Personal Narrative: United States Senate Page

In Profiles in Courage, Kennedy writes short biographies of bravery and integrity displayed by eight U.S. senators in the history of American Senate. In his view, these individuals defied the opinions of their parties and those of their constituents to take the direction they deemed right. Consequently, these senators had to bear the brunt of their actions such as severe criticism and loss of popularity. Kennedy wrote the book, while he was recuperating in hospital after surgery during his reign as the Senator of Massachusetts. John Quincy Adams, Thomas Benton, and Sam Houston are some of politicians whom this book explores. Tied to these profiles were issues of party loyalty, favoring the compromise of 1850, and voting against party opinions. In this way, the book contains stories of men who recognized what needed to be done and did it (Kennedy 27). As the title suggests, Kennedy’s text explains how influential figures sacrificed their personal influence for their conscience despite severe rebuttals from their parties and alliances.

In spite of this, each page is presented with the opportunity to serve each and every senator while at the capitol. Pages runs errands for senators by taking different documents to other offices, running notes from an office to the senate floor, and many other tasks. The page desk is located outside of chamber doors. This also serves as a lobby for senators away from public access. As a result, it is high traffic and many senators walk through that area, some stop to talk and are interested in meeting some of the week’s pages’ others go about their hurried business. On occasion a senator might ask a page to sit at their desk and vote in their place. The senator must be on the senate floor, but a page will sit at the given senator’s desk, watch for the hand signal when the senator walks into the room to know whether to vote yes or no the bill currently before the

Throughout the course of American politics, superstar senators have risen from the frameworks of capitol buildings on federal, state, and local levels. Some were ruthlessly manipulative in their desire to achieve success, choosing to push their own agenda for the sake of a spot in history. Others served a more earnest cause, putting their country before their party. From the founding fathers to post World War II America, senators of the extremely partisan kind worked in Washington, these men certainly were not the last of the “cut throat” politicians, their actions setting a precedent for future men and women in their partisan agenda. However, noble men who worked endlessly for the prosperity, safety, and unity of America are often swept

Most members of Congress are concerned with representing their constituents and how to change policies in order to better their districts. Fenno takes an in-depth look at how Congress represents their constituents and to what extents. Fenno’s goal in writing this book is to also show the audience that Congressmen and Congresswomen work to accurately

I am Edmund Randolph of Virginia. My parents were lawyer-politicians, so I studied law under my father after my education at William And Mary. After my Loyalist father returned to Britain at the start of the Revolution, I joined the Continental Army as Washington’s aide-de-camp. Following the death of my dear uncle Peyton who served as president of the First Continental Congress, I returned to Virginia as executive of his estate. I am currently the seventh governor of Virginia, hence chosen to be a delegate of my birth state in the the Constitutional Congress. I am qualified with additional experience as a representative participant in the Fourth Virginia Convention, the Continental Congress, and the Annapolis Convention.

When I was in my Government class in high school, I took a test in class to see where in the political spectrum I was in. When I counted all my answers, I came to the bar and saw that I was in the middle but learning to the left. That was when I officially identified myself as a liberal. Before then politics were a boring stuff that adults fuss and quarrel about. After getting that title, I started looking things differently, every time I observe a political issue I would just see which side a liberal is supposed to be at and say I support it. Since I believed myself to be on the left. I never for one second thought, a sane person could be on the right. They are all crazy old white racist men was what I was told. It was not until I took a GOV

In order to understand the importance of Senate reform, this paper will begin by clarifying what is meant by reform. While the Senate is frequently the topic of political debates, there are varying suggestions as to how the government ought to

I live in 24 Congressional District. Its major cities are Suburban. It is predominantly urban. This Congressional District Lean Republican because people who lives in this 24 district have higher education than who does not have educational. My Congressional District Representative is Kenny Marchant and my Senators are John Cornyn and Ted Cruz.

Through elaborately decorated rooms and immense marble staircases, I never expected my time in the Pennsylvania Capital Building to be quite so interesting. On June ninth, I was fortunate enough to not only attend a state senate meeting but to shadow the Senate President pro tempore, Joseph Scarnati, for an entire afternoon. This was not my first time meeting Senator Scarnati, as I had the opportunity to get to know him through various political functions in my hometown of Brookville. Brookville, located in Jefferson County, is one of eight counties that make up Senator Scarnati’s district. I first met Senator Scarnati when I was just a toddler, and upon hearing of this summer assignment, I immediately thought to call him to see if it would be possible for me to attend a senate meeting. To my surprise, I was not only in for a

In Part II of this portfolio, I selected a research paper from American Government 101 concerning Senator Dan Coats. This document represents a man who has a driving passion in government in regards to representing Indiana Hoosiers in Washington D. C. and serving the nation in various roles. Senators have many important responsibilities; therefore, by providing this research paper, critical readers and viewers may grasp a more comprehensive understanding of a senator’s role in governmental affairs throughout United States and in Indiana. Senator Dan Coats represents political responsibility by exemplifying himself as a strong-minded Indiana Senator set on limiting government, fighting for the rights of constituents, and upholding the sound

Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”

The Secretary of the Senate, Elizabeth Henderson, began by discussing the first Senate event, Dunk a Senator. She mentioned that although there were several setbacks, including the issues with the otter pops and popcorn, the event worked out great. She mentioned that she would like to see a rotating schedule created for the Senators at stations in the coming years in order to improve the event. Elizabeth has been serving on the It’s On Us committee during the month and has also spent a great deal of time transcribing the minutes from the Senate meetings. Additionally, she showed up early to the ASGCU/FCC fixer to help

The first point of view from chapter one is by a man by the name of M. Scott Peck. In the section that he wrote he compares our lives to that of a map. He states that these maps need to be revised as we live our lives instead of following a map that may be incorrect. He goes on to explain that to revise a map people will have to face reality about one’s life experiences and it might be painful to face these experiences but it is necessary to achieve the truth. It is easier for people to hide their so called “maps” from the world than to put them out there to be challenged and seen by others.

Daschle, Thomas, and Charles Robbins. The U. S. Senate. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2013.

Growing up in a very conservative household within an increasingly liberal society, I've had difficulty identifying my own political beliefs. I’ve been taught to pick a side: the left or right. That mindset has always left me torn and confused, but I have discovered that I don’t want to choose. I am a moderate. For me, politics is about my own values and my own ideologies, not whether my values are specifically conservative or liberal. I have a more liberal view on issues such as same-sex marriage, the death penalty, and abortion. And I have more conservative views on taxes, the free market system, and welfare. What I believe should not be swayed by trying to affiliate myself with a particular political party. I don’t fit perfectly into the