Essays on Senate

Term limits are an essential part of legislative control, but the processes also detriment the welfare of central actors in the system. Actors in the legislative system especially the members of the Senate are regarded in the office stay, and their careers also conform to the same criteria. Limitations in the American legislature deter the existence of service deliveries in public. Moreover, the fact that the advocacy was acquired through the use of voters has approval enhancing the functioning of the legislature. Principally, the essence of term limits was orchestrated under the participation of Congressmen from large states in ...

A bicameral parliament is a system of the legislative branch of the government made up of two complimentary houses that work together to pass laws. This system of parliament ensures that both the citizens and the government are adequately represented in the house and that sufficient consultations are made before any bills are passed into laws. In the case of the United States, the Senate embodies the interests of the state whereas the House of Representatives exemplifies the views of the country population as a whole (Moran 1895). The modes of qualification into these houses vary from one nation ...

How to Use Policy to Change Public School’s Funding and Resources Allocation

Ph.D. in Education-Leadership, Change, Policy in Education

Abstract

The present study aims to investigate the funding disparities deprive many minorities and low-income families of the opportunity for education success. The research endeavors to explore different ways policy can be used to equally allocate educational resources and use them to the advantage of the less fortunate sections of the society. As one of its important goals, this prospectus paper informs the research as to how to weigh the options available to the school managements and the education policy makers. The paper provides a purpose to the proposed study by dwelling upon ...

Sacking of Attorney General

Dana Loesch is a radio personality that is never afraid of speaking her mind. She always says issues as she sees them. In fact, she is one of the most vocal radio personalities in the current generation. In her latest show, which was on Tuesday 31, she raised different issues concerning the several aspects of the contemporary world and the lifestyles of people. In the first part, she criticized the people who are against the sacking of former attorney general of the federal government, Sally Yates (Loesch). In her argument, she states that President Trump did what other presidents ...

The contemporary situation in the U.S. regarding its foreign policy is still unknown. By and large, the latter’s foundations for the next four years will be defined by the President through his behavior on the international arena and the relevant orders. However, the stable to some extent foreign policy of the United States can be different from the previous years. In fact, the worries have been expressed throughout the presidential campaign, as two adverse points of view were supported. One of them was to remain the supporter of NATO, alien for all the friendly states of Europe, East ...

Is the Current Student Loan Policy in the United States Fair and Equitable?

Is the Current Student Loan Policy in the United States Fair and Equitable? The student loan policy tries to accommodate the needs of various students through grants, borrowing limits, loans, and federal work-study programs among others (Blumenthal, n.d.). Despite its effort to improve the affordability of education for all, there is still a challenge that hinders the fairness and equitability of the policy in the USA. The high interest rates scare students who are uncertain about their ability to repay the loans. Many post-traditional learners who seek educational advancement, for instance, work in low-paying jobs. It makes it difficult ...

Interaction between the three branches of power

"Trias politica", as it was formulated in the 18th century, includes separation of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government (Peterson). An important element in it is the system of checks and balances, which guarantees that none of the three should dominate the others. This is ensured by empowering each branch to have its own set of powers (balances), and some of the competencies of each branch make sure that another branch doesn't abuse its power (checks). Here are just a few examples: Checks on the executive branch by the legislative branch: The Congress can override ...

This essay provides information about Deidre Henderson who represents District 7 of the Utah State Senate. She is a white-American incumbent senator who has served in her position since 1st Jan 2013. In terms of education, Henderson went to Taylorville High school as well as Eagan High before attending Brigham Young University. She has five children with her husband - Gabe Henderson. Before being involved in politics, Henderson worked in various positions in business as she and her husband operate small businesses within the state of Utah. Evidently, Henderson belongs to the middle class in terms of the legislator’ ...

The committee membership in the United States of America is not diverse. The polarization of the states is dividing the area into different districts which awards one political party an electoral advantage, and while forming the committees, most members are from the benefited political party. The varying of the voter's ID throughout the states results in a lack of diversity as not all citizens are given a representation chance in the government. While electing the committee, the voter’s turnover is less, and those people who are not present are not likely to be presented. The legislators play a ...

