The Pros And Cons Of A Senate Minority Leader

The failure to pass the bill in the Senate will most likely have a detrimental effect on Landrieu’s runoff election against Cassidy next month. Since the recent polls in Louisiana have shown Landrieu to be significantly dropping behind Cassidy, it is possible that many Democrats refused to support her since her campaign seems doomed to fail. Many believe that Landrieu’s effort to pass the bill through was a last ditch effort to save her campaign and give her a fourth term in office. However, it seems to be only a matter of time before the legislation passes. In January, the Republicans will regain control of the Senate for the first time in years and expect to push ahead with the proposal as soon as possible. Senator Mitch McConnell, an incoming majority leader from Kentucky, said that he

Pat Toomey could have a problem come November — or so says Curtis Blessing, a South Philadelphia Democrat who says a “polarizing” Republican presidential nominee could endanger the first-term GOP senator from Pennsylvania’s re-election bid.

The 2016 Presidential election has got to be the most aggressive yet entertaining election of all time. Who would have ever thought that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would be the two candidates running for President? This election has got everyone, everywhere riled up over who will win the campaign. Citizens of the United States could argue that neither one of the candidates running, is fit to be Commander and Chief. It has come to the point in this election where citizens are not engaging in voting for President, because of the candidates running. Due to the lack of participates voting, I believe that Senator John McCain would better qualify as President because he is a diplomat, he has a strong military background, he’s had years of experience and is a

“Senate Bill 4 is a piece of legislation that Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed in May and it aims to ban “sanctuary cities” by requiring sheriffs, constables, police chiefs and other local leaders to cooperate with federal immigration authorities and allows police to ask about the immigration status of individuals they lawfully detain” (Alvarez). The consequences for sheriffs, constables, police chiefs and other local leaders if they do not follow the legislation are that they could face Class A misdemeanor and possibly jail time (Mansoor & Pollock). “In addition, they can could face civil penalties ranging from $1,000 to $1,500 for the first violation and $25,000 to 25,500 for consecutive offenses” (Alvarez). Many people are against Senate

Today, Supreme Court Nominee’s, Neil Gorsuch, Confirmation hearing came near conclusion on a very confrontational note with the Senate’s Principal Democrat threatening to filibuster. This would complicate the way the senate “conducts its business”. The Republicans eager to confirm Gorsuch only have a 52-majority instead of the 60-majority that is necessary. However, they say he will be confirmed anyway, even if it means removing the filibuster option and allowing nominees to be confirmed with a simple majority vote. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s decision to filibuster was not unexpected but it will increase tension in the senate. “If this nominee cannot earn 60 votes — a bar met by each of President Obama’s nominees, and George Bush’s last two nominees — the answer isn’t to change the rules. It’s to change the nominee,” he said. Although the democrats do not have the votes to block this motion, his filibuster will publicize the resistance in the Congress.

A “Young Guard” of politicians were emerged in Congress. More interested in purifying the Uion rather than patching it up

The filibuster continues to be an area of controversy in the United States Senate. Critics of the rule claim that it has corrupted and even broken the institution, while proponents claim that the rule is a savior for the minority against unpopular laws instituted by the majority. Throughout history, the filibuster has shown its potentially dangerous side as well as its positive benefits. After any major party shift in the Senate, it seems that there is always talk of filibuster reform by the new majority. Although reform debates persist, rules and procedures regarding the filibuster have yet to be significantly changed since 1975, when the cloture rule was last amended. The debate has been revived

In other words the senate can change the rules of the functions and procedures that go on in the senate. A good example of such rule changes occurred in 2013 when the democrat controlled senate voted to change the rule required to end a Filibuster; Instead of there being a 3/5 closure vote a the rule that now exists is only a majority vote, aka 51 or grater votes. This dramatically benefited in the passing of laws during the Obama Presidency, but as of the writing of this paper has since backfired on them as the senate is now controlled by a majority republican party, thus rendering the Filibuster completely

John Adams, one of the founding fathers, wrote that “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution” (“Quote by John Adams”). The Two-Party system has been around since the start of America. The Two-Party system is a system that has two parties that the government, or America in this case, has that lead the government or America. At the current time, the two parties are the Republican and Democrat parties. It was created with the idea that everyone can be represented within either of the parties. Even though it does create some representation of the people, the two-party system does not create an equal policy in society because it does not allow people to get far if they are not within either of the two parties, does not allow the idea of having more than two parties, and because it doesn't represent everyone.

Charles “Chuck” Schumer is an American politician and is currently the Senate Minority Leader. He was born Brooklyn to Selma and Abraham Schumer, a Jewish couple. Chuck attended public schools in Brooklyn and scored a perfect score, 1600, on the SAT. He graduated valedictorian of his class in 1967 from James Madison High School. Chuck then attended Harvard College where he became interested in politics. He continued to Harvard Law School and earned his Juris Doctor in 1974. He passed the New York state bar exam in 1975, but never practiced law.

In the United States (U.S.) Congress, filibusters have the ability to break new laws. By strict definition, a filibuster is a legislative tactic involving the use of unlimited debate ("Filibuster", 2018). The U.S. House of Representatives opted to limit debate time and prohibit the use of filibustering by a simple majority vote (Binder, 2010). The continued use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate is controversial, however since only the House of Representatives has a Rules Committee, the filibuster can serve as an extra check in the Senate by allowing the minority party to block a bill from becoming law (Evans & Michaud, 2015). While the historical applications of the filibuster are widely debated, the filibuster plays a unique role in the legislative processes of the U.S. Senate.

Stabenow and Peters both have attempted to prevent many orders President Trump has passed, with Debbie Dingell being the most vocal against President Trump. Both Stabenow and Peters attempted to use the system against Pres. Trump in his Supreme Court appointment by not returning a “blue slip” causing a slowing of the procedural process in nominating. Individually, Gary Peters

The blocking of legislation is nothing new to the Republican party. According to the article Why Washington’s Tied Up in Knots, Republicans have been blocking legislation since the late nineteen sixties, where they blocked a little less than ten percent of major legislation using the filibuster tactic. The filibuster was a rare thing to behold, on average only occurring once every ten years, until during Bill Clinton's term in which nearly fifty eight filibusters had been enacted by the Republican party. The number of filibusters has nearly doubled in just the past year alone, with a whopping one thirty eight filibusters (United States Senate), all instigated by the Republican party to block as many of President Barack Obama's initiatives as possible, including the delay and possible destruction of the all important health care bill.

The sound of people’s small talk, the constant chirping of the register and the beeping of the metal detector with the strict instructions from the officer. A man walks up to get his ticket and takes his place in line behind a lady and her seven month old baby girl. The man gives the child a warm smile as he wait in line. while the man waits in line he begins to think of everything that he packed for his trip to London, England. He waited and waited in line for it to finally be his true at the metal detector and the officer that blocked his path to the plane. After ten minutes have past, it was almost his turn the only thing stopping him has the lady with the child in front of him. As he turns his gaze down to his pocket to grab his identification

Most individuals with a general background knowledge of the United States Federal Government system are aware that in order for a bill to become a law, it must first pass a majority vote in Congress. There is, however, a very important step in the legislative process that sometimes goes unnoticed. The committee system of the legislation process ensures that the appropriate attention is given to each bill introduced to Congress. Each member of both chambers are assigned to committees and subcommittees, and are expected to become subject matter experts in their respective roles as committee members.