Congress

Members of Congress have many important responsibilities, one of those is to vote. Hundreds of times a year they are called upon to vote on bills, motions, and amendments. Members of Congress go through a process of information gathering, overlooking expert opinions, and considering their personal judgement before voting. Considering the amount of times Congress members vote, they have become accustomed to the particular sides to different public policy issues. No matter how well they think…

According to Arnold the logic of congressional action can be explained through examining the calculations, actions, and interactions of citizens, coalition leaders, and legislators. Arnolds theory assumes that members of Congress vigorously want to be re-elected. Henceforth since re-election is the dominant or threshold goal legislators consider this first and foremost before deciding what other legislative goals and policies to pursue. Arnold notes that Legislators decisions are partly…

or democrat that are not fans of the congress. Some people say that congress never gets anything done, they never can agree on anything, etc. But that is how our government was built to have sections within the government that are made up of different parties so that not one party or branch can dominate the U.S government. In the U.S congress today there are many bills/issues that go to them and they are not passed or dealt with. But one major issue in congress right now is about the Supreme…

Term limits on members of Congress has been a debated and at the same time, a very popular issue in our country. Currently, the Constitution doesn’t mention limiting the amount of terms a Congressperson are subject to. They can be reelected indefinitely by their constituents, and this has become a crucial problem in our country. Many of our nation’s leaders are considered “career politicians” because of how long they have been in office; the longer they are in office, the less they really care…

When it comes to Congress careers, we mainly speak about the pursuit of reelection, the power the try to uphold and good public policy. With the pursuit of reelection, in order to come out on top lawmakers must work both sides of the spectrum. On one side you have the voters and supporters back home and on the other you have to work on creating power hungry careers on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers in the Constituency or Home Style careers fo mainly focus on giving their home base attention and those…

The minority party in Congress has a main goal of becoming the majority. They are known of having opposing views of the majority party. Other goals the minority party has is influencing policy, protect official rights and powers, and to attain party integration. The minority party in the House of Representatives has a minority leader who meets with the majority leader to discuss prevalent issues in the country; they usually work very close to one another. The job of minority whip is to maintain…

proven to be dependent upon the partisan lens in which the public views their legislative decisions. The public tends to have higher approval ratings when Congress approves legislation that aligns with their political views and lower approval ratings when congress approves legislation that does not. However, in “How Partisan Conflict in Congress Affects Public Opinion: Strategies, Outcomes, and Issue Differences” Flynn and Harbridge examine how approval ratings are affected when congressional…

As a Congress person, there are many duties that must be done including constituent service, representation, legislation, and legislative oversight. I must constantly travel between my district to Washington to attend electoral duties, campaign for elections, meet with lobbyists, participate in committee activities, and the list goes on. Different Congressmen have different priorities, and those priorities may change with gaining maturity in office. The key to being an effective congress person…

relations with Native Americans. Both of the states could send 2 delegates to Congress but they had only one vote. The Delegates from 7 of the 13 states had to be present to establish a quorum and conduct business. The delegates could not erve more than 6 years and were elected a one year term.…

policies between the president and congress. In McCormick and Ziv the sections talk about how even with the flaws in the balance of power between the two branches of government, there has been this reoccurring theme of this power swinging to one government branch to the other. Looking at this trend and when they happen, we can notice certain influence that causes these changes in who controls the power. Looking in the past we see time and time again that congress having the ability to control…