When it comes to the term coercion, there are usually negative connotations mentioned and covered. Indeed, to coerce someone is to be perhaps punitive and harsh when it comes to leveraging someone to comply with a preference or directive. However, there are some areas of concern and discussion where the usual shades of black and white when it comes to coercion instead fade to shades of gray. For example, if a person charged with a crime is clearly guilty but is not pleading to that effect, they can be offered a plea deal or told that the death penalty ...

During the first 2 centuries C.E., there was a period of peace and prosperity, called Pax Romana , which remained in history as one of the happiest and prosperous periods in the entire human history. However, the achievements of the 3 emperors of the Flavian dynasty, Vespasian, and his sons, Titus and Domitian, laid the foundations for Pax Romana because it represented a period of able administration and important political, social, military and educational changes which brought prosperity in the empire. The succession of the first of these emperors, Nerva, put an end to the Flavian dynasty and in particular, ...

Introduction

President Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act as a United States Federal statute in 2010. Together with the amendment to the reconciliation bill, it promised to expand health insurance to all citizens at a reasonable cost. PPACA defines the health care as neither the right nor privilege of people but it states that citizens, however, do have a right to “affordable” healthcare, which it tries to achieve through a partnership between the market and the government. The ACA is a result of an evolution of government-funded plans such as Medicare and Medicaid as well as statutes such as HIPAA, ...

Part One

Restaurants should be required to provide customers with nutritional as well as content of food information. This would allow customers to make more specific and informed decisions regarding the food they are consuming. Making appropriate decisions regarding food intake allows customers with medical conditions to be more aware of the contents of their food. It also allows customers with particular food allergies to make appropriate decisions from the restaurant menu. And, this would allow customers that want or need to be aware of the nutritional value of food being consumed. Although many Americans do partake in dining out, there ...

The Missouri Compromise was a law that was passed by the US Congress in an effort to diffuse the sectional tensions when Missouri applied to enter the Union in 1819. It wished to be admitted as a slavery state. At the time, there was an even number of slave and non-slave states, and thus if Missouri were to be admitted as a slave state, this would cause chaos due to the imbalance in the number of slave vs. non-slave states in the Union. Missouri’s application caused a series of debates to be held in Congress. The southerners then ...

2016 is a general election year. One person will be chosen as the next president of the United States, and several others will be elected to the U.S Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives. It is the first time in the history of the United States that a woman has been nominated for the highest office in the land. Many issues have come to the forefront of this election year, and several will be considered in the coming months by all states. Texas is no exception. This paper will explain the system of the Texas legislature, the issues ...

Money laundering refers to the criminal activity in which money and funds that have been obtained illegally are used to fund or support legitimate and legal activities. In the process, the illegality of the original criminally obtained money and funds is, in essence, “washed” through its use in the legal activity. A more formal definition of money laundering defines it as, “the process through which criminals, hide, disguise, and legitimize the financial proceeds of their crimes” (FATF). There are a number of benefits that money laundering provides to criminals. First, by using the money to fund legal activities, money ...

Summary

The Romans made many decisions which were pertinent to the internal affairs of the city of Rome. Rome disunited itself from the Plebs and the Roman Senate making the city free and more powerful. Liberty was placed in the hands of both the people and the Nobles, provided these individuals had a greater reason to gain or protect. The government in Rome was keen on eliminating the enmity between the Populace and the Senate. Religion was an important aspect in Rome, and the lack of a medium between the Roman Catholic Church led to the destruction of Rome. A ...

Currently, the United States health care system is struggling with an acute shortage of health practitioners especially nurses who are the major and significant primary health providers and close allies of the patients on their journey to full recovery and enhancement of their well-being. Thus, there is a need to boost and support the effort that will increase the number of health care practitioners in the country. On the other hand, just like the rest of the world, United States is also an aging society and the general population keeps increasing. Notably, during the 21st century, persons of the ...

