Essays on Congress

Since marijuana was seen to have no medical value, the US Congress wisely decided to include it in the Controlled Substances Act in 1970. But since then, 29 of the 50 states in the US have legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes, and the federal government has not...

The national policy process is becoming more complicated, and developing a congressional platform has become more difficult than ever. The 115th Congress would be unlike any other. The Republicans maintained their majority in both the House and the Senate. The recently elected members of Congress are undeniably zealous about promoting...

In the preface to his book "Act of Congress," Robert G. Kaiser, one of the Washington Post's most prominent writers, admitted that Congress was America's least known institution. The author acknowledged that his endeavors to grasp the inner workings of the country's most establishmentarian facility had been unsuccessful. According to...

When the House is in session, members of Congress may pass legislation. The bill introduced by a congressional representative to restrict the tax benefit on interest paid on residential mortgages would have a direct effect on homebuilders so they would earn less money on their assets (Rossum and Tarr 2016)....

In the United States: The Mechanism of Statehood The mechanism by which a territory becomes a state in the United States is very complex. According to Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution, only Congress has the authority to grant statehood to a territory. Furthermore, the establishment of new...

The Ripple Effects of Obamacare on Small Businesses The ACA was adopted by the 111th Congress of the United States in 2010. At the moment, no one would have imagined that Obamacare's appeal would later have damaging consequences on US entrepreneurs. Small company owners feel a lot of ripple effects. Obamacare's...

Mel Martinez: A Brief Biography Melquiades Rafael Martinez Ruiz, usually referred to as Mel Martinez, was born in October 1946. He was a former congressman and lobbyist who served from 2005 to 2009 as the Florida Representative for the United States of America (Tanne, 2009). Political Career He has served when Gorge Bush...

The California Legislature and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) The California Legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) in August of 2014. The Act's aim was to collaboratively develop and enforce integrated groundwater management policies at the state and regional levels in California. The SGMA needs the establishment of...

In the constitution, the laws upholding people's interests in a country are enshrined. Although the world does not have a global government, there are several separate constitutions around the world. The rules of a nation may, however, be altered at a given moment based on political philosophies (Clark 1421). Congress...

The ethics of Congress The ethics of Congress applies to the actions, the senators, and the legislators are expected to comply with uniform rules and laws regulating the members of Congress. The Office of Legislative Ethics was established in 2008 and is responsible for evaluating and supervising the behavioral ethics of...

Richard Fenno tells the listener of the constituency's view through the post. As such, he emphasizes a constituency's conceived perception as a district that can be represented in four different viewpoints. They are the geographical constituency, the constituency of re-election, the main constituency, and the personal constituency. Based on the...