In 1985, I took my first job on Capitol Hill working for newly elected Sen. Mitch McConnell. I started in the mailroom, back when most people sent handwritten letters to their senators and some poor staffer had to open and sort them. At 22, I thought I would never get a better or more important job. Thirty years later, I’m again working for McConnell, now as his state director back in Kentucky. But I’ve never forgotten that first job in Washington. Between then and now, I’ve interviewed dozens of
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Bagley is a cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, who depicted the struggles that President Obama was having in the Legislative branch during 2011(which to this day is still occurring). Mr. Obama, a Democrat, is facing difficulties passing bills in the congress due to opposing factors, the Republicans. This battle of powers is causing difficulties to Obama because he cannot do what he finds beneficial for the country. The subject is the struggle that Obama is having, and how he is being bullied
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Over the course of time and multiple presidencies since the beginning of our wonderful nation, you come to realize that some just weren’t very good. Whether it be they made some terrible executive decisions or they completely pissed off the entire country, you can easily make a list of the worst presidencies in United States history. However, and listen carefully, the person in office is not what we are judging today - if that’s the case, most of America (and all of Twitter) would agree that President
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The title of the article I picked was "Comey's legal error undermines law enforcement with 'Clinton Defense'” by Ron Sievert on The Hill. The article discussed how James Comey recommended that Hillary Clinton should not be pursued for criminal charges and whether or not he was right or justified in his action. The author claims that if they allow Clinton to get away with any crimes she’s committed, it will pave way for other to evade the consequences of breaking the law. Sievert builds his claim
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operation desert storm. These events shook the political scene. The Lewinsky scandal, something that may have affected our most recent presidential election. Monica Lewinsky was an intern in the white house, when she and Bill Clinton (the president at the time)began to have, as Bill would call it, “inappropriate intimate physical contact”. This caused Bill’s loyalty to be called into attention, the population was convinced if he couldn’t be true to his wife, how could he be true to us. This lead to
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There have been many interesting elections in American history but one of the most interesting in my opinion is the election of 1992. There were many interesting candidates such as the democrat candidate, Bill Clinton, the republican candidate,George H.W. Bush, and the independent candidate, Ross Perot. Let us take a look in depth of this interesting election. George H.W. Bush was the president seeking re election at the time. He was the commander in chief who had won the Gulf war and was
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* Question 1 0 out of 1 points | | | Only the Senate can impeach civil officers, who are tried by the House of Representatives.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | True | Correct Answer: | False | | | | | * Question 2 0 out of 1 points | | | How many presidents have been impeached?Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Three | Correct Answer: | Two | | | | | * Question 3 0 out of 1 points | | | In recent years, Congress has expressed
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this has shown to be true throughout history, even when the organization is not designed or run under optimum conditions. The article was a summary of the transformation the IRS was beginning in 1998. Change was mandated in 1996 by US President Bill Clinton in the Restructuring and Reform Act 1998. The organization was receiving a major structural reorganization from a geographic based model to a market-based service. As with most government agencies the IRS looked towards the private sector and appointed
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Film Critical Essay Xinyue Zhang I saw the movie “Olympus Has Fallen” in the AMC Lennox Theatre on a Saturday night with one of my friends. There were not very much people in the theatre and for the movie I saw, there were only 20 to 30 people. There weren’t any children and all the people were very quiet so I felt really comfortable. The story in the movie happened recently because it involved nuclear war between America and North Korea. The main character Mike Banning is played by Gerard Butler
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Discuss 4: first the bill is introduced in congress, debate on it is held and if it gets majority, it is sent to senate. After it gets approval of senate, it is sent for president's approval and after president's approval, it becomes law. Checks and balances were created to keep any one branch of government or any person in government from having too much power. A. LEGISLATION IS INTRODUCED - Any member can introduce a piece of legislation HOUSE - Legislation is handed to the clerk of the House
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