The Oregon state legislature is called the Oregon Legislative Agenda and consists of a Senate and a House of Representatives. 60 House members serve two-year terms. Democrats have consistently held a majority of seats in the House, except in 2011-2012, when the seats were equally split between...
, adopting (1787) a new constitution that went into effect after 1789. The nation soon began to expand westward. Growing tensions over the issue of black slavery divided the country along geographic lines, sparking the secession of the South and the Civil War (1861-1865). The remainder of...
The 10 most vulnerable states include representatives from the Northeast, the West Coast, the South, Southwest and the Mountain states. The report notes that the Midwest holds up fairly well "despite its underlying economic weaknesses" relative to the rest of the country....
The majority of residents and business owners who spoke were in support of the “long overdue” plan. Kevin Smith, a member of the Kings Park Chamber of Commerce, had a store front in Kings Park. “I was living my dream. It was the American dream. I had a shop front on Main Street...
Each, year, the three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation, Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski, and Representative Peltola, each give an address to the state legislature. Education Governor Dunleavy pushes legislature to add teacher bonuses, charter schools to education bill; would veto...
U.S. Representatives: 18 Historical biographies of Congressional members Entered Union (rank): Dec. 12, 1787 (2) Present constitution adopted: 1968 Motto: Virtue, liberty, and independence State symbols: flower mountain laurel (1933) tree hemlock (1931) bird ruffed grouse (1931) dog Great Dan...
Only three counties (Columbia, Josephine, and Lincoln) are split between congressional districts, and none of those three are split between more than two districts. OR-01 (blue) Democratic Rep. David Wu, who lives in Multnomah County, is out. Unfortunately, some depopulation along the Oregon ...
State of the Union would mean that the week of activities leading up to the budget release would have to start without the big boost created by a nationally televised speech in the majestic House of Representatives chamber to a cheering group of Democrats who repeatedly interrupt the president ...
Congressional Resolution was passed by the House of Representatives on May 9, 2012.“H.R. 4133: United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012,”The Bill, legally binds America to a “Jewish” state…with Jewry’s ink dripping its agenda from start to finish of the ...
II. The alienation and three malaises of democracy in the US (一)制度痼疾积重难返 1. The system fraught with deep-seated problems 1.美式民主沦为“金钱政治” (1) American-style democracy has become “a game of mone...