Our American GovernmentU.S. Government Printing Office, 2003 - 126 Seiten The Committee on House Administration is pleased to present this revised book on our United States Government. This publication continues to be a popular introductory guide for American citizens and those of other countries who seek a greater understanding of our heritage of democracy. The question-and-answer format covers a broad range of topics dealing with the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of our Government as well as the electoral process and the role of political parties.--Foreword. |
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... vote gives the citizen a chance to help select those who will ultimately be responsible for determining public policy . Beyond casting the ballot , a citizen may actively assist in nominating and electing preferred public officials ...
... vote gives the citizen a chance to help select those who will ultimately be responsible for determining public policy . Beyond casting the ballot , a citizen may actively assist in nominating and electing preferred public officials ...
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... voting representation for the District of Co- lumbia in the Senate and House . 6. What were the basic principles on which the Constitution was framed ? The framers of the Constitution debated and agreed to the fol- lowing six basic ...
... voting representation for the District of Co- lumbia in the Senate and House . 6. What were the basic principles on which the Constitution was framed ? The framers of the Constitution debated and agreed to the fol- lowing six basic ...
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... vote instead of by State legislatures ) . 6. That the Constitution , and the laws of the United States and treaties made pursuant to it , are " the supreme Law of the Land . " 7. What is the Bill of Rights ? The Bill of Rights is a ...
... vote instead of by State legislatures ) . 6. That the Constitution , and the laws of the United States and treaties made pursuant to it , are " the supreme Law of the Land . " 7. What is the Bill of Rights ? The Bill of Rights is a ...
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... vote in each House ) or by convention ( on application of two - thirds of the State legislatures ) . So far , a conven- tion has never been called . The second step is ratification of a proposed amendment . At the discretion of Congress ...
... vote in each House ) or by convention ( on application of two - thirds of the State legislatures ) . So far , a conven- tion has never been called . The second step is ratification of a proposed amendment . At the discretion of Congress ...
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... vote in committees , but not in the House Chamber . The Constitution entitles each State to at least one Representa- tive . Beyond this minimum , Representatives are apportioned among the States according to population . Population ...
... vote in committees , but not in the House Chamber . The Constitution entitles each State to at least one Representa- tive . Beyond this minimum , Representatives are apportioned among the States according to population . Population ...
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Seite 107 - ... vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Seite 107 - Section 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Section 3. This article shall be Inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several states, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress.
Seite 109 - The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. SECTION 2. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Seite 97 - The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive...
Seite 107 - XVIII [SECTION 1. After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. SECTION 2. The Congress and the several States shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Seite 113 - Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the president pro tempore of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as acting President. Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of...
Seite 90 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Seite 86 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 95 - No person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president: neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Seite 47 - If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office...