe‚ the Congress of Vienna‚ and its goals. It will tell about the role of Nationalism‚ Liberalism‚ and conservatism in this time period. Also it will tell of the European’s revolutions between 1830 and 1848. The Congress of Vienna’s main goals were to bring an end to the Napoleonic wars and restore peace in Europe. There were two opposing political philosophies that greatly influenced events in the 1800’s
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