in a Congress‚ which will consist of a Senate and the House of Representatives (creation of a bicameral legislature two houses with the power to make/public-policy) A1S2- “House of Representatives” A1S2C1- House members serve two year terms‚ and are selected through popular election‚ Any citizen that can vote for members of their states largest legislative body can also vote for their states members to the House of Representatives. A1S2C2- House members must be at least 25 years old‚ a citizen
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Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. Legislation must pass both houses before it is presented to the President to be signed into law inaddition each year‚ thousands of bills are introduced in Congress‚ but only a few hundred are passed into law. one of the most important activities
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‘Members of Congress serve their constituents well but their country badly’ Discuss... By nature and definition Members of Congress are representative of local constituencies which have local interests‚ this means that they represent different types of people and so have to react to a unique combination of personal‚ electoral and political influences. So it is evident that it would be difficult to balance the interests of the constituents and those of congress and the country in general when
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has drifted away from the ideas embedded in our Constitution. The contemporary American government fails to work the way our founding fathers intended because of the representative government we have today. The representatives in the government today work against the intentions of our founding fathers
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government is not a “pure democracy‚” That means that WI government is one where the people directly govern public affairs. When the U.S. Constitution was being debated‚ James Madison warned against the dangers of a pure democracy. Instead he wanted a representative republic in which the ideas of the people are refined “through … a chosen body of citizens.” This has been the system of government at the federal level and in every state for more than two centuries. In Wisconsin‚ this system is provided for
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the Vice President‚ chosen for the same Term‚ be elected‚ as follows: Each State will appoint‚ as the Legislature may direct‚ a Number of Electors‚ that will be equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives that the State is entitled in the Congress‚ but no Senator or Representative‚ or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States‚ may be appointed an Elector. The Electors will meet in their respective States‚ and vote by Ballot for two People‚ at least one may
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The House of Commons was established in 1867‚ once Canada became independent from Britain. The House of Commons is located on Parliament Hill in Ottawa and is comprised of 338 members of Parliament. The Members of Parliament (MP’s) are elected by their riding during an election. The MP’s work as a unit to create new laws and bills as while as revise old ones. They additionally discuss and debate important issues. The MP’s elect a Speaker of the House who controls the debates and discussions enforcing
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approved by the United States House of Representatives‚ the United States Senate‚ and the President of the United States. Anyone can come up with an idea for a new law. However‚ only a member of Congress can introduce legislation so any one with new ideas for a new law must contact their Representatives to discuss their ideas. Once their idea is researched and agreed upon‚ the Representative writes it into a bill and talks it over with other Representatives to try to get others to back up the bill
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Congressional Apportionment is the process by which the United States House of Representatives are redistricted the fifty states following each constitutionally mandated decennial census. Each state is guaranteed at least one seat and all the other seats are divided among the rest of the states based on their population. Congressional Apportionment is important to the states because the more representatives a state has the more influence they have in the House and vice versa the states do not want
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“This was just one step in the process of making us equal” say feminist. Women were not allowed to be elected to the House of Representatives until 1919. Recent Statistics show that one third of parliament members are now female‚ such as the prime-minister of New Zealand Helen Clark‚ along side; Governor-general chief justice and speaker of the house representatives’. Another aim of feminist was to be paid equally to men. Until 1961 Woman were paid less then men. More then 30 years later
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