Slide Info/Outside Readings Flashcards
What did Mayhew think drove Congressional Behavior?
Re-election and re-election alone.
What did Fenno think drove Congressional Behavior?
Re-election, advancement with their chamber, career beyond their chamber, and good public policy
What are some strategies of MOC?
Advertising themselves and credit-claiming, position taking
Clouture
Motion to proceed with a threshold of 50 votes
What are some features of irregular order?
More reliance on omnibus bills, leadership control over legislation, showdowns over must-pass legislation such (debt ceilings, fiscal cliff, etc.)
roll-call voting
vote in the US Senate
red tape
process and regulation required to get something done in a bureaucracy. Has a negative connotation
what are common goods
goods and resources available to everyone
what is the free rider problem
When people benefit from something in which they incur no costs. This is why we have taxes. Ex. if one company made roads on their own but everyone benefits but only that one company incurred the costs.
What does Neustadt say
He says out government’s powers are not divided cleanly between separate institutions but they also share certain powers and the power of the presidency is also the power to persuade.
Neustadt’s Lessons
power to persuade, bargaining rather than arguing, professional reputation, public prestige
enumerated powers
Powers strictly expressed by the constitution
necessary and proper clause
Constitution gives Congress the powers to perform all necessary and proper actions to uphold the Constitution and maintain its power.
executive privilege
Privilege claimed by the executive branch that executive communications and affairs be kept private from other branches
imperial presidency
term given to presidencies that exercise much more power than the constitution has allowed
