Sarah Elise Wiliarty
It is not destiny for Democrats to be at a disadvantage in the Senate. Simply put, the chamber currently favors Republicans because Republican candidates generally do better among rural voters, and because small states and large states have equal repr...
“ Ideology and Representation in the US Senate: Roll Calls v. Constituent Assessments .” Journal of Legislative Studies 13 ( 4 ): 558 – 76 .Gershtenson, Joseph and Dennis L. Plane. 2007. "Ideology and Representation in the US Senate: Roll Calls v. Constituent Assessments." Journal of ...
Mugar, 77, leads a team of 11, most of them women. “What we do the whole year is work with family farmers in myriad ways,” she says. The 1-800-FARM-AID hotline and Farmer Resource Network respond to farmers in crisis, particularly after severe weather events in recent years. Farm ...
RepresentationDandoy Regis, Dodeigne Jeremy, Reuchamps Min and Vandeleene Audrey, 2015, `The New Belgian Senate. A (Dis)Continued Evolution of Federalism in Belgium?', Representation - Journal of Representative Democracy, LI(3): 327-339.
Up for election: Senate and House of RepresentativesWhen: July 2, 2016 In what is called a double dissolution, both houses of Australia's parliament will be dissolved and all 226 seats will be up for grabs. The total changeover, last occurring in 1987 and only seven times in the nation'...
From Longman Business Dictionaryrep‧re‧sen‧ta‧tion/ˌreprɪzenˈteɪʃən/noun1[uncountable]when someone else speaks for youThere has been a decline in union representation in the auto industry.→board representation→employee representation2[countable usually plural]a formal compla...
A quorum is defined as an “acceptable level of people who have a stake in the organization who are present at a meeting to make the proceedings valid for the purposes of the organization.” Essentially, quorums ensure the board has enough representation at meetings before making any changes ...
President Donald Trump has announced he won't recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and will bring Columbus Day “back from the ashes” — another sign some Native leaders say that advocacy for Indigenous representation must continue during Trump’s second term in the White House ...
How is representation in the Senate determined? How does the Senate provide for representative government? How is the president's Chief of Staff chosen? How did the framers decide upon the Electoral College? When are Electoral College members chosen?