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    Governor Rick Perry

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    Rick Perry Governor of Texas 3/14/2011 Name Here Class Here   Table of Content Life Page 2-4 Priorities Page 5-7 Governor Organizations Page 8-11` Roles of a Governor Page 12 Future Page 13 Work Cite Page 14   Life As a fifth generation Texan, Governor Rick Perry has taken an extraordinary Texas journey, from a tenant farm in the rolling West Texas plains to the governor’s office of our nation’s second largest state.Texas’ 47th governor, and the first Texas A&M graduate to

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    Rick Perry

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    Rick Perry In Section 1 of Article II of the United States Constitution, it is stated that the president is allowed to serve four years before the election process is once again re-initiated. Accordingly, every four years, new presidential candidates pop up in hopes of becoming the next President of the United States. 2012 is such a year, and one of the candidates was Rick Perry. It is interesting to note that when Rick Perry first entered the political scene, becoming elected to the Texas

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    every single state, it was the largest engineering feat in the modern world. Now, almost half a century later, Governor Rick Perry is set to break that record, with the costliest, largest, and most incredible-sized proportion Texas Trans-Corridor, dubbed the “Texas Superhighway,” a 4000 mile, $175 billion dollar project that won’t be completely functional for another fifty years (Perry). This project certainly

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    What Are Hpv Vaccine?

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    On February 2, 2007 Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an executive order, that every girl from ages 9-26 be given the HPV vaccine. In order to understand the uproar that followed, we must understand several aspects of the order. First, we need to understand what the HPV vaccine is. What is HPV, and how does it get transmitted? Second we need to understand what lobbying is, and how it can be applied to this case. Once we identify these important aspects, we can draw a conclusion about whether this

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    Since the United States was founded, people of similar thinking have grouped together. This is extremely easy to see, especially if one considers the north versus the south. Political thinking goes beyond republican and democrat though. For example, in the past 40 years Texas has gone from a one-party Democrat to a one-party Republican state, but the underlying political beliefs have not changed. Texas remains a state that values the importance of a small government and maintaining tradition. The

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    for a vote. The governor is seen the most rather the other officials, which is why their personality and appearance is so important. Governors used to be able to serve a 2 year term but that changed in 1974. The service term increased by 2 years. Rick Perry was elected in 2000 and is Texas’ longest serving governor. To be an eligible candidate the aspiring governor should be at least 30 years of age. Usually, the governor is a white, mid-age, male. Over time things changed when Miriam Ferguson and

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    The HVP Vaccine Controversy Essay

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    have their own opinions on the HPV vaccine, and weather young girls should have their own opinions getting the vaccine once they learn more about it. Mike Adam has his own opinion on the HPV vaccine. Adam feels that the only reason Texas governor Rick Perry issue all young girls get the vaccine sold

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    Education vs. Budget Cuts

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    of Students of the Philippines (NUSP), against the state’s abandonment of its responsibility to ensure quality and accessible education for the youth”. With this being said, it’s not only a state problem; it’s a national problem also. Although Rick Perry had nothing to do with national problems, I think that the state and national government need to budget money better. In conclusion, education is major part of life and I don’t feel that it should be cut. If there is enough money in the rainy

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    a seatbelt wile in a vehicle, even if they put a seatbelt on every time they get into a vehicle. More importantly, Texans don’t like the government making their children do something they do not want for their children. However, former Governor, Rick Perry, tried to make law that female Texans 11 year old or older to be injected with the HPV vaccine (back in 2007), when the government should not have any part in what Texans are required to have in their bodies. The HPV vaccine is to protect an individual

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    The Governor of Texas and the President of the United States are both figureheads for their respective territories. Both serve the function of enforcing the laws enacted by their respective legislatures; however, there are a few key differences that distinguish these two powerful entities from each other. It is important to understand the similarities and differences of these two vital establishments, given their importance in the American and Texas government. These two branches are similar in

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