In a play dominated by men, Portia and Calpurnia are the wives of the two main men in conflict with each other: Brutus and Caesar. After seeing her husband distraught, Portia urges Brutus to tell her what’s wrong and he confides in her, not that it makes any difference. At the same time Calpurnia is attempting to get her husband to stay home with her because she dreamt of his death that day but instead of listening to her, Caesar laughs her off and goes to the Senate House anyway where he is murdered. Thus both wives show ...

Healthcare ip

The developed nations or the high-income countries in the 21st century offer national and universal health care based on their health policies and laws. However, the United States of America as the superpower, on the other hand, does not have any universal health care programs to the citizens. One primary reason that explains the scenario is that the U.S. has a more expensive system of health care than the other OECD countries. The per capita expenditure that the U.S uses on health care is the highest among the OECD countries. Considering the health care expenditure of the other developed ...

In American politics, the association between Congress and the President has been, as one would expect where there is a division of powers, challenging. The Founding Fathers developed a system of checks and balances as the foundation on which the States ratified the American Constitution. As a result, and with one branch of the government writing laws and determining budgets that another branch has to execute and spend respectively, an inherent tension has defined the American government. Now, every President seeks to influence policies. After elections, a country’s President is at liberty to bring his or her goals ...

U.S. Senator, Missouri

2011-Present

Personal Background Martial Status: Married to Abigail Blunt Education: B.A. History, Southwest Baptist University (1970) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt M.A. History, Missouri State University (1972) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Previous Experience: Clerk of Greene County, Missouri (1972-1984) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Missouri Secretary of State (1985-1992) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt President, Southwest Baptist University (1993-1996) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt U.S. House of Representatives (1996-2010) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Committee Assignments:

Appropriations Committee 2011- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Commerce. Science, and Transportation Committee 2011-2016 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Rules and Administration Committee 2011- present (became chairman 2015) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on the Library 2015- present https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Joint Committee on Printing 2015-present (vice chairman) https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt Committee on Armed Services 2013-2014 https://ballotpedia.org/Roy_Blunt

Sponsored Legislation

2016 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse?sponsor=400034#bill_type[] ...

Introduction and Thesis

Harry S. Truman is known as the 33rd President of the United States. He assumed the Presidency of the nation in April of 1945 when President Franklin Roosevelt died due to a stroke. He may not have desired to campaign and assume the Presidency of the United States, but his term in office ushered in a new age in the field of international relations, a new outlook on race relations in the country, and for the United States to assume a greater role in world politics as well.

Overview of the Presidency

Harry S. Truman had been in office as the Vice-President of ...

Overview

American Presidency and leadership has been viewed in varying perspectives depending on the power, obligations, and responsibilities associated with the position of presidency as well as the discrete use of the position`s powers by the persons holding office (Gutman 73). Pika and Maltese have reviewed the American Presidency in the lens of service to the community and the use of the position to create a power centered in the society`s needs that represent the White House as the symbolic and centre of representation of the American`s civilization, democracy and leadership. On the other hand, Schlesinger’s ...

In the USA the federal government has three branches of power: Executive – The President, Legislative- the Senate and Judicial – The Supreme Court. Members of Executive and Legislative branches are elected by people, while “members of the Judicial Branch are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate” (the Whitehouse). The Supreme Court is a real power in the USA and it is very important in the public policy arena. According to the Article 3 of the USA Constitution, “the judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution, the laws of the ...

Speech Preparation 4: Persuasive Speech Writing and Research

Source 1: Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Value: High Credibility: High Source 2: The New York Times News Value: High Credibility: High- The author is an N.R.A member and has authored six books on guns

Source 3: The Guardian Newspaper Article

Value: High Credibility: High

Source 4: Journal Article

Value: High Credibility: High

Supporting Materials

Some of the supporting materials that I will use in my speech include statistics, newspaper reports and reports. According to Weisser, the most important question that needs to be asked now about gun control given the political dimension it has taken is how we can actually reduce gun violence via new laws and regulations without necessarily upsetting Second ...

Identify the three branches of Texas government and describe their functions.

