2nd hour Symposium
If you have comments or questions that you didn't get a chance to provide during class today you may post them here. Posts must be added by noon Nov. 8th. I am going to challenge you to only post content that we have not already discussed during the symposium or that has been discussed in class during our 2 weeks studying Congress thus far. Find something off the beaten path from other parts you have read in Chapter 12 or you researched yourself.
Mr. Thompson
posted by erdecker @ 10:14 AM
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Why do Republicans oppose Obamacare so strongly?
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Wouldn't it be a good idea to cap the number of terms that a senator or congressman can serve?
Why is there only 100 senators? Why not have three or more representatives in the Senate per state?
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Why did the framers intend for the two houses of congress to be different if they all have to agree with each other ?
What are sociological and agency representation ?
One of George Washington's warnings in his farewell address says "Avoid overgrown military establishments; they are hostile to liberty." Why are they so "hostile"? Does congress have any say in how large the military gets and how large is the limit?
Should the President be able to override the opinions of over 500 senators and representatives through the veto of a bill?
With the lack of cooperation between both parties in congress, wouldn't it be best to only have one party, or no parties in congress at all?
today congress as an approval rate of about 10% at what point should we consider completely reestablishing the structure of the legislative branch?
Alicia Quinones
In response to Konrad's question about whether it would be best to have a one party system or no parties at all has some definite pros and cons to it. The main advantage is that positive changes can be forced quickly, but the main disadvantage is just the opposite in that negative changes can be forced quickly also. For a classic and real life example there is Nazi Germany. At first they went from severe depression to economic strength very quickly. Hitler was a hero, but soon they invaded the allied countries, exterminated other races, and were finally dismally defeated. So it may seem as though that would in fact be easier or best to eliminate all the controversy, but there are some serious flaws to a system like that.
Alicia Quinones
Why do Republicans oppose Obamacare so much? I found the top five pieces of evidence that Republicans have against the plan on a GOP research website and they are as following:
-Increases Health Care Costs
-Causes Insurance Premiums To Rise
-Hurts Quality Of Health Care
-Nearly $570 Billion In Tax Hikes
-Adds Over $500 Billion To The Debt
These are the biggest reasons they so strongly oppose the plan, whether these points have been embellished by them is to be decided.
Alicia Quinones
should the president really be able to veto a bill?
There are some definite pros and cons to a veto. The pros of the presidential veto: it strengthens the checks and balances between two of the governmental branches, the legislative and executive. It also allows the removal of irrelevant items that are placed in a bill as a sort of incentive for legislative votes. The cons: the whole bill returns to back to the congress for a vote which can negate the veto or vote out the entire bill as well as the process becoming rather inefficient. To answer the question: yes the president should be able to veto a bill. We have elected this person for a reason and should have faith their decision is justified; otherwise we should evaluate who we have put in office. There are many more pros than cons in this situation.
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