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. Finances The Impending Crisis of the South California was part of the Mexican Cession After the Mexican War California was essentially run by military governors President James K Polk tried to get Congress to establish a territorial government in California officially but the increasingly-sectional debates prevented that the South wanted to extend slave territory to Southern California and to the Pacific Coast but the North did not. Representatives introduce a bill while the House is in session by placing it in the hopper on the Clerk's desk. It is assigned a number and referred to a committee which studies each bill intensely at this stage. Drafting statutes requires "great skill knowledge and experience" and sometimes take a year or more. Sometimes lobbyists write legislation and submit it to a member for introduction Joint resolutions are the normal way to propose a constitutional amendment or declare war On the other hand concurrent resolutions (passed by both houses) and simple resolutions (passed by only one house) do not have the force of law but express the opinion of Congress or regulate procedure Bills may be introduced by any member of either house However the Constitution states "All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." While the Senate cannot originate revenue and appropriation bills it has power to amend or reject them Congress has sought ways to establish appropriate spending levels, Further hostilities John Trumbull. Cityscape Carroll served in the Maryland Senate The historian Ira Berlin called this forced migration of slaves the "Second Middle Passage" because it reproduced many of the same horrors as the Middle Passage (the name given to the transportation of slaves from Africa to North America) These sales of slaves broke up many families and caused much hardship Characterizing it as the "central event" in the life of a slave between the American Revolution and the Civil War Berlin wrote that whether slaves were directly uprooted or lived in fear that they or their families would be involuntarily moved "the massive deportation traumatized black people both slave and free." Individuals lost their connection to families and clans Added to the earlier colonists combining slaves from different tribes many ethnic Africans lost their knowledge of varying tribal origins in Africa Most were descended from families who had been in the United States for many generations. ; . The Revolution sparked a discussion on the rights of woman and an environment favorable to women's participation in politics Briefly the possibilities for women's rights were highly favorable but a backlash led to a greater rigidity that excluded women from politics. See also: Second Battle of Tabasco, Ivory Coast: Yamoussoukro was designated the national capital in 1983 but most government offices and embassies are still located in Abidjan, The Senate has an important check on the executive power by confirming Cabinet officials judges and other high officers "by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" it confirms most presidential nominees but rejections are not uncommon Furthermore treaties negotiated by the President must be ratified by a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate to take effect As a result presidential arm-twisting of senators can happen before a key vote; for example President Obama's secretary of state Hillary Clinton urged her former senate colleagues to approve a nuclear arms treaty with Russia in 2010 the House of Representatives has no formal role in either the ratification of treaties or the appointment of federal officials other than in filling a vacancy in the office of the vice president; in such a case a majority vote in each House is required to confirm a president's nomination of a vice president.