Texas was admitted as the 28th State back on 29 December 1845. This was nine years after its secession from Mexico in 1836. The current constitution of Texas was adopted in the year 1876 (“Texas State Government at a Glance, n.d.”). As a result, the Texas’ government operates under its Constitution, which comprises a type of unitary democracy for its state government, one that uses the Dillon Rule in addition to governments both at the municipal and county levels (“Abbott, n.d.”). The Constitution of Texas divides the power of state movement into three specific departments namely the legislative, executive ...

The 1876 Texas Constitution is among the most detailed state constitutions within the United States. There have been a significantly high number of proposed constitutional amendments since the document became operational on 15 February 1876 (Ericson). From the outset, it is important to note that the high number of amendments to the Texas Constitution is because it is highly restrictive given that the State of Texas can only exercise powers derived from the its Constitution. The Texas Constitution is similar to the other State constitutions because it provides for the separation of powers, but also includes some provisions that ...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent federal agency aimed at providing intelligence relevant to national security and prevention of terrorism. The CIA is governed by a Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) who is authorized to serve as head of the United States intelligence community act as the principal adviser to the President in the matters regarding national security ("About CIA."). One of the most controversial and scandalous operations of the CIA is the adoption of the enhanced interrogation techniques. At the core of the issue was the question of whether suggested methods of interrogation could be vindicated. ...

Summary

A number of national policies are discussed and aired daily on mass media platforms and newspapers. The three national policy issues that I found interesting are sourced from these three newspaper articles:- The Associated Press. (2016, May 14). Reyes banned through May under MLB domestic violence policy. USA Today. Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2016/05/13/reyes-banned-thru-may-31-under-mlb-domestic-violence-policy/84344426/ Reuters. (2016, June 11). California Governor Signs Bill Letting Undocumented Immigrants Buy Insurance. New York Times [New York]. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/06/11/us/11reuters-california-insurance.html?_r=0 Shear, M. D., & Lichtblau, E. (2016, January 4). Obama to Expand Gun Background Checks and Tighten Enforcement. New York Times [New York]. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/us/politics/obama-says-he-will-act-on-gun-control-in-coming-days.html

Gun Violence Research Act

This ...

“Et tu, Brute?” Many people recognize this pithy question as Julius Caesar’s last words upon seeing Roman senator Marcus Julius Brutus, with whom he had a relationship akin to that of a father and son, among his murderers on March 15, 44 BC. The phrase roughly translates to, “You too, Brutus?”. However, there is no historical evidence these were Caesar’s last words; more likely; they were popularized by William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in the sixteenth century. Known as the Ides of March, Caesar’s death is one of the most famous political overthrows in all of ...

Introduction

The United States of America has operated with democratic, republican representative government for more than a century and it has been one of the reasons for the success and growth as a country. The representative form of government has made America the global leader, but in recent years, several threats have raised that challenge the future existence of the much celebrated representative form of government. These threats come in the form of external and internal threats that are capable of breaking the duopoly of the representative form of government. The main threats that are affecting representative form of government ...

Introduction

The Annals is a collection of sixteen books that survive, written by Cornelius Tacitus who was an historian of the Roman Empire as well as a Roman senator. In what remains of his final writings, Tacitus describes the Roman Empire beginning with Tiberius’ reign in 14 AD 14 up to and including Nero’s reign in 68 AD. The estimated date of the Annals is around 166 AD. The personages and events described in the Annals include Caligula, Claudius, Tiberius Nero, and Messalina. While Tacitus was writing from the perspective of an elitist and a scholar, it is evident ...

Arrogance and ignorance may be called the twin causes of the American Revolution. Trace and discuss the ways in which the British lost their American colonies. Why were the British unable to retain the colonists’ loyalty in the period leading up to the Revolutionary War? The rapid economic growth of the colonies encouraged them to free themselves from the constraints posed by England in the fields of trade, industry and land use. Colonies wanted to get rid of the taxes imposed by the British government. Despite all this, in the 60’s of the 18th century colonial oppression increased. ...

