Congressional Leadership and Committees

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Congressional Leadership and Committees AP GOPO

Role of Congress Member Examples 1st: Lawmaking Initiating Bills Serving on Committees Participating in Congressional Votes 2nd: Representative of District or State Trustee or Delegate Casework Pork Barrel Spending 3rd: Oversight Serving on Hearing committees Making sure laws are being correctly instituted

Congressional Leadership What is job of each of these leaders? Senate House of Representative Vice President (President of Senate) President Pro Tem Senate Majority Leader Senate Majority Whips Senate Minority Leader Senate Minority Whips Speaker of the House Senate Majority Leader Senate Majority Whips Senate Minority Leader Senate Minority Whips

Leadership for the 115th Senate 115th Leaders from Majority Party President Pro Tem Orrin Hatch (maybe) Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Majority Whip John Cornyn 115th Leaders from Minority Party Charles Schumer Dick Durbin

Leadership for the 115th HOR Speaker of the House Majority Leader Majority Whip Minority Leader Minority Whip

What are the advantages of having the majority leadership positions in Congress? You preside over the house and get to decide what is discussed. 2. 3. 4.

4 Types of Congressional Committees Standing Committees –permanent committees of Congress. (Examples are Armed Services, Budget, Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce) http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/TTD-115.pdf Select Committees – created to perform a specific task (Example is Select Committee on the Events Surrounding 2012 Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi)

Congressional Committees Continued Joint Committees – advisory committees made up of members from both houses of Congress (Examples are Economic, Library, Taxation, and Printing) Conference Committees – joint committee formed temporarily to work out difference between HOR and Senate versions of a bill.

How Committees are Organized Senate HOR 113th Congress there are 17 standing committees which has 17 to 20 members. Senators serve on 4 committees and 2 prominent committees 113th Congress there are 20 standing committees which has 35 to 40members. Reps serve on 2 major committees

How to get on a Committee? Vacancies become available after elections or retirement Ratio of majority and minority members in a committee mirrors the composition of the house itself (Senate decides ratio differently) New members of Congress request to be on a committee that can serve constituency or prominent committee Factors of membership are also work habits, party loyalty, length of congressional service.