Students will identify, describe and tell the story of a major Act of the US Congress (excluding...

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Students will identify, describe and tell the story of a major Act of the US Congress (excluding Amendments of the US Constitution and treaties) proposed or passed before the beginning of this century, ie before the year 2000.
Students must use at least two (2) internet sources and must document direct quotes or paraphrased information that are/is included in the papers in the Modern Language Association (MLA) style. The paper must be at least 3 whole pages in length not counting the work cited page which is required. It must have one-inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right) and must utilize the Times New Roman font size 12 ONLY. Papers must be double-spaced.
The following is a required outline of the paper which must be followed. Please note that it is not meant that each segment of the outline constitute a paragraph. Use as many paragraphs as necessary per segment.
Intro:
· Explain how Congress makes laws
· Briefly state how a bill becomes law or not, emphasizing the role of Congress.
· If it were up to you, what would the process for how a bill becomes law look like?
Body:
· Identify a major Act of the US Congress in history before this century.
· Describe the major Act of the US Congress that you have identified.
· Tell its story:
· Who proposed the law? (Individuals, Interest Groups, Organizations etc)
· What was it designed to do? What are/were the issues involved?
· How did the proposal fare in the Congress?
· Did it pass one chamber but not the other? What were the arguments for and against the proposal?
· What were the votes for and against the proposal? Give a sense of the debate in Congress/Media.
· Did the proposal pass both chambers of Congress but was vetoed by the President?
· How did the proposal fare with the President?
· Did the President support/sign it into law or oppose/veto the proposal? What was/were his reason/s?
· How did it fare with the Courts?
· Did the proposal become law but was overturned by the Courts? What did the Court/s say in the main?
Conclusion:
· Issue a report card on the proposal. If it passed, or not, what impact has it had or how has it not been missed? Is it the proponents or the opponents of the proposal that have been vindicated?
· Are you glad the proposal passed, if it did, or glad it did not, if it did not? Say why or why not.
· What did you learn while writing the paper? What questions do you have about the process?

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Title: Act of US Congress
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Introduction	3
US Congress	3
Conclusion	5
Works Cited	6
Introduction
A member of a Congress always introduces a bill into the Legislative of the Chamber, which was then presented in the house and in the Senate and after their agreeing with the bill it thereafter transform into law and after signing was send to the President. The President can thereby sign the act of Congress in order to transform it into law or even can veto it. If it were up to me to create a bill into a law, then I would have utilized the same method like Congress. 
US Congress
The Voting Right Act of 2006 was one of the major acts before this century that was amended by US Congress. It basically prohibited the discriminatory voting practice that were adopted in most of the Southern states of US after the Civil war where the people were conditioned to give vote if at all they were literate This act was recognized as the most effective civil right legislation ever passed before. This act was passed by 109th Congress with an aim to implement the effectiveness, efficiency of the bilingual voting material requirements (Congress.gov).
On 27 July 2006, President Bush enforced the provision of the Voting Right Act in US and signed a 25 years extension and it was designed to restore the birthright of every Americans. This provision covers up the section 5, which includes the voting discrimination to submit any voting changes to the department of justice in the hope of advance implementations.
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