The project plan includes the project scope, schedule, and cost baselines (and sometimes other baselines like quality). These baselines are collectively known as the performance measurement baseline. A baseline is what was originally planned for with any approved changes incorporated into it.
Q: Who was the leader of the Tammany Hall political machine? President Ulysses Grant President James Garfield William M. Tweed Thomas Nast A: William M. Tweed was the leader of the Tammany Hall political machine.
We first meet Underwood as the enormously powerful House Majority Whip for the Democrats. Yep. Underwood is a Dem, elected from South Carolina, hence the dodgy accent. The character was created by Beau Willimon, who adapted House of Cards from a British show. He could have just as easily make Underwood a Republican.