United States Senate

gives rise to fractional remainders. Introduction: How should I divide a bag of peanuts among my six cousins? How should Uncle Sam divide his property among his 5 “sons”? How should the House of Representatives assign its 435 seats to the 50 states which make up the union?

Unions are incentivized for mobilizing citizens to engage in politics. Some join unions to gain employment. Most union members do not have prior political experience. Once they become a member, this begins to change as the union will teach the members political skills. Unions attempt to change the political identities of their members. One way they do this is by exposing their members to pro-labor situations. (Kerrissey, J., & Schofer, E., 2013) Unions are a partisan interest group that is in cooperation

Ariana Vivas was only 9 years old when she handed a note to Illinois Representative Luis Gutiérrez during a press conference an advocacy group had organized. Ariana, like many young Hispanics, had been born in the Unites States. However, her father was part of the recent deportations that countless undocumented immigrants and family members dread. Ariana’s testimony of her father’s deportation is a common story among children with undocumented parents. The documentary, Immigration Battle, explores

Shared Governance steers the ship of State and keeps America great Rosandra Dominique Bethune-Cookman University POL 230 C American Government Dr. Dorcas E. McCoy February 25, 2016.   Who steers the ship of state? I believe that the president steers the ship of state but with the help of the congress. The president steers the ship of state but with the help of the congress to make power to make powerful decisions. The president has a large number of things that he can do which therefore he

declared under oath, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” (“Quote of the Day”). Former President Clinton was impeached shortly after the statement was released due to Article Two, Section Four, which states, “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” (Mount). The article gives the House of Representatives the power to remove officials

and followed that plan for years, just like the delegates and Farmers of the Constitution followed the plan of The Great Compromise of 1787. At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, there was almost never an agreement on the Constitution since, the states could not agree on how the legislative branch of the government should operate. Thankfully the redeeming

com/baton_rouge/news/politics/legislature/article_9386aed6-3ce5-11e7-b676-a7a8b7acc46b.html) HB2/Criminal Justice drama On the campaign trail, Governor John Bel Edwards promised to bring down Louisiana’s incarceration rate and to end the era of Louisiana being the most incarcerated state in the country (and political entity in the world). Although Edwards (D-Amite) has worked to this end by bringing a broad criminal justice reform package before the

house and an upper house. Article I of the United States Constitution sets forth the formal requirements and the powers of Congress and its members. The requirements are: years of residency, their age, there term of service, and their Enumerated Powers. The age requirement for the House of Representatives members must be at least twenty-five years old, and for Senators is thirty years of age. Congress is the national legislative body of the United States of America. The members of the House must

National Political Director of the ACLU and senior advisor to a former senate democrat. Representative Adam Smith, has been in Congress since 1997 for the state of Washington

people are questioning if in fact we as citizens have any power on who becomes the president. In the U.S., a candidate running for president must have the most delegates to become president. Delegates are given to each state according to how many senators and house representatives the state has, thus is what for many is the problem with the electoral college. They feel that the popular vote, which is different from the electoral