United States Congress - District 3 » congress http://www.chrissander.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Why is Congress a decentralized institution and why is Congress inevitably unpopular with voters? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/why-is-congress-a-decentralized-institution-and-why-is-congress-inevitably-unpopular-with-voters http://www.chrissander.com/congress/why-is-congress-a-decentralized-institution-and-why-is-congress-inevitably-unpopular-with-voters#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:37:08 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/why-is-congress-a-decentralized-institution-and-why-is-congress-inevitably-unpopular-with-voters Why is Congress a decentralized institution and why is Congress inevitably unpopular with voters.

Congress is supposed to represent the people , they don’t .

]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/why-is-congress-a-decentralized-institution-and-why-is-congress-inevitably-unpopular-with-voters/feed 8 Why should the Republican Congress provide low interest loans to the ? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/why-should-the-republican-congress-provide-low-interest-loans-to-the http://www.chrissander.com/congress/why-should-the-republican-congress-provide-low-interest-loans-to-the#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:00:11 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/why-should-the-republican-congress-provide-low-interest-loans-to-the American car manufacturers to the tune of $50 billion? This is the same thing Lee Iaccoca requested for Chrysler. A government bailout. Before you answer, remember the Congress is controlled by the Republicans. Republicans are the majority of the Senate, Democrats are the majority in the House. The upper chamber is the "Decider" for the congress regardless of how the House votes. Please inform.

Because the jobs and employment in the US would come back in taxes, etc.

Because the U.S. needs in-house manufacturing so that if there is a war and the borders are blockaded (or some related reason) we can still make things we need.

Because if the US car makers cannot fund their own retirement plans, it could put a larger burden on social services.

]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/why-should-the-republican-congress-provide-low-interest-loans-to-the/feed 2 Who sponsored the new bill in Congress to give illegal aliens amnesty? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/who-sponsored-the-new-bill-in-congress-to-give-illegal-aliens-amnesty http://www.chrissander.com/congress/who-sponsored-the-new-bill-in-congress-to-give-illegal-aliens-amnesty#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:50:59 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/who-sponsored-the-new-bill-in-congress-to-give-illegal-aliens-amnesty Another bill has been introduced in Congress that would give amnesty to the 12 million illegal aliens believed to be in the United States. Does anyone know who introduced the bill? I am being told it is not getting any support but I believe it is important that we all know about it and that we reemphasize our strong opposition to any amnesty for any illegals to our elected officials. Who introduced this bill and have you contacted your elected officials to see that it is defeated?

your are right there is no support and the main stream news media wont even waste there time reporting it. but if you must know its another attempt by a hispanic to legalize illegal immigrants. even the mexican ambassador acknowledges it will never happen. and that is a fact jack

]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/who-sponsored-the-new-bill-in-congress-to-give-illegal-aliens-amnesty/feed 4 What legally prevents Congress from giving themselves a huge pay raise? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/what-legally-prevents-congress-from-giving-themselves-a-huge-pay-raise http://www.chrissander.com/congress/what-legally-prevents-congress-from-giving-themselves-a-huge-pay-raise#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:50:07 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/what-legally-prevents-congress-from-giving-themselves-a-huge-pay-raise If Congress passed legislation giving each Senator and Representative a bonus of say, $10 million a year, what’d legally prevent them from doing so?

That would be the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. It says that any change in pay Congress votes in will not take effect until the next Congress convenes (i.e. after Congressional elections).

]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/what-legally-prevents-congress-from-giving-themselves-a-huge-pay-raise/feed 0 Is the Decision of the Congress Committee of Telangana the worst after Tughlag’s decisions? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/is-the-decision-of-the-congress-committee-of-telangana-the-worst-after-tughlags-decisions http://www.chrissander.com/congress/is-the-decision-of-the-congress-committee-of-telangana-the-worst-after-tughlags-decisions#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:35:15 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/is-the-decision-of-the-congress-committee-of-telangana-the-worst-after-tughlags-decisions Mohammed Tughlag is best known for his worst decisions like "Delhi to Daulatabad". Is the decision of the Congress Committee for Telangana is same like that of Tughlag. Seems History repeats itself.

actually tughlaq was an intellect ,but he failed to apply his knowledge properly .His intentions were good(in shifting capital,that coins decision,etc.)but they backfired . We can’t compare the congress with tughlaq……congress is comprised of bunch of true and pure fools !! it is a congress decision…the brainless politicians and useless political party of india.

]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/is-the-decision-of-the-congress-committee-of-telangana-the-worst-after-tughlags-decisions/feed 15 How does the Congress organize itself, and what are some of the important powers and functions it exercises? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-does-the-congress-organize-itself-and-what-are-some-of-the-important-powers-and-functions-it-exercises http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-does-the-congress-organize-itself-and-what-are-some-of-the-important-powers-and-functions-it-exercises#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:00:04 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-does-the-congress-organize-itself-and-what-are-some-of-the-important-powers-and-functions-it-exercises In addition, how are bills processed through Congress and how do they become laws? Be sure to consider the politics of these processes as well as their procedural aspects.

An excellent source of information about the Congress of the United States is the Library of Congress website at http://Thomas.loc.gov

The Legislature (the Congress) is one of three branches of the Federal Government, which are designed to act as "checks and balances" on each other, so that no one branch can dominate government of the people. The other two Branches are the Executive (the President) and the Judiciary (the Supreme Court and other Federal courts).

The Congress is organized into two Chambers, the House of Representative and the Senate. Members of the House are elected every two years and each Member represents approximately the same number of people for a total of 435 Representatives. Members of the Senate are elected every six years and each of the 50 States has two Senators for a total of 100 Senators.

The House and Senate have the joint responsibilities of appropriating money to run the government and of passing laws to govern the people in all matters that have not been delegated by the Constitution to the individual States. Each Chamber organizes its members into Committees, which specialize in different kinds of lawmaking. For example, there are Committees on laws concerning National Security, Appropriations, Agriculture and Transportation.

The House has the additional responsibility to indict ("impeach") members of the other two Branches (the President and Judges), if they are accused of wrongdoing.

The Senate has the additional responsibility of trying those who are impeached and for ratifying treaties and approving those persons the President nominates to fill high political offices.

Precedures for processing a BIll: One simplified example of the process for passing laws to appropriate funds and to govern the people, begins with a bill (a description of the law to be created or changed or of the funds to be approved) being drafted and then "introduced" by a Representative to the House. Anyone can draft a bill, but only a Member of Congress can introduce it for congressional consideration.

The House then sends the bill to a Committee to review and report back on whether it is a good or bad bill. If the Committee reports the House should approve the bill, the House leaders set up rules for debate on the bill and then the House votes on the bill. The process is the same if a bill is first introduced in the Senate–except all appropriations bills which must be introduced first in the House.

Once the House has approved a bill, it sends the bill to the Senate, where the same process occurs. The Senate refers it to a Committee, the Committee reviews and reports back on the bill, then the Senate debates and votes on the bill. Frequently, though, the Senate will make changes to the bill, called amendments. When this happens, the bill must be sent back to get House approval for the amended bill.

If the House disagrees with the Senate amendment, then the House and Senate Committees meet in a Conference to work out the differences. When they have developed a compromise bill, it is sent to the House to approve, then to the Senate to also approve.

Once both Chambers have agreed to the same bill, it is sent to the President to sign. When the Bill is signed, it is "enacted" and the new laws in it will be in effect from the signing date onward (unless the bill specifically says to delay starting a new law for some reason).

Politics of processing a Bill: In the United States, there are two main political parties–the Democrats and the Republicans. The Congress is usually controlled by one party or the other. That is, more of the Members of the House and the Senate belong to one party or the other. Sometimes the House is controlled by one party and the Senate by another and sometimes one party controls both Chambers. Currently both Chambers are controlled by a majority of Democratic party members.

When one party in Congress has a larger majority of members than the other, bills that the majority party want to get approved are usually easier to get passed–but not always. Many times party members may not personally agree with every condition in a bill that their party favors. In such cases, the party leaders of each Chamber must persuade their party members to agree to the bill. Often the leaders have to compromise some of the terms and conditions in the bill to get enough party members to vote for the bill to be approved.