Question 3: Immigration and Citizenship

Immigration into the United States has spiraled upward during the past several years. This is as a result of the changing world economy. Many US citizens are apprehensive towards extending citizenship to new immigrants. This is as a result of many factors. Some of these factors include; the view held by some, that immigrants add to the tax burden as they are often low-skilled and are unable to pay enough taxes to cover their benefits, some citizens also believe that immigrants take jobs that belong to true Americans, there is also the cultural concern that some Americans have that ...

The United States has encountered controversial and turbulent eras in its history. Some of those periods that will be the focus of this essay are the Age of Imperialism and Reconstruction. For a vivid analysis of the specific events that took place in the eras, this paper will look at Alexander Stephens’s take on Reconstruction as well as President Wilson message of War during the Age of Imperialism. Alexander Stephens played the role of the Vice President during the life-changing event of Civil War the nation that led to up rise of the African Americans’ claim for equality. ...

Leadership Structure in the House and the Senate

The leadership structure in the U.S. Congress is an intricate system that is divided into The House of Representatives (the House) and the Senate. Both divisions are further divided into two factions that, the majority who are members from a party holding more than half the available seats and the minority who are from the party that has members who hold less than half of the seats available. In the House, the top-most leader is the Speaker who is a constitutional leader given that the position of the Constitution recognizes the office of the Speaker. It is important to ...

On March 4, 1858, Senator James Hammond of South Carolina addressed the United States Senate on an issue concerning the admission of Kansas as a new state of the Union. His speech was in response to a speech given the day before by Senator William Seward of the state of New York. This is a quick summary of that speech along with an analysis of how it is relevant in relation to the upcoming Civil War. The bulk of the speech by Senator Hammond was devoted to the size and relative strength of the Southern American states, also known ...

The Late Republic the period following the rise of the Gracchi was known largely as a time period where chaos, disorder and the breakdown of tradition conspired to break down the Roman state that had functioned largely harmoniously since the end of the conflict of the orders and especially during the Middle Republic a time period ruled by the crisis of the Punic Wars. The Roman state and its Constitution were ruled not by any set of written down laws, but by tradition and the power of prestige.  The Late republic was marked for a general breakdown of this ...

Almost US, but still Latin America. This is the brief definition one can give to Puerto Rico. US is actively engaged in cooperation with the archipelago, but the chances that this area ever really become an integral part of the United States are still unclear. More so, it is a unique habitat with its own unique development system, including the judiciary. Puerto Rico is a dependent territory of the United States and has the status of "unincorporated organized territory”, which means that the area is under the control of the United States (and is not an integral part thereof), ...

Bernard (Bernie) Sanders was born in 1941 in Brooklyn, New York. His religious affiliation is Jewish. He is married to Jane (O’Meara) Sanders, and they have raised four children. Sanders attended high school in Brooklyn. He studied for one year at Brooklyn College before transferring to the University of Chicago. It may be said that his political career started when in college. He became involved in the civil rights movements of the early 1960’s, joining the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Sanders was an originator of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and joined in the March on ...

Introduction and Thesis Statement

St. Aquinas believes that way is sinful and waging war is unjust. He argues that “those who take to sword will die by the sword.” According to him, war is a detriment of peace and therefore a sinful endeavor. However, St. Augustine explains the validity and the justifiability of war. He believes that war, to some extent, is just and necessary (White 269). However, for a war to be just, it has to follow three conditions. A just was must that that has been sanctioned by the highest authority. It will be unjust to wage war at a personal ...

Voting rights in Gabon

Introduction Gabon, the official name of which is Gabonese Republic, is an African country that is located on the west coast of the continent – the area that is believed to be one of the most stable in the whole Africa. The capital and the biggest city is Libreville with the population of 450 000 citizens, while the total population of the country is quiet small – only 1.5 million people. Though the population of the country is not big, it is considered to be the nation with one of the highest income per capita in Africa. In addition to oil, ...

