Party leaders of the United States Senate

the budget if the Affordable Care Act is affected. Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, stated “I want to be absolutely crystal clear: Any bill that defunds Obamacare is dead, dead.” After two whole day of back-and-forth between the House and Senate, on Tuesday, October first two-thousand thirteen, at one in the morning the Federal government shutdown. As a result, eight-hundred thousand federal employees were placed on furlough, mandatory time off without pay, indefinitely. Over one million federal employees were forced to show up to work without knowing when they will get paid, theses employees worked for services that were deemed essential, medicare, mail delivery, tax collection and the military, all other federal services were shut down. These conditions lasted until Thursday, October seventeenth two-thousand thirteen. In the end, the republicans had to give in due to the inability to fund another day of the Federal Government. With a Senate vote of…

The minority party in Congress has a main goal of becoming the majority. They are known of having opposing views of the majority party. Other goals the minority party has is influencing policy, protect official rights and powers, and to attain party integration. The minority party in the House of Representatives has a minority leader who meets with the majority leader to discuss prevalent issues in the country; they usually work very close to one another. The job of minority whip is to maintain…

Congress is made up the House of Representatives and senate. The house of representatives currently has four hundred and thirty five members. The number of representatives per state are decided by the population of the state. Member of the house of representative are up for election every two year meaning they are always “campaigning”. Representatives tend to keep closer relationships to their constituents so they are aware of their current needs. This leads them to focus on legislation which…

the government into the executive, legislative and judicial branches. The United States government is considered a republic, where law rules instead of the majority rules democracy to make sure people are afforded equal protection under the law and protected against oppression from its ruler. The legislative branch is an important part of the republic in laying down the power to collect taxes, impose laws, pay debts, impeach government officials, and the overall economic welfare of the United…

led by the Senate accusing innocent citizens of supporting communism, which ruined the careers and lives of many. The Republican minority attacked the Democratic administration during this movement, criticizing the government for its lack of strong leadership. In her “Declaration of Conscience,” Margaret Chase Smith pressures the current administration to improve its leadership through the use of emotional appeals, anaphora, and ethos. Firstly, Smith employs emotional appeals in order to…

The hierarchy or the House of Representatives starts with the Speaker of the House. This role is incredibly important and requires someone with strong but fair ideals. The Speaker of the House presides over all debates and enforces the rules of the House. The House of Representatives Majority Leader is recognized first during debates as they are the floor leader. They also are usually next in line for Speaker of the House when the current one retires or dies. The Minority Leader presides over…

approved position that I choose to compare and contrast are Senate and House OF Representative. Senate and House of Representative are the house of US congress. The Senate and House of Representative plays vital role in constitution because they both have to approve to make a law in US. Senate is long term than House of Representative, but the member are more in House of Representative. They both have some similarities and some differences, but one thing they both do together is Senate and House…

In the United States, our Congress has two chambers which is referred to as a bicameral legislature. The two chambers consist of the House and Senate. The House of Representatives has 435 members and the Senate has 100 members. Permanent committees responsible for particular areas of public policy are known as standing committees. Most of the work that goes on in Congress is done through these committees which have their own subcommittees. There are also committees that deal with agriculture,…

Concerned that voters would not have the proper judgement to make a selection of the next chief executive, in 1787, the founding fathers created the “Electoral College”. The Electoral College consists of 538 electors. The electors (Political Elites) are the heads of the Electoral College. The qualifications of electors is supported by Article 2, Section 1. This article states that holding the office of trust shall be appointed by an elector. Each state is assigned the number of electors, which…

This entry covers Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn’s response against House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s accusations of how the Republican Party is attempting to create Medicare reductions with substantial tax cuts thought the new tax reform bill. He asserts that the Republican Party did not alter any of the entitlement programs of Medicare and that Pelosi’s statements are false. In addition, Cornyn mentions how the Democratic Party has been completely unwilling to cooperate with Republicans…