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Chapters 11 and 12 pg 203 -237
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The person who lives in a given electoral district and is represented by a given elected official
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30 years old American citizen for 9 years Live in the state you want to represent
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25 years old Citizen for 7 years Live in the state you want to represent
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You must be electable You must raise money You must be skilled at the ‘political game’ For reelection you must show that you cam bring back taxpayer-funded projects for your district Do you agree with this list? Why?
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Speaker of the House: Nominated by the majority, voted on by whole house, most powerful member of Congress Majority leader: Party with most members elected to manage legislation on the floor Minority leader: Party with fewer members elected to manage legislation on the floor John Boehner Eric Cantor Nancy Pelosi
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Majority Whip/Minority Whip assist the floor leaders responsible for keeping the leadership informed Persuade party members to vote party lines Kevin McCarthy
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President of the Senate: Vice President President Pro Tempore: Senior senator of the majority party Majority leader: Spokesmen for majority party, works with other member to get things done Minority Leader: helps devise strategies and shape party policy Vice President Joe Biden Harry Reid Daniel Inouye
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Majority/Minority Whips: assist floor leaders Richard Durbin Jon Kyl
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Standing Committees: permanent committees that handle most business Subcommittees: review proposed legislation Select/Special Committees: investigate specific problems Joint Committees: members of both houses Conference Committees: temporary joint committee to iron difference in each version of a specific bill
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Step 1. IDEA: Congressperson Sponsors the bill
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Step 2: Sponsor introduces the Bill to his/her house
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Step 3: Bill is assigned a Subcommittee Committee Recommended Favorably
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Step 4: Bill is Placed on the c alendar to be heard on the floor House: goes to the house Rules Committee to decide if the specifics of the bill are ready for debate
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Step 5:
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1. Voice 2. Standing 3. Teller 4. Roll Call Must be used to overturn a veto
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Step 6: Bill goes to the other house and repeats steps 2-5 All tax bills begin in the house
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Step 7: Bill goes to the Takes the bills from each house and combines them into one bill
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Step 8: Bill Goes back to each house to OK the new version
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Step 9: Doesn’t Sign Congres s in session Congress not in session Pocket VETO Goes back to congress-- 2/3 can pass it SIGN IT
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Riders: an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill Party Discipline: is the ability of a parliamentary group of a political party to get its members to support the policies of their party leadership. In liberal democracies, it usually refers to the control that party leaders have over its legislature
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Veto: power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature Pocket veto: a veto of a bill brought about by the president's failure to sign it within ten days of the adjournment of Congress Veto Override: ides the veto by a two-thirds majority in each house, it becomes law without the President's signature.
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Levying taxes Appropriations (spending bills) Joint resolutions Amendments Declaring of War
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Delegate: speaks or acts on behalf of Congress Trustee: holds property, authority, or a position of trust Partisan: a committed member of a political party Casework: solving problems for constituents Pork-barrel legislations: send money/projects back to home district Logrolling: trading favors
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Confirmation: approving of appointed positions of the president such as ambassadors, Secretary of Departments, Supreme Court Justices Ratification: Approve Treaties Impeachement House of Representatives: formal accusations against federal officials including the president Senate: conducts the trial and votes whether or not to remove from office
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Committee Membership is proportional to congress membership Most all house members serve on at least one, and usually 2 -3 committees Senator (due to small numbers) serve on 5 – 6 Committee seats are given with strings attached (you ask to be put on a committee you owe your party) Chairs (leaderships role) is usually by seniority (who has been there the longest)
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Hearing: Listening to testimonies, gathering information from interested people, and experts Markup session: committee members determine the final language of a bill Report: when the subcommittee tell the full House or Senate whether or not they recommend a bill
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designate obstructionist tactics in legislative assemblies. It has particular reference to the U.S. Senate, where the tradition of unlimited debate is very strong
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Cloture : process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end Riders: an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill
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Voice: members all together shout of aye or no Standing: First supports stand, then opponents stand Roll Call: Each member vote is officially registered by inserting their vote id in machine and voting yes, no or present
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Sign the bill into law Veto the bill Take not action on the bill, at the end of 10 days the bill becomes law without the president's signature
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