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19 Cards in this Set
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Branches of congress |
Congress, President and courts. congress can impeach the president. |
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Congress is bicameral |
1. us senate serve 6 years, 2 per state 100 2. us house or reps serve 2 years, 435 set by law |
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History of congress (1800) |
1. Everyone 2. No institutionalization 3. powerful leaders 4. committed (groups of experts) |
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Current congress |
1. Everyone new 2. no institutionalization 3. weak leaders 4. committees (main decisions are made here.) |
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Who wins elections in US? |
incumbent- person already there no incumbent = open seat |
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5 reasons why incumbents win |
1 name recognition 2 credit claiming 3 constituency service 4 position taking 5 gerrymandering |
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challenge incumbent
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scandal, dead, retiring |
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open seat |
won by who ever raises the most money |
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political party in congress |
1 when voting, follow party 2 all cool jobs go to bigger party
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speaker of the house |
Paul Ryan 1 pick who talks 2 pick what we will talk about 3 speaker 5/30 to put people on committees to public leaders. |
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VP |
Has no power can only vote in the case of a tie. If no VP pro temp-ore |
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4 jobs of congress |
1. write laws 2. impeach president |
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Two jobs only Senate:
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1) Senate must approve all presidential job picks (Supreme Court, Director FBI, FEMA).
2) All Treaties require 2/3 of Senate approval. Treaties can last forever. |
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Congress writes a law:House of Representatives
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1) Sub-committee (maybe 5-12 members-super experts) (pass, change, kill it, do nothing-kills it also)
2) Committee (maybe 5-49 members) (pass, change, kill, do nothing 3) Rules Committee (set time limits, set amendment limits, do nothing) 4) Floor (all 435 members) (pass, change, kill, do nothing) |
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Senate next
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1) Subcommittee (pass, kill, change, nothing)
2) Committee (pass, kill, change, nothing) 3) Floor (pass, kill, change, nothing) |
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President can:
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1) Sign it-law (Signing statement)
2) If no sign in 10 days-still a law 3) Veto-send bill back to Congress, takes 2/3 of both House and Senate to beat President. President usually wins over 90% of the time. 4) Pocket Veto. If President does not sign it in 10 days and Congress is on vacation, then it dies. Not adjourning. |
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Senators have more power:
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1) Filibuster-talk a bill to death. Congress needs to pass say 200 bills in two weeks (before they go on vacation). To stop a filibuster, Vote of Cloture (need 60 votes).
2) Procedural filibuster-Withhold of Unanimous Consent. Also called a HOLD. Senator can just say NO, to discuss bill, need 60 votes again to stop. |
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Strong Committees:
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1) Rules committee-ALL bills must go through here. Do nothing!!!! It is now dead.
2) Ways and Means-writes tax code. We can waive/reduce your taxes for life. 3) Appropriations-gives you the check. They do not have to sign the check. |
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How do members vote?
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1) Follow the political party (most used)
2) Personal Ideology (what I think is right) 3) Follow voters back home (follow constituents). How do you know what the people want? Know by mail, email, and phone calls. |
