However, many leaders fear that his measure would pass with backing from an unlikely coalition of liberals and conservatives. ... On Friday, the House is looking to pass either or both of the measures, signifying Congress' most assertive stance on the Libya conflict to date. ... He also worries over the Kucinich measure individually because it could harm American relations with NATO allies contributing to troops in Afghanistan (Steinhauer). ...

• Word Count: 1319
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Quebec Conference At the Quebec Conference on October tenth, 1864, the delegates agreed on seventy-two resolutions that set out which powers each level of government would have. Their decision was based on the desire to have a strong federal government with limited power for the provincial go...

• Word Count: 343
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of religious attendance and other cultural variables had on the vote in the 2004 presidential election. I start by first introducing the study and some of the generally held public beliefs. Following this, I review and critique scholarly articles written about the major influences in the 2004 presidential election. I then go on to formulate my own hypotheses and analyze them with a data from the American National Election Studies in 2004. I find that many cultural issues played important roles in George W. ...

• Word Count: 4480
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Burnett of Alabama, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, that sought to reintroduce the measure of literacy test as measure against uncontrolled Immigration coming to America. ...

• Word Count: 3300
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

My impression of this group is that they have accomplished some very positive things for society, however, it seems to me that just like most any other grass roots organization that their own political agenda has a way of getting between what is right from wrong and estabolishing a means in which to measure who is more in need of help. ...

• Word Count: 425
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Articles of confederation was the first rough draft of the present constituition of the United States of America. The Articles had many weaknesses, but they still possessed some strengths. Many people say that the Articles of Confederation were important because they were a model of what a con...

• Word Count: 382
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since racism and indifference had restricted rights for blacks, executive orders issued by presidents in the 1950s and 1960s established the concept of anti-discrimination measures to guarantee fair treatment of blacks by government contractors. ... Kennedy created a Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity in 1961 and issued Executive Order 10925, which used the term "affirmative action" to refer to measures designed to achieve non-discrimination. ...

• Word Count: 1414
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The President faced what has been described as an 'impossible situation"; the American public called for harsh reactionary measures against Iran, which in reality were far too risky and could mean the deaths of thousands, including the hostages. ... Amidst the nuclear threat in Iran, greater emphasis on European powers has been seen, with the European Union taking proactive measures in negotiations. ...

• Word Count: 1264
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the "Acts and Resolutions of South Carolina", South Carolina states that if the national government does not take measures to prevent the postal service from delivering Abolitionist papers from the North which may cause the Slaves to rebel, South Carolina would leave the nation. ... He justified this measure by stating that the Constitution called for a single nation and not a league of states, thus his actions were in defense of the Constitution. ...

• Word Count: 909
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The November 17th, the BBC article, "Ukraine: EU fails to agree on new Russia Sanctions," discusses the escalating conflict in Ukraine, and the measures that the European Union and the United States are planning to combat the issue of the pro-Russian separatist. ...

• Word Count: 562
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

President Barack Obama announced in a radio and Internet address his most recent endeavor to stimulate the job market following the economic slowdown that ultimately eliminated job openings nationwide and weakened his job approval standing with the public. Obama vowed to begin a $500 million initia...

• Word Count: 548
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

On Sunday, January 22nd, the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade in which the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide, hundreds of anti-abortion activists gathered in the nation's capital. March for Life, a nonprofit group, organized an hour and a half long program that included speakers, music, an...

• Word Count: 546
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A long partisan stand-off ended on July 20th when the US Senate finally passed a fourth extension of unemployment benefits (Scherer). The long-standing Republican filibuster was finally broken when Carte Goodwin, who succeeded West Virginia's Robert Byrd, was sworn in and allowed for the 60-40 vot...

• Word Count: 816
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The debt ceiling bill that passed through the House on August 1st, calling for an almost trillion dollar increase in the ceiling countered by similar reductions in spending, could significantly reduce military spending, much to the disappointment of Congressional Republicans. Seemingly backed into ...

• Word Count: 792
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the 1930's, the major effect of the Great Depression resulted in the New Deal. America expanded government intervention into new areas of social and economic affairs as well as the creation of more social assistance agencies at the national level. Both Herbert Hoover and Franklin D Roosevelt ...

• Word Count: 739
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Benito Juárez was born to an indigenous family in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, in 1806. In the city of Oaxaca, he lived with his sister who was a servant at the house of Don Antonio Maza. He studied at the Santa Cruz Seminary, the only secondary school in Oaxaca. Jua'rez later studied Law at the In...

• Word Count: 752
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Articles of Confederation During the Revolutionary period, the United States and Britain had many conflicts. Between 1763-1776, there were issues among these two countries. Between 1780-1789, there were issues about the federal government and the states under the Articles of Confederation. Tw...

• Word Count: 868
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In January an Arizona Democrat lawmaker introduced a new bill to make marijuana legal for recreational use for adults. If the bill submitted December 30 is voted through by legislation, voters in Arizona will be able to vote on the recreational use of marijuana by adults. Arizona is one of twenty-th...

• Word Count: 859
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In it, the idea that punishments ought to fit the crime was codified in the following words - "A free man shall not be [fined] for a small offense unless according to the measure of the offense, and for a great offense he shall be [fined] according to the greatness of the offense." ...

• Word Count: 2226
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Should The U.S President be more or less accountable? If so, how, and to whom? Ernest Griffiths argues that once he is elected the powers and influence of a president are enormous, certainly exceeding those of a British Prime Minister. The constitution itself deals largely in generalities, sta...

• Word Count: 2206
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Civil War left America broken and disunited, and the following Reconstruction period between 1865 and 1877, was meant to put America back together socially and economically, and accomplish the unity pursued by the central governing body. Reconstruction was a partial success in restoring the Amer...

• Word Count: 1062
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the United States, media, interest groups, political parties, federal and state courts, agency bureaucrats, advisers, the cabinet, congress, and the president, each play a significant part of creating policies. Although public policies are based on the law, these groups (not legislators), are cha...

• Word Count: 1120
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As such, the court ruled that due process does not forbid Arizona's truncated use of the M'Naghten test to measure solely the defendant's capacity to realize whether he or she knew the index crime was right or wrong. ...

• Word Count: 1113
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In 1922 President Franklin Roosevelt introduced the "Good Neighbor" Policy. This policy was created to keep the United States from getting involved in problems that could and would occur in Central America. This policy, however, did not stop many government agencies from interfering and creating a...

• Word Count: 2010
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Under this provision, for example, the United States assumed control of the economy of the Dominican Republic in 1904 as a measure of "preventive intervention," to prevent Europeans coming in and taking advantage of the Dominicans" weak economy. ...

• Word Count: 1579
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate