senators debate a proposed bill
1) senators vote to pass the bill
A conference committee resolves differences between versions of the bill
2) The bill is sent to the president to sign
The banks took money from the common people and passed it on to the wealthy and upper class.
He believed that by paying Mexico's debt to America would let him have the settlements that he wanted to get the Rio Grande, pay the debt settlement of Mexico in exchange for his conditions, and by California and Mexico as well. Polk thought that since there is a tension between America and Mexico it was best to get in and open some agreements.
Trade Center was hit by Flight 11
The members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) entered into a defensive alliance, with the main agreement being that they would come to the aid of any member of NATO that was attacked by the Soviet Union or its allies.
NATO was formed in 1949. Its original members were <span>Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, the United Kingdom, the </span>United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
Today, NATO has 29 member nations. After the demise of the Soviet Union and its alliance organization, the Warsaw Pact, NATO's focus has shifted somewhat. But NATO remains a powerful organization in international politics.
