ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTIONS OF PARTY-LIST REPRESENTATIVES THROUGH THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM‚ AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the "PartyList System Act". SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – The State shall promote proportional representation in the election of representatives to the House of Representatives through a party-list system of registered national
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eliminated billions in subsidies paid to the banks that had offered student loans. It also blocked a proposed interest rate increase‚ keeping the rate at 3.4% 2) What is a constituency and what relationship are they supposed to have to their representatives? 437 a) The constituents of a district are the residents in an area for the elected official. 3) What is a bicameral legislature and what are the houses of Congress? 437 a) A legislative assembly is composed of two chambers/houses. 4) What
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SIN TAX BILL MANILA‚ Philippines—A “sin tax” on cigarettes and alcohol dampened the New Year party spirit when it was introduced in the Philippines Tuesday‚ as part of a government bid to boost finances. Many stores started selling tobacco and drink at inflated prices before midnight‚ ahead of the official implementation of the tax hikes on January 1‚ hitting partygoers in the pocket. Tax on cigarettes will gradually be raised to P30 ($0.72) per pack by 2017‚ roughly doubling the current price
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1. Find out who your Congressmen (including your Senators and your Representative) are in the United States Congress. Keep in mind that you have two Senators and one Representative. You should be discussing no more or less than 3 people in your paper. The Congressmen representing my area are” Senator Marco Rubio (Republican) Senator Bill Nelson Representative John Mica (Republican) (Democrat) and 2. How long have they been in office? What is their party? What does their biography
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are: House of Representatives which Houses the Congressmen / Congresswomen and the House of Senate which Houses the Senators. In the Philippines‚ we exercise bicameralism. By bicameralism‚ it means that there are two legislative bodies. Before‚ in the 1935 Constitution we practice unicameral set-up. Unicameral set-up‚ which means that there is only one legislative body‚ only one House makes a law. In the unicameral set-up‚ the only House present is the House of the Representatives. We tend to select
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Save Answer | | 2. (Points: 1) | | Which type of representation takes place when representatives have the same racial‚ ethnic‚ religious‚ or educational backgrounds as their constituents?a. Trusteeb. Sociologicalc. Agencyd. Delegate | | Save Answer | | 3. (Points: 1) | | Which type of representation occurs when constituents have the power to hire and fire their representatives?a. Delegateb. Agencyc. Sociologicald. Trustee | | Save Answer | | 4. (Points: 1)
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STUDY #2 Unforeseen Opportunity in an Election You are in charge of the advertising staff for Cindy Smith ’s election campaign. Cindy is trying to prevent the eight term incumbent‚ Jesse Jones‚ from getting another term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Cindy decided to run against Jesse because he wrote 150 bad checks in the House banking scandal‚ voted to not disclose the names of the people involved in the scandal‚ and voted to give himself a substantial pay raise at taxpayers’ expense. Furthermore
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Constitution Paper Keenan Radney HIS/110 September 10‚ 2013 Michael Rasak Constitution Paper The Constitution fixed the weaknesses by allowing the central government‚ certain power and rights. When these laws became the law of the land‚ in The United States‚ lawmakers now has the right to levy taxes. Congress was able to regulate trade between states and other countries. When the creation of the federal court system. The Executive branch with power of checks and balances‚ for legislative
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legalized in Massachusetts in 2004. It was first recognized by the United States jurisdiction November 18‚ 2013. On February 14‚ 2013 the state of Illinois approved a same sex marriage bill by 34-24 votes. The bill from then went on to the House of Representatives. Now there are more states that are legalizing gay marriage. There are now 14 states where same sex marriage is legal‚ 5 of this states were decided‚ 6 were decided by State Legislature‚ and 3 were legalized by popular vote. Yet‚ again there
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that makes laws. This branch of the government writes‚ passes ‚ and debates laws. The process of this can be called legislating. The legislative branch is important so that people do not cause chaos. We have to houses of congress the house of representatives and the Senate. These houses are put in place to make that power isn’t based on the size of your party but based on your beliefs as a human. Most people believe that they are in place that is place to balance interest in small and large states
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