1. Congress UNIT 4 Government & Citizenship: Timpanogos High School

3. Unit 4 Targets 4.1 What is Congress? ◦1a How is congress set up? ◦1b What are the essential features of Congress? ◦1c What does Congress do? Government & Citizenship: Timpanogos High School

4. 1a How is Congress set up? Bicameral legislature: Bicameral ◦House (435)  Representation = population ◦Senate (100)  Equal representation

5. 1b What are the essential features of Congress? Reapportionment ◦Census Congressional districts ◦Redistricting Congressional term: ◦Currently in the 113 th Congress (Jan 5, 2013 – Jan. 2015)

6. Reapportionment The 2000 Census Government & Citizenship: Timpanogos High School

8. Congressional Districts AP Government & Politics Timpanogos High School Redistricting

9. Texas Congressional Districts Government & Citizenship: Timpanogos High School

10. Arizona Congressional Districts Government & Citizenship: Timpanogos High School

11. 1c What does Congress do? What are the basic functions of Congress? Make Laws ◦Basic function of Congress Practice Oversight ◦Investigations Powers of the Purse ◦Tax, Spend, Borrow AP Government & Politics Timpanogos High School

12. Basic Steps in Lawmaking ◦Introduce ◦Committee Assignment ◦Floor Action  The filibuster The filibuster  Ted Cruz Ted Cruz ◦Presidential Action

13. Oversight AP Government & Politics Timpanogos High School Oil Execs testify

14. Power of the Purse Power to tax, spend, and borrow Federal Budget National Debt Budget Deficit

15. Where does your money go? Government & Citizenship: Timpanogos High School

16. Unit 4 Targets 4.2 How is Power Exercised in Congress? ◦2a Political Parties  How are political parties organized in Congress? ◦2b Committees  What are Committees? ◦2c Leadership  What are the leadership positions in Congress? Government & Citizenship: Timpanogos High School

17. Political Parties Majority Party ◦Control…  Committees  Leadership  Agenda Minority Party Government & Citizenship: Timpanogos High School

18. Political Parties – Current Balance of Power

19. Workhorse of Congress  Standing ◦ House (21)……………………………………………Senate (17) HouseSenate  Chair  Subcommittees COMMITTEES

20. LEADERSHIP House: ◦ Speaker (Constitutional)  Nomination (1:40) / Transfer NominationTransfer ◦ Majority Leader & Whip ◦ ◦ Minority Leader & Whip ◦ John Boehner (R) Oh-8 Nancy Pelosi (D) CA-8th Steny Hoyer (D) MD-5th

21. LEADERSHP Senate: ◦ Vice president / President Pro tempore ◦ Majority Leader / Whip ◦ Minority Leader / Whip Harry Reid D-NV Mitch McConnell R-KY

22. Case Study: Why is it so hard to cut defence spending? Why is it so hard to cut defence spending?Why is it so hard to cut defence spending? V-22 Osprey F-22 Raptor Support the F-35 Save the A10 (Facebook) Save the A10

23. Case Study: Defence Spending Save the A10 (Facebook) Save the A10 Politics of the A-10 (NPR) Politics of the A-10

24. Fini AP Government & Politics Timpanogos High School