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- 6471: The Rise Of Democracy
- ... that cut the Kings power down. The first was that the King could no longer tax the people of his country without the consent of the nobles. The second being that the King couldn’t house soldiers into randomly chosen homes that belong to people. Then to almost cut the Kings power into half, and give that other half to a separate power came a group called the model parliament. It ...
- 6472: Nuclear Power for All
- ... First-Use and China’s Security.” [on-line] http://www.stimson.org/[ibs/zeronuke/liu3.htm Pelosi, Nancy. “On President’s Concession to China on Nuclear Non-Proliferation.” October 29, 1997. [on-line] http://www.house.gov/pelosi/prnuke.htm Sieff, Martin. “Russia Sells China It’s Top Arms Secrets. Balance of Power Shifts to Bejing.” The Washington Times January 10, 1997. [newsbank] “Sino-American Summit.” Policy.com June 29, 1998 ...
- 6473: The Fall of Communism
- ... from hard-line Communists, from free-market reformers, and from nationalists and secessionists seeking independence for their republics. The hard-liners, which included many top government officials, staged a coup in August, placing Gorbachev under house arrest, but within three days the reforms had restored Gorbachev to power. He immediately resigned as Communist party general secretary, suspended party activities, and placed reformers in charge of military. The USSR voted itself out ...
- 6474: John Marshall: Chief Justice and His Rulings
- ... determine the constitutionality of a bill or an act, and Jackson swiped that power away from him. Jackson took away what Marshall had for nearly 20 years prior to Jackson's entrance to the White House as President. Jackson showed how utterly powerless he could make Marshall and his Judicial Branch. Marshall was left with out his pride, and essentially with out what had been a large part of his life ...
- 6475: Constitutionalism
- ... sign Triennial Act, which meant he must call Parliament at least every three years. They enacted legislation that limited the power of the monarch and made arbitrary government impossible. Commons impeached land and abolished the House of Lords and the Eccleseastical court of High Commision. They would not place the army under Charles I because they didn’t trust him. So, he recruited his own army of nobles and rural countrymen ...
- 6476: Federalism's Role In Our Government
- ... proposed Constitution and the powers it entailed regarding the national government. In paper 45, he shows that without the state legislatures a president cannot be elected. The same is true for the Senate and the House of Representatives. Madison also stated in paper 45 that the number of tax collectors that the national government will have compared to the number employed by the state governments is very small. The powers given ...
- 6477: Was Khruschev's Foreign Policy Successful?
- ... American missiles in Turkey. Kennedy gave Castro the security he needed but the agreements did little for Khurshchev. Nor did the two agreements reached later that year: the direct telephone “hot line” between the White House and Kremlin and the partial nuclear test ban treaty banning all above ground tests. These agreements reflected the chastening effect of a crisis that brought the world to a brink of a nuclear war. The ...
- 6478: The Presidio Trust
- ... the presidio could never reach it potential. The presidio received this funding when congresswomen Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco took in interest in the relatively new national park. Congresswoman Pelosi , a senior Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, received full committee approval form the U.S. Interior Department. This includes a total of 44.4 million for the Presidio trust, 24.4 million for operations and 20 million in borrowing authority ...
- 6479: The Central Intelligence Agency
- ... They were disestablished after they gave their final report. On May 19, 1976, the Senate established a permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to carry out the oversight of the CIA. On July 14, 1977 the House of Representatives also established a permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. This differed from the committee that the Senate established because this committee had oversight authority over all other intelligence agencies (Key Events). The national intelligent ...
- 6480: The People's Choice?
- ... voters who can choose their president, not just their likely one. Extremely left and right wing candidates stand to lose a lot from these types of elections, not only in the Presidential race, but in House and Senate elections as well. Many candidates are elected on party lines, not on their own merits or issues. By blurring or eliminating many party lines and ties, candidates for any office will have to ...
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