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1
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Why is Congress the first branch?

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Constitution lays out the powers and structures in Article IU

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Powers of Congress:

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  1. Regulate commerce
  2. Spend money
  3. Taxation
  4. Lawmaking
  5. Declare war
  6. Create Courts
  7. make all laws “necessary and proper clause”
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Congress is Bicameral:

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Senate is the Upper/House of Representatives is the Lower

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House of Representatives

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2 year term
435 members 
formal, conflictual, delegate model of representation
specialist 
tax policy and economy
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Senate

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6 year terms 
100 members 
relaxed, consensus, trustee model of representation
generalist 
foreign policy
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Division of Labor

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created the committee system

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party leadership structure

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Speaker of House (defintion)

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Presiding office of the House of Representatives; normally the Speaker is the leader of the majority party.

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Majority Leader (def)

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Speaker’s chief lieutenant in the House and the most important officer in the Senate. He or she is responsible for managing the floor.

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Minority Leader (def)

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leader of the minority party who speaks for the party in dealing with the majority

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Whip (def)

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members of Congress who serve as informational channels between the leadership and the rank and file, conveying the leadership’s views and intentions to the members and vice versa

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Speaker of the House

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John Boehner

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Majority Leader

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Republican, Kevin McCarthy

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Minority Leader

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Democrat, Nancy Pelosi

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House Democratic Whip

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Steny Hoyer

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House Republican Whip

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Steve Scalise

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Are the house and senate equal?

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Party Caucus

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all DEMOCRATIC members of House and Senate

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Party Conference

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REPUBLICAN members of House and Senate

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President Pro Tempore

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serves as Senate presiding officer in the vice-president’s absence (which is nearly all the time).

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President Pro Tempore (person)

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Patrick Leahy

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personal staff

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work for individual members of Congress

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Majority Leader (person)

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Democrat, Henry Reid

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Minority Leader (person)

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Republican, Mitch McConnell

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Senate Democratic Whip/Assistant Majority Leader

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Richard Durbin

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Senate Republican Whip

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John Cornyn

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Committee Staff

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who serve either the majority or minority on congressional committees

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Leadership Staff

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work for the speaker, majority and minority leaders, and majority and minority whips in the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders and assistant majority and minority leaders (whips) in the Senate

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Institutional Staff

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including majority or minority party floor staff and non-partisan staff such as the Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol (facilities and maintenance employees), and legislative clerks.

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support agency staff

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non-partisan employees of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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chief of staff

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heads staff

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deputy chief of staff

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assists chief of staff

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legislative correspondence

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drafts letters in response to constituent comments and questions

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press secretary

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deals with the media

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constituent service reps or case workers

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helps constituents deal with federal agencies and provides direct constituency services

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screening process (divisions into committees)

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committees doe the work before it comes to the floor (if it makes it)

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standing committee

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committee with fixed membership and jurisdiction, continuing from Congress to Congress

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select committee

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temporary committees appointed to deal with a specific issue or problem

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house committee

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3 levels of importance:
top committees-rules
second levels-deal with nationality
third levels-housekeeping (i.e. reforms)

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