When JFK was president, the Democrats held a big majority in both the House and Senate. But he couldn't get Congress to approve his proposals to enlarge civil rights, supply federal aid for school construction, create a Department of Urban Affairs and Housing, or establish a program of subsidized medical care for the elderly. During JFK's last year, Congress passed 1/4 of his proposals. When Carter had a majority of Democrats, many of his most important proposals were defeated or greatly modified.
A person who studies, describes, and explains the past is called a historian.
You might be talking about the speech made by the Egyptian
President Gamal Nasser regarding the nationalization of the Suez Canal, a
waterway in Egypt financed by the British and the French. The waterway is a very
important sea route for the Brits and the French, and Nasser want more Egyptian
control. Nasser proceeded with the nationalization and sparked the Suez crisis.
The word to describe such governments is 'theocracy'. Oxford dictionary defines theocracy as 'a system of government in which priests rule in the name of God or a god'.
Vatican City, Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are some of the currently existing theocracies.