On February 9, 1950 unknown senator from the State of Wisconsin Joseph McCarthy, shaking by a sheet of paper, stated thaat he have declared on meeting in Wheeling (West Virginia) that he has a list of 205 persons who are known to the state secretary as members of communist party and who, however, continue to work and formulate policy of State Department. (Caughey, 68) He has made similar statements also in other cities of the country. The right-wing press and other mass media have picked up these charges. The name of senator soon became a banner of political reaction ...

Puerto Rico and the Electronic Health Record (Part I)

The focus of this research is on Congressman Pedro Pierluisi who serves in the as the representative of Puerto Rico. He is from the Democratic Party. He can be contacted at 2410 Rayburn House Office Building. His phone is 202-225-2615 and his email is http://pierluisi.house.gov. Currently, the key major stakeholders involved in the bill are the congressmen since the bill is still in the committee stage in the house. The contents of the bill are being deliberated on by the subcommittee on health. As such, the real benefits of the bill have not achieved yet. However, in the event ...

How a Bill Becomes a Law

SITUATION: IS THIS SOMETHING THAN CAN BE LEGISLATED? Identify the problem/concern: Drug addiction is a complex issue that contains an adverse consequence for the community members. The estimate of the total costs associated with drug and substance abuse in the community include crime and health complications. On another view, drug and substance abusers lack moral principles to stop using drugs by changing the behavior in the community. Consequently, drug and substance abuse manipulate the brain in ways that usually foster compulsive drug and substance abuse. Typically, drugs and substance abuse have led to addictions and chronic replacing brain disease ...

The constitutional provisions had considerable limitation regarding presidency following the American Revolution while providing considerable powers to the Congress. From the presidency of George Washington to Abraham Lincoln, it was a period of shaping the nation through sorting out national borders, establishing important precedents and governance principles in a bid to create a national identity. With regard to George Washington, he did not have a high level of education, but known for his manly prudence and wisdom that enabled him to become the head general during the revolutionary war. Instead of seizing power through military means after the revolutionary ...

Many a time have people heard about politicians who do plenty of talking. However, verbal rhetoric is only meaningful when backed by actual deeds aimed at the improvement of what politicians oversee, which is society and its welfare. The incumbent Senate President of New Jersey, Stephen Sweeney is one of such politicians who may be said to utilize his legislative authority to its limit. He has showed his aptitude in areas, such as education, property ownership, taxation, healthcare, and the protection of different social categories. Of course, as with other prominent politicians, however renowned, Sweeney has made some controversial ...

In our day to day life, it is easy to see individuals who have found ways to cheat the system, and claim social welfare sources that are above and beyond that which they are entitled to, or who find ways to misappropriate the funds that they are given, and we are incensed by the waste of public dollars. However, in contrast we rarely get to see the results of corporate welfare, provided through government subsidies, or how the use of those funds are abused. In reality, though public disgust of corporate subsidies is far less prominent, they cost tax ...

The United Sates has been considered as one of the countries in the world where advocacy for women rights is prevalent. However, the history of women rights during the pre-colonial period isn’t a good one as it was marred by discrimination and abuse of women’s rights. The society was more male chauvinistic than it is today and there were no equal opportunities between men and women. The height of discrimination was even felt on basic such as education as women seldom got chances to pursue education to the level of men. The debate on women’s rights ...

1. Marbury v. Madison Marbury v. Madison was a significant case in the history of the United States. It was an important case because the Supreme Court affirmed its position as the only state organ charged with the responsibility of reviewing decisions made by the executive and the judiciary. The judgement was delivered by Chief Justice John Marshal in 1803.The case had a vital role in ensuring that the Judiciary was a respected arm of government, just as the legislature and the executive. William Marbury was voted and declared as the peace justice of the country’s capital at ...

What 2008 events gave rise to the need for this legislation?

The need for the Dodd-Frank Act (which complete name is the “Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act”) was given rise by the financial crisis of 2007–08. This crisis triggered the Great Recession, an event many economists consider the worst crisis in the financial markets since the 1930’s (Dodd-Frank Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Definition, 2016). The United States had suffered a “housing bubble” – an unexpected and sharp increase in real estate prices, fueled by easy credit, that lasted over a decade – which had burst in 2004. Many traded financial instruments had their value directly or ...

