1. Helping Constituents
Ch. 7.4

2. Objectives
Discover why legislators spend much of their time helping constituents.
Analyze which organizations and methods of Congress contribute to pork-barrel legislation.

3. Handling Problems
I. Handling Problems A. Representatives occupy much of their time with assisting their constituency. 1. Why: a. To properly represent their people b. for reelection

4. Casework B. Casework 1. Assist the lawmaker
with the various requests from their
voters.
a. caseworkers
i. Examples:
- problems with local gov. agencies
- receiving a green card
- Veteran’s assistance

5. Helping the District or State
II. Helping District & State A. Grants & Contracts = 1. Jobs & $ a. Executive Dept’s 2. Public Works Bills i. pork-barrel legislation ex.) FBI in Y-town ii. logrolling