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Is the United States a democracy? Yes and no. Is the United States a country of rule of law? Yes and no. What does that mean? What do these questions and answers mean exactly? The United States is a democratic country in terms of institutional, nominal, ostensible, and outward aspects. Yes, it is a democracy. So-called “We the People” own the society. They vote and elect their elected government officials, and they are governed by those officials and by the consent of the governed…more
The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:02 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Elijah Cummings (chairman of the committee) presiding. Present: Representatives Cummings, Maloney, Norton, Clay, Lynch, Cooper, Connolly, Krishnamoorthi, Raskin, Rouda, Hill, Wasserman Schultz, Sarbanes, Welch, Speier, Kelly, DeSaulnier, Lawrence, Plaskett, Khanna, Gomez, Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley, Tlaib, Jordan, Amash, Gosar, Foxx, Massie, Meadows…more