Member of Congress

A president is truly affective when he is able to get his policy agenda through Congress. For him to do this, it is paramount that he has the support from the majority of the public. When a president is unpopular, members of Congress will have little incentive to pass his preferred legislation, since doing so will potentially have negative consequences (i.e. not winning reelection). It is also important that a president be a competent negotiator if he is to get his agenda passed. It would be…

As we have learned in our text, incumbents are more often than not re-elected to the U.S. Congress in high rates. In Understanding American Government: California Edition the author states that “incumbency is even more of an asset to members of congress than it is to presidents.” But why might this be? I believe that the system of American government gives incumbents an almost unfair advantage when it comes to the acquisition of campaign funds as well as helpful media exposure. As we have…

executive and legislative branches members are chosen by the people. Whereas the judicial branches members are chosen only by the president with the approval of the senate. This branch has the duty of determining what every law means, how to incorporate them into real life circumstances, and also deciding if a certain law breaks the constitution. The judicial branch also can settle conflicts between states. This is the only branch that watches over the president and congress to make sure they…

And although there are plenty of lobbying firms that advocate for positive causes like science, medicine, and civil rights, the actions of the lobbying firms that are morally lacking and corrupt require congress to strengthen the laws surrounding lobbying. If no action is taken by congress, lobbyists will continue to rise to the likes of Jack Abramoff, and extortion, bribery, and corruption will continue to grow in abundance in…

Victoria Dochoghlian Poli Sci 137BW Prof. Uhlaner November 5, 2015 Are the Representatives “Like Us” in the U.S. Congress? “Stand for” representation, means a descriptive or symbolic representative that stands for someone or something. In descriptive representation there is the idea of representing a group of people and governing for them, two very different theories. Representing descriptively means to proportionally and characteristically represent the population they stand for, and to…

president, the presidential veto allows the president to have some power over the legislative branch through his potential to use the veto power. It also allows the president to control bureaucracy in that he can control the kinds of bureaucracy that Congress makes (Hurl…

parliamentary politics. The parliament The parliament consists of two chambers. The Lower House (Dutch: Tweede Kamer, or Second Chamber) is elected every four years in a direct national elections together with the provincial parliaments. It consists of 150 members. Only the political parties can take part in the elections.…

length in the House of Representatives of two years is sufficiently long before re election. Holding biennial congressional elections, publius argues, is not a problem,. Firstly, the House would have limited powers because of the term length. House members couldn’t introduce legislation that would take years to get through…

currency relied on barter systems. Bargaining has especially been prevalent in modern Congress in the United States. Recently though, the power of bartering has faced significant obstacles. The power of “going public” has been increasing due to intense partisanship in both Congress and the American people as a whole. If this trend continues, bargaining in Congress may be a relic of the past. For years, Congress and the president have relied on a quid pro quo relationship to pass legislative…

crime related. Once a statutory criminal law is written or prepared it becomes a bill that is first introduced to the members of the legislative body, where it was formed, by the House of…