1. Dec. 12, 2016
1. Vocab. Quiz 2. Article 3. Chapter 11 Vocab. 4. Congress Notes 5. Congress Quiz Friday, Dec. 16

2. Students will be able to: Describe the members of Congress Gerrymandering and what Congress does.

3. Who is the speaker of the House?
Who has the power in the Senate?
Who is currently the President of the Senate?

4. What Congress Does Create and approve policies/laws/regulations
Provide funding for government programs and policies
Oversight function – make sure the agencies are working effectively and not going over budget

5. Who are constituents? Who are incumbents?
The people a member of Congress represents
Who are incumbents?
The members of Congress who are already seated in the HOUSE or SENATE
The advantages of incumbency are
Name recognition
Access to the media
Easier fund raising 

6. Reapportionment of the HOUSE
1911 – Congress set the House seats at 435
435 seats = 435 districts
Most states have more than one district
Elections are either single-member district or at-large (WHO votes for the reps?)
Alaska, Vermont, Montana, Wyoming, SD, ND, & Delaware have only ONE district

7. Gerrymandering
Drawing district lines to give an advantage to a particular political party
Two ways to gerrymander: concentrate the opposition in one district OR spread the opposition in all districts
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8. Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)
Malapportionment – districts within a state had different populations
District 1 Rep – 500,000 people
District 2 Rep– 100,000 people
Who has more political power?
Conclusion – One person, one vote OR districts have to be equal in population

9. WHO do Representatives listen to when making decisions?
4 Options
TRUSTEE – rep should use his/her best judgment
DELEGATE – rep should vote for whatever his/her constituents want
PARTISAN – rep should vote how his/her political party wants
POLITICO – rep votes differently on different issues (mixture)

10. Who is in Congress? How are they different from the average American?
Members of Congress tend to be older, wealthier, and better educated than those they represent. Nearly half of them are lawyers, and a large number come from business, banking, and education. Most of them are married with children, and about 60% are Protestants. Nearly all went to college, and many have advanced degrees as well.

11. Average American 30% have a college degree 11% have a graduate degree
Median age is 32.9
Many different religions
Many different ethnicities