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    limits on how long they can serve. There are many faces in Congress that have been there for over 20 years. I intend to explain why having the same people hold the same office is not healthy for the average American citizen. The original intent of the Constitution was to limit government and the self-serving interests that become tyrannical by their very nature. The fact that the founders did not include limiting terms for Congress appears to be a great oversight. The reason for this is simple

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    tend to feel coldly towards the United States Congress. Looking at factors such as total income, I theorize that due to the large lifestyle gap between the citizens of the U.S. and their congress the American people might feel a disconnect to Congress and in return not feel warmly towards them. By controlling for outside variables and running a multitude of tests the results have shown that the relationship between income and feelings towards congress is not spurious and can be counted on as an accurate

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    Congress Versus Parliament The US and many Latin American countries have a Congress, while Great Britain and many Western European countries have a Parliament. The word “Congress” comes from latin, meaning “a coming together”. The word “Parliament” comes from the French infinitive “parler” meaning “to talk”. The differences between the two governing institutions affects how one becomes a member and what one does as a member. To become a member of parliament, a person needs to persuade a political

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    Recently, many political scientists have argued over whether today’s Congress is centralizing or decentralizing. Centralization allows Congress to act quickly and decisively, but at the expense of the members of Congress and their constituents, while decentralization protects and enhances the interests of individual members and their constituents, but at the expense of its ability to act quickly and decisively. At its birth, Congress was created as a decentralized body, and although it has fluctuated

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    Local Issues In Congress

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    In today’s government, a major issue involves members of Congress focusing all of their time and resources on re-election. This causes the Congress to focus on the desires and needs of their constituents while potentially ignoring necessary projects and laws that could benefit the entire nation. This, in effect, results in wasted funding and an inefficient Congress. I am a strong believer that the members of Congress need to focus on the national issues rather than local issues that dictate re-election

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    Congress of Vienna was not a forerunner to the United Nations. Congress of Vienna Similarities United Nations Established in 1815, in Vienna, Austria. They met to reorganize Europe after the Napoleonic wars. They met to deal with the after-effects of war. Established in 1945, San Francisco USA. They met in order to pledge that they would never start a conflict like World War Two again. The goals of the Congress of Vienna were to pay back countries that had suffered during the Napoleonic

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    The Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) No event epitomizes the state of Europe in the wake of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars as well as the Congress of Vienna held between 1814-1815. The culmination of centuries of European political tradition, the Congress was in many ways the last gasp of monarchy in Europe, as the royal houses tried to restore the Europe they once knew and ensure that their way of politics and society would be sustained even in the face of the radical wave of

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    The Triumph of the Congress of Vienna Essay

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    The Congress of Vienna was a series of conferences held in Vienna, from 1814-1815. In which many European heads of government met to establish long-lasting piece, preventing revolution and any other nations from becoming to powerful, on the European continent after the defeat of Napoleon. Even though many countries came together to discus an issue, “the Congress of Vienna was more successful than many other peace meetings in history” (Beck, 241). The most influential of these representatives was

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    In order to advance the acumen of how Congress constructs its acts from inception to enactment, there are various methodologies one can use. With that in mind, this exploration aligns to the Analytical Framework methodology as described in our class textbook, The Struggle for Democracy by authors Edward Greenberg and Benjamin Page. Thus, the congressional act I’ve chosen to examine is the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 as it’s of immense importance to all Americans. Specifically, this act

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    The conservative order, had to do with France and how his four major rivals tried to cease France and also secure the peace after the war. The main reason the Congress of Vienna was established was to stop France, which was ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte. Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia were France’s major rivals and were put to do anything possible to defeat and overrule Napoleon’s country. All in all, they were all out to put a stop to France or to prevent something worse to happen. Also

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