Sometimes, neither political party has a strong majority and so each party’s leaders in Congress must compromise with members of the other political party to get enough votes for approval of a bill.

If both the House and Senate agree on a bill that the President does not like, the President can veto the bill and return it to Congress. Then the House and Senate must re-approve the bill by a 2/3 majority of votes to "override" the President’s veto or they may amend the bill until the President agrees to sign it

]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-does-the-congress-organize-itself-and-what-are-some-of-the-important-powers-and-functions-it-exercises/feed 1 How is a bill introduced to congress? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-is-a-bill-introduced-to-congress http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-is-a-bill-introduced-to-congress#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:21:08 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-is-a-bill-introduced-to-congress I don’t understand how this happens.
I know that a member of Congress introduces the bill, but like does the congressman write the bill and mail it to congress or does he GO the the congress building? I don’t really understand haha.

You should go to this website:

http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:L3NqfpImpGQJ:www.votesmart.org/resource_govt101_02.php+how+is+a+bill+passed+to+congress&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

It tells you how a bill becomes a law.

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]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-is-a-bill-introduced-to-congress/feed 2 How much can a President do when Congress is uncooperateive? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-much-can-a-president-do-when-congress-is-uncooperateive http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-much-can-a-president-do-when-congress-is-uncooperateive#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:28:02 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-much-can-a-president-do-when-congress-is-uncooperateive Why is there so much focus on the Presidential election when the Congress makes it SO difficult for the President to get anything accomplished?
Don’t you think we need to focus on and be more careful who we elect as our LOCAL and STATE leaders? Aren’t these the people who eventually end up in Washington?
Aren’t most issues best resolved at the "grass roots" level?
Might we also make sure our children receive the best of education so our "future leaders" have a leg up?

The person at the top is not a dictator in a democracy, right?

By the same token, how much can Congress accomplish when the President is so uncooperative?

Obama in ‘08.

]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/how-much-can-a-president-do-when-congress-is-uncooperateive/feed 10 could congress pass a law saying that students who r U.S. citizens living in 2Texas cannot take a field trip? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/could-congress-pass-a-law-saying-that-students-who-r-u-s-citizens-living-in-2texas-cannot-take-a-field-trip http://www.chrissander.com/congress/could-congress-pass-a-law-saying-that-students-who-r-u-s-citizens-living-in-2texas-cannot-take-a-field-trip#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:32:10 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/could-congress-pass-a-law-saying-that-students-who-r-u-s-citizens-living-in-2texas-cannot-take-a-field-trip COULD CONGRESS PASS A LAW SAYING THAT STUDENTS WHO R U.S. CITIZENS LIVING IN TEXAS CANNOT TAKE A FIRLD TRIP TO LOUISIANA

no thats so wierd. why?
thats like not being able to go anywhere out of rhode island you cant

]]> http://www.chrissander.com/congress/could-congress-pass-a-law-saying-that-students-who-r-u-s-citizens-living-in-2texas-cannot-take-a-field-trip/feed 1 What I want to know is why congress cannot authorize a spending bill without adding more spending into it? http://www.chrissander.com/congress/what-i-want-to-know-is-why-congress-cannot-authorize-a-spending-bill-without-adding-more-spending-into-it http://www.chrissander.com/congress/what-i-want-to-know-is-why-congress-cannot-authorize-a-spending-bill-without-adding-more-spending-into-it#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:17:06 +0000 admin http://www.chrissander.com/congress/what-i-want-to-know-is-why-congress-cannot-authorize-a-spending-bill-without-adding-more-spending-into-it Congress has added a pay raise for federal judges into the deal for the automakers. It seems as though someone always adds more spending into a spending bill. Isn’t it time they took a look at each individual item in such a bill and each item should be approved separately?

You know why – we all do. Reid & his cronies have no conscience & no regard for the American people. Period.
You don’t give your people raises if you company is failing. The US economy is failing. It is unconscionable to pass out more cash…but good politics it seems. The judges will be less inclined to go against their benefactors in Congress when & if we the people take their azzes to court.

After term limits, not being able to pad a bill with pork should be next.

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