P3 - Explain the electoral processes used in UK elections. In the UK there are various different methods of voting, depending on what level of government you are voting for. These are the main ones - UK Parliament, in the UK parliament the House of Commons is elected by the first past the post system (FPTP), the country is split into 650 constituencies and each one votes for an MP to represent them, some candidates represents parties and others are independent. The House of Lords are appointed not voted for, they are appointed by the queen on the prime ministers request. Local councils, these are elected in England and Wales using the same method of FPTP except you vote for 2 or 3 to win in each ward so it’s the top ones that win rather
This growth is often accompanied by an increase in the amount of auditing as compared to other services (Whittington, p 20). Public accounting firms with offices in most major cities in the United States are called national firms. These firms may operate internationally as well, either with their own offices or through affiliations with firms in other countries (Whittington, p 20). Often in the news are the large international public accounting firms. Since only a very large public accounting firm has sufficient staff and resources to audit a giant corporation, these firms audit nearly all of the largest American corporations.
The seats are appointed to each state depending on the states population. Because there are a lot more representatives than the Senate the House of Representatives has more of a handle on the concerns and well being of the state that they’re representing. There are over 400 people in the House of Representatives. You have to be at least twenty-five years old to qualify to be in the House of Representatives. You also have to have been a United States citizen for at least seven years.
However, the Prime Minister in reality is far more powerful than what he looks to be. The Prime Minister can hire anyone that is a UK citizen to become part of the cabinet through appointing someone as a peer in the House of Lords. Although he picks solely from the House of Lords and Commons, he can appoint anyone who is a peer to then join the cabinet. There is one case, where a former MP, Peter Mandleson, recently joined the cabinet as Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform for a third time in 2008 despite not being an MP or a peer. This power certainly erodes the idea of ‘first among equals’.
To what extent does the House of Commons effective at carrying out its various functions? The House of Commons is the name of the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom. In the UK, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the upper house of parliament, the House of Lords. The House of Commons has six main functions that they must carry out. There are six main functions.
The Australian parliamentary system is based of the British Westminster system, which was adopted in the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK), known as the Commonwealth Constitution. The Commonwealth Constitution established the Commonwealth Parliament and outlined its law- making powers. The Bicameral System The Commonwealth and state parliaments operate on a bicameral system, which means two houses: an upper and lower house. Queensland and the territories are exceptions to this rule and only have one house each. At federal level the upper house is the Senate and the lower house is the By Jack Morris House of Representatives.
The term Congress can also refer to a particular meeting of the legislature. Congress has 535 voting members, 435 Representatives and 100 senators. Although the House of Representatives and The Senate are both within congress, they are very different and
It was considered the largest stimulus package administered by the United States Government since the New Deal 40 years ago.1 The package amounted to a staggering $789 billion, which is less then all of the previous totals the package was estimated to be. “The final bill includes $507 billion in spending programs and $282 billion in tax relief.”1 A major portion of the spending is is going towards tax cuts, the “public work projects,”1 and aiding states in medicaid expenses. Billions were eliminated from programs that are still part of the package, however helped to reduce the costliness of the bill such as providing incentives for home buyers, construction and renovation of schools, and the creation of fiscal stabilization funds for states.1 Although these programs are all important, the main goal of the government is to give a quick jolt to the economy in a cost efficient manner. With that said, the parties still agreed to sink $70 billion into assuring that middle class citizens are protected from paying the alternative minimum tax.1 This will be a break for middle class taxpayers, but “some Democrats decried the provision as a costly addition that would not lift the economy and that Congress would have approved, regardless of the recession.”1 However, besides that I am pleased to see that the package turned out to be less costly then originally proposed, and
Bill Gates, the richest man in America, agrees that taxes should be raised on the rich. The federal income tax is designed to impose higher tax rates on high incomes instead of on low incomes. In 2011 the highest tax bracket for workers with a household head and a single filing status has a 35% tax rate applied to all adjusted income over $379,150. Nobody should be allowed to live tax
Its no surprise that China is one of the most Industrialistic country with over 1, 330, 044, 544 people ( as of July 2008 Source: www.google.com ) which in my scientific analysis says nearly 700, 000, 000 are in the work force and within nearly 100, 000, 000 or less (much, much less) are in agriculture or livestock. Thus this is how China has become one of the worlds super powers. When you look at the numbers it makes no sense. But to a economist (or a really smart person ) the meaning is clear. More people = more workers = more money.