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member of the House of Representatives for sixteen years and the Mayor of Burlington Vermont for another eight years. Even though Senator Sanders sees himself as an independent senator he identifies as a democratic socialist. Sanders is sees as being a democratic socialist that each citizen is well taken care of, creating a better environment especially a government not solely focused on money interest. Vermont current population is 626,042, the top three main industries of the state is manufacturing

For over 200 years people have argued about whether or not political parties are helpful, or even healthy. In 1879 during his farewell address the first president of the united states of American George Washington warned that….” The common and continual mischiefs of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and duty of a wise people to discourage and restrain it”. Even with all the controversy that surrounds, the American two-party- system hasn’t faulted, from challenges of third

"There are two kinds of pain: The sort of pain that makes you strong, or useless pain. The sort of pain that 's only suffering. I have no patience for useless things”. This opening quote from the Netflix original series, House of Cards, sets the tone for the ultimate theme of power displayed over the course of the show. The main character, Frank Underwood, played by Kevin Spacey, first speaks to the audience after mercilessly killing his neighbor’s dog after it was hit by a car. Because the dog

of the U.S. House. A majority of members of the U.S. House move to Washington D.C.; Kevin Brady in contrast still resides in The Woodlands, Texas in order to spend time with his family. 2.) Before being elected to Congress, Kevin Brady served as a chamber of commerce executive at the Rapid City area chamber of Commerce. Brady also served in the Beaumont chamber of commerce in south Montgomery and Woodlands chamber of commerce. Kevin was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1990. On

main goal was to discredit the president and gain control of Congress. 3. Congress Committees: There are five committees responsible for health care reform legislation; The House of Representatives has three committees: The Ways and Means, The House Energy and Commerce, and The House of Education and Labor. The Senate has The House of Education and Labor, and Finance. Four out of the five committees passed some form of healthcare reform. Because, there was so much tension between the Democrats and Republicans

The battle for the state of Indiana is usually quite set. Indiana has long been considered to be a staunch Republican-supporting state, especially in Presidential races. The Hoosier state has only supported a Democratic candidate for president five times since 1900. These include Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt in two elections, Lyndon Johnson, and, by a mere 1% margin, Barak Obama. But, it is also interesting to note that eleven Democrats have been elected Indiana’s governor during that same

constitutions of Mexico and Costa Rica apply short term limits on both their legislators and presidents, even though the president of the United States is limited to two terms in office, as well as most state governors. These limit laws that have provoked the fiercest debate and had the most profound effects in America have been the limits enacted since 1990 on state legislators. One opponent compared the career paths of termed-out members to that of Cincinnatus, a Roman farmer much admired by the founders

invigorate his approach by exercising the rights of the federal government. This prompted the fulfillment of the role that the federal government had on civil rights. In James Illingworth’s review of Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861-1865, he describes the relationship as “a qualitative change in the way the mainstream of northern antislavery thought imagined the relationship between slavery and the federal government, and marked a break with what Oakes calls “antislavery

Health care in the United States Universal health care, a very common system throughout most of the first world that many believe the United States should adopt; yet many more are against it. Many feel that universal care is a socialist idea, and socialism is scary. The United States population needs to be properly educated on the advantages and disadvantages of universal health care through an unbiased source. The United States has had a privatized insurance and health care system since the

president and the Republicans that are in power. Audience: The audience is the American people who are caught up in differing views on whether Jefferson’s decisions were unconstitutional or if the Constitution shouldn't be considered. Doc #2: The Present State of Our Country Historical Context: The illustration shows a pro-war Jeffersonian attacking a pillar with the word “Federalism” on it and a Federalist pulling on one that says “Democracy” which captures options of war at the time and George Washington