Opinion. Discusses that most US citizens feel the personality of Congress has little in common with the average American, and offers some examples for a more representative Congress. A study by the author of a sampling of public sentiment through a nationwide survey on radio talk shows; The ...
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United Stat...
Barack Obamawas also accused of “high crimes and misdemeanors” befitting impeachment. In 2012, Republican Representative Walter Jones submitted aHouse resolutioncharging the president with authorizingmilitary action in Libyawithout the consent of Congress. The resolution was referred to the Judiciary Commi...
Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming — have three electors each, since they have one representative in the House and two senators, while California, the largest, has 54 electoral votes. Washington, D.C., is also allocated...
Many constituencies are simply too moderate to be consistent with an ideologically extreme representative, regardless of which model of preference aggregation the researcher adopts as a proxy for what a delegate would do. We support these claims using four studies. Studies 1 and 2 use simulation ...
Voters will also elect new members of Congress, the legislative branch of the US government which is made up of two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state has two Senators and at least one Representative. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for elect...
In fact we have far too few representatives, especially in Congress. When the country was started we had 65 seats for 2.4 million free people (plus 600K unrepresented slaves), 37 thousand constituents per representative. When the House ruled to freeze its size at a...
How does a representative democracy work? Who makes the decisions in a constitutional monarchy? What branch of government decides if laws are constitutional? What is constitutional sovereignty? Who makes constitutional law? What is the importance of constitution in a democratic country? Which principle...
Dear Representative [Last name], My name is [X], and I reside in your district. I’m writing to urge you to increase funding for the [X agency/program/initiative]. As you may know, the [X agency] is responsible for [X]. With [X event] in our state, I hope you see how import...
aCongress has made laws requiring most pressure groups to give information about how much they spend and how they spend it,the amount and sources of fund,membership,and names and salaries of their representatives. 国会制定了要求多数施压团体的法律给关于多少的信息他们花费,并且怎么他们花费它,资金的数...