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    What is an oligarch?

    An oligarch is a very rich business person with a great deal of political influence. The term is usually reserved for people in Russia. More

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    Biden’s big signature agenda – The Build Back Better Act and Infrastructure Bill

    Biden’s big signature agenda includes 2 spending bills, the $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act and the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Bill. Here are the details on both proposed legislations. 1. Build Back Better Act – A social safety net and climate change bill What’s in the bill? Who does it help? The social safety net […] More

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    Election day 2021 is Tue, Nov 2 – List of major state elections

    This year the election day is on Tuesday, November 2. Election day is always the Tuesday after the first Monday of the month. The major state offices on the ballot this year are: Governor New Jersey Virginia Mayor Miami, Florida Atlanta, Georgia On May 6, incumbent Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that she will not seek […] More

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    How the US Government Works. From top to bottom!

    Federal Government The federal government is composed of 3 distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial Congress (legislature) Responsibilities Pass laws (legislation) – Passing legislation requires agreement of both House and Senate. Members (535 members) Senate (100 senators) The Senate is composed of 100 Senators, 2 for each state. House of Representatives (435 representatives) The House […] More

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    Earmarks

    An earmark is a clause inserted into a spending appropriations bill that directs funds to a specific recipient while circumventing the merit-based or competitive funds allocation process. Earmarks are a feature in American public finance. Sometimes it will be reported that politicians use earmarks to fund pet projects. Honestly, I know earmarks are a real […] More

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    The president's first 100 days assessment and where it came from

    Scholars trace the importance of the first 100 days back to the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose swift action in the first months of his term to combat the Great Depression made his administration a standard by which presidents have since been held. He passed 76 laws, according to FiveThirtyEight, rapidly pushed through legislation that […] More

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    Balanced Budget

    In financial planning or the budgeting process, a balanced budget means that revenues are equal to or greater than total expenses.

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    General, midterm, and special elections

    General election – A voting election where all or most members of a given political body are chosen. Midterm election – An election where people can elect their representatives in the middle of the term of the president. Special election – An election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections […] More

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    What is an amendment to the constitution?

    An amendment to the Constitution is an improvement, a correction, or a revision to the original content approved in 1788. To date, 27 Amendments have been approved, six have been disapproved and thousands have been discussed. More

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    Understand the Constitution Blazing Fast | YouTube

    The constitution was written in 1787 by our founding fathers and is a set of rules that guides how the US government works. 

    It does 3 things:

    1. It divides the national government into 3 branches consisting of a legislative, an executive, and the judicial branch, with a system of checks and balances, amount the three branches.

    Examples of checks and balances are:

    a. The House can vote to impeach the president, but the Senate must approve it.

    b. The president can issue an executive order, but the supreme court can rule it unconstitutional.

    c. A congressman, or congressmen, can create a bill, but it won’t become law unless both legislative bodies approve it and the president signs off on it.

    d. The president nominates the supreme court justices but the senate must approve them.

    The constitution also tells the branches what powers they have and how they work. 

    2. It divides the power between the federal government and the states.

    3. It protects the various individual liberties and rights of the citizens.

    Quickly gain a basic understanding of what the U.S. Constitution is, why it was written, and what it says by watching the video.

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