Two for each state History Based on Virginia Plan Based on New Jersey Plan Speaker Elected by the House of Representatives. The current Speaker of the House is John Boehner (R-Ohio) Vice President Joe Biden is President of the Senate. He only votes in case of a tie. When the
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) is the former 42nd President of the United States and served from 1993 to 2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby boomer president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the United States Secretary of State. Each received a Juris Doctor (J.D.)
He’s an American politician. He was the 70th Governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and is a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination. He’s married to Ann Romney, and together they have two children. Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich was born June 17, 1943 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He’s an American politician, author and political consultant, and like Mitt Romney, he is also a candidate for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination.
A third disparity is that senators are elected to 6-year terms, while representatives are elected to serve 2-year terms. Every two years, the nation holds an election for members of Congress. At that time, all members of the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate are up for re-election. By comparing the Senate and the House of Representatives we conclude that there are two major similarities between them. For e.g.
Monsanto gave $186,250 to federal candidates in the 2008 election cycle through its political action committee (PAC) – 42% to Democrats, 58% to Republicans. For the 2010 election cycle they gave $72,000 – 51% to Democrats, 49% to Republicans. [129][edit] LobbyingThe company spent $8,831,120 for lobbying in 2008. $1,492,000 was to outside lobbying firms with the remainder being spent using in-house lobbyists. [130]Former Monsanto lobbyist Michael R. Taylor was appointed as a senior adviser to the Food and Drug Administration (United States) Commissioner on food safety on 7 July 2009.
1965 Alabama Literacy Test 1. Which of the following is a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights? _____Public Education _____Employment _____Trial by Jury _____Voting The federal census of population is taken every five years. _____True _____False If a person is indicted for a crime, name two rights which he has. ______________________ ________________________ A U.S. senator elected at the general election in November takes office the following year on what date?
How often must the Presidential elections be held according to the Constitution? Every fourth year. 4. How much did the presidential candidates of the 2008 each spent on their campaigns? 5.
The House of Representatives would be made up of officials voted in every 2 years, and whose numbers are determined proportionate to the population of the state- for example, Alaska being a small state, only has 1 representative, whereas California, being the most populous state, currently has 53 representatives. The Senate is elected every 6 years, and each state has 2 representatives. Legislation must pass between both houses with a 2/3 majority, enhancing the checks and balances within the legislature. Congress exercises eight significant checks on the Executive, including: the power to amend or block legislation, to override the President’s veto with a 2/3 majority in both houses, power of the purse- all money the president wants to spend on his policies must be approved by Congress, the power to declare war, to ratify treaties, the Senate has the power to confirm appointments made by the President to the Judiciary and the Executive branch, e.g justices, cabinet members, heads of important agencies such as the CIA, the power of investigation, and the ultimate power of impeachment. However, despite this range of powers, we have seen Congress’ power decline since the start of the Constitution.
Afghanistan has an Islamic Republic government. They have 3 branches : excutive, Legislative, Judicial. There current head of state or president is Hamid Karzai. He was elected December 7, 2004 and won, and then was re-elected in 2009. The supreme court is currently led by the
Then, in the middle of December, the president and vice president of the United States are really elected by the votes of only 538 citizens -- the "electors" of the Electoral College System. ------------------------------------------------- The Electoral college is a group of people who are elected at the level of states for the sake of voting for the president during the general election . Before , the electoral college was necessary , because people after the drafting of the Constitution were not qualified enough to be involve in a such political concern . Also the founding fathers while drafting the US Constitution , did not put the likelihood of partisanship into consideration . But now things have changed , Americans are no longer uneducated , and they have the qualification to vote directly for the president and also partisanship has proved to be an important element in the electoral process , yet the electoral college still elect on the behalf of the american population