Legislator

Groups April 5, 2017 Interest Groups Influence Interest groups and lobbyists impact lawmaking by showing support to the legislators by investing money for them to use on their campaign and telling them that they will vote for them to get reelected if they vote the way they want them to. It also depends on the lobbyist if they are a big group and how much money they have for the legislator to actually listen to them. One of the top lobbyists group out there is the “National Rifle Association…

your Congressperson “looks” like their constituents. Descriptive representation could be in terms of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, etc. Substantive representation is the tendency of elected legislators to act on behalf of certain groups. For example, a legislator might advocate for a gun rights bill on behalf of the NRA. Electing more women to Congress could change descriptive and substantive representation…

and people could go in and out of the meeting whenever they felt like it. During this meeting, a District judge presented his proposal on a project that he was developing, called “Project One.” In his presentation, the judge wanted to convince legislators about the importance of condensing court appearances for families. This would allow families who have multiple cases pending in court to have a specific day to attend all meetings at once. He argued that families are dealing with too many…

lawyers, and if the legal education changes, it means that eventually the courts will better appreciate the political process. It would be better to have judges and justices understand the political process. INSERT SANDEA DAY OCONER COMMENTS ON LEGISLATORS AS JUDGES. This would lead to a more rounded court that understands that the political process would be better represented in the courts, and within the judicial process. The judicial process means that the laws and policies could be…

state legislator may serve. Many individuals feel that state legislators should serve a short term in office and then return home to their original occupations. Term limit provisions exist in 15 states, which limit state legislators to service 6 to 12 years. In addition some state lawmakers are barred from serving in the same office beyond a set number of years. As our book states one con for not allowing legislators serve for a longer term is that “it takes several years for new legislators…

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 constrained by the actions of coalition leaders; And in part by their…

My topic of interest is gender difference in US Congress voting on child welfare laws. This is an important issue because legislators greatly impact our society and how it runs. In the past several decades, the amount of female legislators has significantly increased, holding around 15-20 percent of seats in Congress. Is the increasing inclusion of women in government changing the laws of our country? Will women’s issues be more prevalent in Congress? How will this change in the demographics of…

I really don’t like what I hear from our legislators, so the less I hear from them the better. A lot of what is said about our legislators is negative, this might have to do with the way the media reports it, but that’s for another time. One thing I currently don’t like about our legislation is how our legislation is being run by special interest…

Although they are aware of the job that they are doing, they still need some time to get use to how things work in that particular office firm. On average, an entire term (2 years) is used by legislators to figure out how things are supposed to be done (Alpert). By electing new legislators, the experience that those already in office took the time to get over this time would be lost (Weeks). They know what they are doing and things will, with success, get done quicker than those who may…

He notes, “… members of congress care intensively about reelection. Although they are not single-minded seekers of reelection, reelection is their dominant goal. This means simply that legislators’ will do nothing to advance their other goals if such activities threaten their principal goal. If reelection is not at risk, they are free to pursue other goals, including enacting their own visions of good public policy or achieving influence…