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Constitutional Requirements for House Members

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25 years old
7 years a citizen
Inhabitant of state from which they are chosen

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Constitutional Powers of the House

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Power to Impeach

Bills for raising Revenue originate here

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Constitutional Requirements for Senate Members

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30 years old
9 years a citizen
Inhabitant of state from which they are chosen

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Constitutional Powers of the Senate

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Trying impeachments (⅔ vote to impeach)
Confirming cabinet members
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Constitutional Powers of Congress as a Whole

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Power to lay and collect taxes (16th amendment)
Power to borrow money on the credit of the US
Power to regulate commerce
Power to establish post offices and post roads
Power to declare war
Power to raise and support armies
Power to provide and maintain a navy

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Constitutional Limits on Congress

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Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended
No Bill of Attainder of ex post de Facto law shall be passed
No tax on exports by any state
No title of Nobility shall be granted

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Amendments re: Congress

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16th amendment (taxes)
17th amendment (senators)
20th amendment, section 2 (congress shall assemble at least once a year)
27th amendment (no law varying the pay of Congressmen shall take effect until an election of representatives shall have intervened
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Benefits of Members of Congress

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~$169,000 a year
Retirement benefits
Staff
Franking privileges

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Franking privileges:

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allows Members of Congress to transmit mail matter under their signature without postage.

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descriptive representatives:

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mirroring constituents personal and politically relevant characteristics

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Substantive representation:

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representing interests of groups

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why do incumbents usualyl win

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credit claiming, position taking, weak opponents, campaign spending

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Credit claiming:

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enhancing standing with constituents through service

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Casework:

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activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals (“Cutting the Red Tape”

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Pork Barrel:

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list of federal projects, grants, and contracts available to cities, businesses, and colleges

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Bicameral legislature:

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legislature divided into two houses due to the Connecticut Compromise

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House of Reps is

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More institutionalized, hierarchal, and centralized

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House Rules Committee:

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reviews all bills before they go into the full House; can set rules for debate on the Floor

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Majority leader:

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responsible for scheduling bills, rounding up votes for party

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Filibuster:

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where opponents of a bill talk it to death; requires 60 members to stop it (cloture)

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Whips:

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party leaders who work to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers

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Four Types of Committees

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standing, joint, conference, select

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standing committee

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Standing: handle bills in different policy areas; each House has its own

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joint

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Joint: made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature

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conference

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Conference: formed when House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill

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select

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Select: focused responsibility e.g. intelligence

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The Speaker of the House has a great deal of influence in

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appointing Committee Chairs

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Examples of House Committees:

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House Agriculture Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
House Judiciary Committee

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Examples of Senate Committees:

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Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
Oversees Justice Department
Holds confirmation hearings for attorney general, FBI director
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
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Legislative oversight:

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Legislative oversight: congress’ monitoring of the bureaucracy and its administration of policy

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ex of legislative oversight

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Ex: Determining federal budget, holding hearings to question agency officials

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Caucus:

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informal group of members of congress sharing some interest or characteristic

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caucus examples

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blue dog coallition, congressional progressive caucus

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Staff Agencies:

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Congressional Research Service, Government Accountability Office, Congressional Budget Office

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Bill:

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proposed law drafted in legal language

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How A Bill Becomes Law

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Bill Introduced
Bill assigned to Committee
Amendments Offered
Bill Goes to Rules Committee (House) or assigned for Debate (Senate)
Bill brought to floor for Debate
Amendments Offered
Bill Voted On
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Open/Closed Rule:

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if open, amendments can be added to a bill; if closed, amendments cannot be added

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politicos:

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both trustees and delegates

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Lobbyists provide

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crucial policy info, political intelligence, and assurances of financial aid for campaigns

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Logrolling:

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Process of a congressperson trading his or her vote on a bill for a promise from another member to support the first member’s bill

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Rider:

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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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•Discharge Petition

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– can be filed by a majority in the House / Senate to get a bill out of a reluctant committee and get to the floor (needs a majority)

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quorom

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minimum number needed for a vote (HR = 218; S = 51)

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•Concurrent resolutions

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– nonbinding (and therefore no presidential signature – more a statement of intent or expressing a view)

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•Simple resolutions

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– passed by only one house of Congress deal with operations of congressional business (think rules)

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A committee of the whole is

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a device in which a legislative body or other deliberative assembly sits as a single committee with all assembly members being committee members.

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An omnibus bill is

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a proposed law that covers a number of diverse or unrelated topics

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Sunset Clause:

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is a provision the causes parts, or all, of a law to expire unless reauthorized

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