https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi en-us 2017-09-28 12:28:26 UTC 2025-10-27 15:59:46 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192037198 Current Event: Trump is 6 senate votes away from impeachment ]]> 2017-09-28 12:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192037198 evanszostak https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192037373 Current event- Susan Rice (Obama's Former National Security Advisor) unmasked names of Trump's Campaign team in Trump Tower communication wiretappings. Congress is investigating whether or not she had the right to unmask certain names and violate their privacy rights. They are also investigating whether or not she properly handled the information which was gathered.

Definition- Created by Congressional Review Act (1996). It is a process whereby Congress can nullify agency regulations by joint resolution of legislative approval. It has been used rather infrequently.]]> 2017-09-28 12:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192037373 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192039526 Definition: The power delegated to the House of Representatives in the Constitution to charge the president, vice president, or other "civil officers", including federal judges, with "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors." This is the first step in the constitutional process of removing government officials from office]]> 2017-09-28 12:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192039526 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192039992 Definition: passed by Congress in 1973; the president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a sixty-day period in peacetime (which can be extended for an extra thirty days to permit withdrawal) unless Congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period]]> 2017-09-28 12:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192039992 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192040490 Current Event: Congress is doing a lot right now involving budget and government spending. The White House is seeking $7.85 billion for Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas and Louisiana. Also, the House Rules Committee is meeting to pass a bill that will trim spending across all agricultural programs.

]]> 2017-09-28 12:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192040490 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192040650 -The senate confirms key members of the executive branch, and nominations for federal courts. Much dispute in the Senate has come up because of it. Senators have a considerable say if the judge nominated is from their state. (senatorial courtesy).]]> 2017-09-28 12:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192040650 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192042174 This article discusses if Trumps threats to "Rocket Man" in the U.N are allowed under the War Powers Act.]]> 2017-09-28 12:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192042174 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192042449 The department of defense sent 400 more troops consisting of Rangers and a Marine artillery unit, to help with the war against ISIS.



]]> 2017-09-28 12:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192042449 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192042874 Current Event: after Justice Scalia died in 2016 the Senate declined Obama's nominations of a new Supreme Court justice. They decided to wait for a republican president (Trump) for a conservative nomination.]]> 2017-09-28 13:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192042874 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192045878 The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 required the President to submit an economic plan or budget to Congress, where they could alter certain amounts of money are sent to, but cannot change the total level of spending. It wasn’t until Nixon’s presidency and the economic tension between him and a Democratic Congress that the Congressional Budget Act of 1976 was established. This piece of legislature organized the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) who helps estimate revenue, expenditures, as well as lay out a plan for the upcoming fiscal year. The Congressional Budget Act of 1976 also included a process called reconciliation that allows controversial issues regarding the budget to be limited to 20 hours of debate thus reducing the chance of a filibuster. Other details included are pork, or money and jobs brought back to representative’s districts and programmatic requests as well as rules making sure that the budget is passed without unnecessary delay.]]> 2017-09-28 13:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192045878 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192046219 2017-09-28 13:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192046219 https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192048298 2017-09-28 13:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jennifer31409/2m2g9q8sj4wi/wish/192048298