1. Congress Ch 11

2. Getting Into Congress Qualifications House Qualifications Senate Informal Qualifications Demographics

3. Organizing Congress Bicameral Parties (Conference/Caucus) Caucuses Committees

4. How to Vote Delegate Trustee Politico "Cue Givers"

5. Structure of the House Presiding Officers o Speaker o Speaker Pro Tempore "Power Players" o Speaker o Majority Leader o Majority Whip o Chair of Majority Caucus or Conference

6. Structure of the Senate Presiding Officers o President (Vice President of the US) o President Pro Tempore o Junior Members "Power Players" o Majority Leader o Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip) o Chair of Majority Conference

7. It's All About Committees Standing Special/Select/Ad Hoc Joint Conference Commitee Membership Committee Chair (Seniority Rule) Ranking Member Committee on Committees/Steering Committee Party Ratios

8. It's All About Committees - House RULES! Appropriations Ways and Means Armed Serviced Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union

9. It's All About Committees - Senate Appropriations Finance Judiciary Armed Services Foreign Relations

10. Legislative Process-House Introduction Committee SubCommittee Committee Rules Full House

11. Legislative Process - Senate Introduction Standing Committee SubCommittee Standing Committee (Unanimous Consent Agreement) Full Senate

12. Legislative Process Conference Committee Conf Committee Report Approval (House/Senate) Presidential Action Approve – Sign Approve - No Signature Veto “Pocket” Veto (Rare)

13. Powers of Congress - Legislative Make Law Veto Override Tax/Spend/Borrow Treaty (Treaties have the weight and effect of law in the US)

14. Powers of Congress - Executive Structure Executive Branch Control Executive Branch Budget Approve Executive Branch Appts (Senate) Impeach and Remove Executives Elective President/Vice President (If EC Fails) Legislative Oversight Legislative Veto

15. Powers of Congress - Diplomatic Ratify Treaties (Senate) Approve Diplomats Approve State Dept Appts (ie Sec of State) “Agreements” (ie NAFTA) Tax and Spend

16. Powers of Congress - Military Declare War "Authorization for the Use of Military Force" Control Military Budget Confirm Appointments to Defense Dept Confirm Military Officers Make Rules for Military Treaties Draft

17. Powers of Congress - Judicial Structure Judiciary Set Jurisdiction of Federal Courts Confirm Judges (Senate) Impeach and Remove Judges

18. Congress and the President Tense Relationship - by design Divided Government Power of the Veto Foreign Policy/Military Policy

19. Congress and the Bureaucracy Iron Triangle (Sub Government) Issue Networks Legislative Oversight Funding Legislative Veto

20. Congress and the Courts Confirmation dysfunction - "Borking" Occasional ideological antagonism (increasing) Senatorial Courtesy

21. Congress and the “Folks Back Home” Casework/Ombudsman Pork/Earmarks Getting Reelected Franking Privilege

22. Norms of Behavior Specialization Work Horse/Show Horse Reciprocity o Logrolling Apprenticeship - Not Any More Personal Courtesy - Not Any More