Roy Blunt – US Junior Senator for Missouri, Republican Party Birth: January 10, 1950 in Niangua, Missouri. Parents: Leroy Blunt and Neva Dora. Education: 1970 – Bachelor of arts degree in history from Southwest Baptist University; member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity; 1972 – Master’s degree in history from Missouri State University (later Southwest Missouri State University). Political career: 1972 – 1984 Greene County Clerk; 1984 – Secretary of State – the first Republican in the 50s who won and hold the post; 1993 – 1996 – President of the Southwest Baptist University; 1997 – 2011 – United States House of the Representatives for Missouri.

Clair McCaskill – US Senior Senator for Missouri, Democratic party

Birth: July ...

The gun control debate has been raging in the open parlance for quite sometimes, at least everybody in America feels the need to be safe, and the only controversy is how to be safe; by allowing more guns to civilians or by withdrawing or limiting the number of guns held by civilians? The Second Amendment to the American Constitution, which came into force in 15th December 1791, has provisions protecting civilians’ rights of keeping and bearing firearms (Klukowski 195). However, debates on gun controls have majorly questioned the role of the government in ensuring that it provides security services ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) usually referred to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and nicknamed Obamacare is a U.S federal bill that was signed into law in March 2010 by President Barrack Obama, it is the latest healthcare transformation law that seeks to enhance quality and accessibility of healthcare services to all Americans (Ornstein, 2015). The PPACA empowers consumers to be in control of their own healthcare by giving them the flexibility of making well-versed choices concerning their health; this is provided for in the ACA under the Patient’s Bill of Rights (Levy, 2010).

Stakeholders in evolution of Affordable Care Act

Many stakeholders ...

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator released in 2000 explores a number of important issues that are not limited in time or in space. This is not just a story that could have happened in the Roman Empire with a Roman military general only. It is a universal story about family values, loyalty, justice, friendship and a lot more. One of the main themes of the film is the struggle for fairness. Gladiator advocates the idea of a regime without totalitarianism and argues against the dictatorship in any form. One of the primary forms of inequality in the Roman Empire was ...

On 23rd March 2010, the president of the united states Barack Hussein Obama signed into law the Patient and protection affordable care act. This is one of the most important laws signed by President Obama in his entire time as head of state. For this reason, the law went on to get recognized as the Obama care act. Most of the provisions catered for in this law came into force in the year 2014. Many preliminary deliberations and preparations would ensure the law remains efficient and beneficial. This particular law aims to achieve some objectives. The first mandate is ...

Point 1

Clear Statement Abraham Lincoln’s plan to table the 13th Amendment to abolish slavery; despite not having the full support of the Republican Party

Brief Summary

According to the movie, Abraham Lincoln decided to table the 13th Amendment in the Senate, which would abolish slavery. Lincoln tabled it at a time when the Civil War was all but won and knew that once the south lost or surrendered, it would be difficult for him to pass the Amendment in the senate. Lincoln knew that people in the conservative faction of the Republican Party would not support the abolition of slavery, as ...

Elections usually come down to a handful of states due to the way the Electoral College is set up. Those states are Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and Colorado, also known as “swing” states or “purple” states. This assumes that each party holds on to its core big states. The democrats have California, New York, and Illinois. The republicans have Texas. What would happen if either party lost one of their key states? Well, doing a little math, the republicans only have one. To say it would have a rippling effect would be an understatement. Before we can answer this question, ...

Understanding of the political system of Japan is critical for understanding the major interests of this country and forecasting its behavior. Since the 1950s until the early 2000s the Liberal Democratic Party remained in power. But in the 21st century, it was temporarily ousted by other political forces. In 2012, it regained power and is ruling party in Japan now. What are the reasons behind the LDP’s domination? I will try to explain it not going deep into history but illustrating the most recent developments in Japanese policy. The result of the Japanese parliamentary elections of 16 December ...