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US Public Opinion, Congress, and the Presidency

not the relationship between the executive and legislative branches is successful is due, in large part, to a presidents ability t...

Steroid Scandal in Major League Baseball and Congress

had used steroids and also claimed that as much as 50% pf the players used them (Schmaltz, 2002; 264). Another big name, Jose Cans...

Congress and the Function of Political Parties

aspect is further argued by one author who indicates that, "In America, the national parties play a relatively limited role in ele...

Retirement Benefits and Congress

the Presidents rate (Sepp, 2000). The formula for those elected prior to 1984 is "the average of the three highest years salaries,...

Proposed Legislation Patient Safety Act of 2004

legal errors (Fackelmann, 2002). Furthermore, the AMA study demonstrated that there is a direct statistical connection between th...

Reform of Congress?

interest groups, some of which are small in numbers, have become vocal and can capture the attention of the media with a proper "v...

Congress and the Internet

and provides a springboard for discussion on this very important topic. The articles contained in the volume all relate to the In...

Foreign Diplomacy and the Role of Congress

order to obtain the power to act unilaterally in Southeast Asia, Congress felt compelled to assume the full power granted that bod...

Government's Powers and its Three Divisions

branch. It can propose and make laws and it can pass laws with a two thirds vote even if the President vetoes a bill, but at first...

Presidential and Congress Balance of Power

snuff, the idea that the presidents role should be expanded goes against everything that the Founders intended. First, what did th...

Different Views on Airliners Carrying Guns in Cockpits

pilots, and they should have the right to protect that cockpit with a firearm" (Burns, 2002, PG). The Airline Pilots Association,...

Pros and Cons of Pornography

chats, and a forum where one can post a message. There does not seem to be any sadistic or fetish buttons on this site. Most of th...

Role Of Congress In National Security

any other official militia of the country.4 The Constitution divides the powers regarding war between the President and the Co...

Financial Statements: GM and Ford

$39 billion loss" (Fortune 500, 2008). Of course the same poor conditions exist for the entire industry and not only for GM, but ...

Application of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

grounds of incompatibility with the purpose of the treaty and opposed the treaty unless this reservation was withdrawn. State 2 al...

Blocking Unions Legally

fact, under the new presidents ideas, unionizing would become easier and easier. Consider, for example, the speeches during the ca...

Government's Sights on Healthcare Insurance

good first step would be with torte reform so that physicians are not required to order expensive and often unnecessary tests for ...

How Accounting Rules Change

including major accounting firms. While we generally consider the effects of this Act on public companies, Hamel (2003) reminds pe...

Inequalities in the Workplace

Previously, employers were able to avoid lawsuits for pay discrimination if they could prevent the employee from finding out that ...

The Obama Administration and North Korea

US. He is soon to learn that that this is anything but the truth. 1. A concise history of...

Steroid Use in Major League Baseball

steroids enhance performance; or rather, there is sufficient doubt about it to suggest that it might not be true in all cases. In ...

24th AMENDMENT

very Amendment. As such, the Court unanimously agreed people were not to be penalized for opting in favor of what was already the...

President Truman's Foreign Policy

and respect for the individual and was seen as posing a major threat to democracy and freedom and would deny people under those re...

Johnson’s Veto of the Freedmen’s Bureau

the idea of moving to abandoned lands; in addition, white Southerners, as is well known, were not ready to accommodate the entry o...

Logical Fallacies: Bush Rhetoric On Terrorism

popular time in United States history, inasmuch as 911 proved to divide an already agitated homeland. Bushs speech attempted to p...

Moore’s Law and Data Storage

the number of transistors (Jurvetson, 2004). However, the use of nanotechnology has extended the law from the boundaries that were...

Argument: There Is No Need to Revamp the Corps of Engineers

of rebuttal here, well accept Utts comment that the knowledge and expertise of the members of the Corps is extensive, but it is th...

AMERICAN COLONISTS AND GRIEVANCES AGAINST KING GEORGE

were three acts. The first (taxation without representation) extended the power of raising revenues in America without representat...

Gas Rationing

out a system so that those who drive farther get more gas? Whos going to go around to all the congressional districts and check on...

Risorgimento; Italy Between 1815 - 1832

in the period following 1815 it is important to consider these changes as the administrative, judicial, education, and military sy...