Essays on Congress

Accountability and the Government Accountability Office Accountability is a key component of any business or government since it assures the transparency of operations and resource use as well as personal accountability for acts and behavior. The Government Accountability Office is a well-established, independent, and non-partisan body that works in accordance with...

Carson and Jason’s book Ambition, Competition, and Electoral Reform Carson and Jason’s book Ambition, Competition, and Electoral Reform examines how politics are carried out during congressional elections as well as electoral institutions between 1872 and 1944 through the lens of contemporary political science. The authors use electoral data from the early...

The First Amendment is a legislation that was created that prohibits Congress from adopting laws regarding religious establishment. As a result, there was no restriction on the free exercise of religion, free speech, free press, and the right to congregate and petition the government for redress of people's grievances. (Russo)...

Repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. The new act will replace the act with Savings Accounts, allowing the state to manage Medicaid funds and allowing people to buy health insurance across state lines. It will benefit citizens by expediting the approval of life-saving pharmaceuticals and providing better coverage....

California is one of the United States' states. It is represented in Congress by two senators elected to six-year terms and 53 members of the House of Representatives. California currently has two Senators from the Democratic Party. Dianne Feinstein, who was first elected in 1992, is one of them. Feinstein...

Congressional Ethical Violations Committed by Congressman Rangel Charles Rangel Charles was a Democrat and powerful member of the House from New York until he was found guilty in 2010 of violating 11 distinct congressional rules related to his personal finances and efforts to raise funds for a New York-based college. The...

The Court System in the United States The court system in the United States is separated into several systems. The Supreme Court, the highest court in the United States, is the first branch. Federal courts are the other branch of the legal system in the United States. The Constitution empowers Congress...

The House of Commons of Canada is made up of elected representatives (members of parliament). It borrows structures from the Westminster model, which is used in other nations such as the United Kingdom and New Zealand. The Canadian Prime Minister must maintain the support of this House (Franks & Smith,...

The ability to ask questions that pique interest in the author s line of reasoning helps improve critical thinking. Paul and Elder (2010) assert that there are fundamental, universal intellectual norms that serve as a framework for evaluating the strength of an argument on a given circumstance or problem. The...

The 1972 education amendment known as Title IX The 1972 education amendment known as Title IX was enacted by Congress. The Civil Rights Office has the authority to carry out the duty of upholding the law. Among many other responsibilities, the office is in charge of upholding the law. Women s participation...

Ironically, women still do not have the same rights as men in the United States. At least in light of the fact that the 28th amendment to the Constitution, which ensures that everyone has the same rights regardless of gender, has not been ratified since it was first submitted in...

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...