Party leaders of the United States Senate

“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex,” reads the Equal Rights Amendment. Women in the United States of America did not have many rights before 1919. However, in the early 1920’s, the Equal Rights Amendment was created for the benefit of America’s women. The amendment was dedicated to equality for women, for equality to be included inside of the Constitution, and to support women’s rights. Even today, the Equal…

impeachment would be a better option. Also I will show my personal opinion on the political and future bifurcation. Over the years, the House of Representatives voted to lawsuit President Obama for overstepping and over powering of the presidency. By a party line vote, the result of 225 to 201, Republicans announcement that the House is moving forward to a lawsuit against President Obama and the application of the Affordable care Act. The nature…

legislative branch of the government, which is the part of the government that makes laws. A senator's job is to represent the people living in his or her state in the United States Senate. Part of this job is to write and vote on new laws called bills. Kelly Ayotte is a republican United States senator for the state of New Hampshire. Elected into the senate in 2010, she is ranked as one of the most bipartisan senators and has been widely recognized for her commitment to finding common ground to…

Sage Gurney Book Review: A More Perfect Constitution When I first realized A More Perfect Constitution by Larry J. Sabato was about rewriting the United States Constitution, I thought it was the last book I would want to read. I am glad I was required to read this book for a class, because I learned so much more than I thought I would. A More Perfect Constitution is a very well thought out and researched book. The author, Larry J. Sabato, approaches the idea of rewriting the constitution…

economic recovery). In fact, both Clinton and Obama are great leaders and skillful speaker. Although Clinton has succeed to the economic expansion, but I prefer Obama because of his accomplishment on health care reform and his effort to rebuild the economy. Therefore, Bill Clinton first duty as a president was to establish a most prosper economic plan and to get into the peak of its expansion because of the highly deficit budgetary in United States. However, Clinton convinced Congress to…

achieved a Phd. There are a couple of MBA's out there and several lawyers. 3. Compare treaties with executive agreements. Executive agreements are what a president does by himself with other countries while a treaty needs the permission of the senate. 4. Explain why FDR is said to be the “founder of the modern presidency”. He established many of the cabinet and departments that are there today. income tax, social…

candidate, the electors voted for another, leaving the United States in a mist of confusion. A major question was left unanswered, which candidate was the true winner? According to the constitution, the electoral college decides the outcome and represents the people, but as shown in these elections, this was not true. This discrepancy occurs as a result of the amount of electoral votes per state being based the number of members in the senate and house of representatives. Whichever candidate…

participation in political office, a willingness to understand each other, and comprehension of the basic dynamic between rulers and their people. All of these areas would be helpful in creating more informed and involved citizens, however the current state of politics illustrates the infeasibility of Aristotle’s idea. To begin, Aristotle believes that the ideal citizen should hold public office at some point. “The citizen in an unqualified sense is defined by no other such thing so much as by…

less on reelections. Right now, it is really hard for newcomers to replace the incumbents, because the incumbents have the name recognition. Most voters don 't vote on policies but on name recognition. The incumbents also have the backing of the party (Weeks,…

allowing banks free reign as if they are kings is what caused our economic downfall. Republicans won't stop with this agency, Trump personally has said he plans to completely deregulate the banks. Please contact house speaker Paul Ryan, and majority leader Mitch McConnell, tell them you are a voter and will not stand for the dismantling of the CFPB. Remind them who they work for, and that you will campaign for their opponent if they don't listen to their…