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"With states' rights at the center of issues like sanctuary cities, abortion, gun control, and LGBTQ rights, understanding the distribution of power between state and federal government is key to grasping the current political climate and the future of American politics"--Amazon.
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Every year from early January to September, the two chambers of the U.S. Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives, meet in sessions to discuss, propose, and vote on laws that will govern the lives of Americans. Author Tony Zurlo takes us inside for a close-up look at its structure and responsibilities, history, major persons who have served, what it does for the American individual, and more.
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The Legislative Branch, created by Article I of the Constitution, is comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress. This book studies the powers of the legislative branch and the organization of both houses of Congress. It fully examines the legislative process and how a bill ultimately can become a law. This book gives readers a detailed look at how their government really works to create...
12) Majestic 12: The History and Conspiracy Theories Surrounding the Federal Government's Investigatigat
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When people think about unidentified flying objects (UFOs), they tend to think of flying discs piloted by gray beings with large heads and enormous eyes. They tend to think that these sightings only started relatively recently and that belief in UFOs is some sort of modern religion brought on, perhaps, by the very justifiable fears of a nuclear age. But a study of the phenomenon quickly reveals that people have been seeing UFOs since the beginning...
16) Utah War: The History of the Federal Government's Controversial Conflict With Brigham Young and the
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Joseph Smith's death was one of the catalysts for the Mormons' great migration to Utah, and today that state and the Mormons are virtually synonymous. To this day, Mormons still form a majority of the population, and members of the Church have prominent political and economic roles. Both of Utah's U.S. Senators, Mike Lee and Mitt Romney, are Mormons, as is Governor Gary Herbert. The story of the Mormon pioneers and the trail they trod is one of the...
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The internment of Japanese Americans in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor is second only to slavery in terms of America's most tragic and regrettable chapters in history. While the forced relocation and internment of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast during the Second World War is widely recognized - they have even received apologies and compensation from the U.S. government - what is not as well-known is that between 1941 and 1948,...
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"The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would relinquish their independence and accept the creation of a federal...