LEARNING ACTIVITY WORKSHEET - Week Three
Please review the full assignment prompt located within the classroom and in the POL 201 Course Guide before beginning this assignment.
Utilizing the worksheet below, develop detailed paragraphs that focus onthe third main point for your final paper. For each section, a minimum of one fully-developed paragraph is required. Each paragraph should include at least one in-text APA citation that provides support for the topic.
At least two scholarly sources from the Ashford University library (not including your textbook) with in-text citations utilized within your paragraphs are required. Two new sources should be utilized each week to meet the minimum of eight required sources for the final paper. By finding and supporting your material with these sources each week, you will have the research necessary to construct a strong final paper. For help with writing and citations, please review the handouts and tutorials provided by the Ashford Writing Center.
1. Branches of Government:(Pick one: Executive, Legislative, or Judicial). Legislative
A. One strength of one of the three branches of government.
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One of the strengths that the Legislative branch has is the power to make laws in this country. Congress can come up with a law and the President can veto it, however, Congress can override his veto. The President cannot make any laws, and he has to turn to Congress to help in passing a law.
B. One weakness of one of the three branches of government.
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One weakness of the Congress in my opinion is that they are too big. There are 535 voting members in Congress, making up of 434 Representatives and 100 Senators. This cause the general public to not knowing each individual members of the Congress, and therefore, having a hard time getting the public to pay attention to a new laws or changes that they want to introduce to our country.
C. One option to maintain the strength of the branch of government discussed above.
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To maintain the strength that I mentioned above, it's very important for Congress to review each bill introduced by the President very carefully, make sure that it is best fit for the citizen of this country and that it will benefit them more than the government. It was a good decision for Congress to pass the "ObamaCare" health insurance system to allow individual with low income to have health care coverage that they weren't able to obtain previously.
D. One option to correct the weakness of the branch of government discussed above.
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To correct the mentioned weakness of Congress, they would need to get involve more with the public and allow us to get to know them more. This will help Congress when it's time to introduce a new bill, they will have a great support from the general public, which in turn, will help the President to sign it off.
2. Reference List (utilizing full APA citations)
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Ritchie, D. A. (July 7, 2010). The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
Roger H. Davidson, W. J. (July 15, 2015). Congress and Its Members (Newest Edition). Arlington: CQ Press.