legislative branch outlined by the U.S. Constitution 2 Characterize the demographic attributes of members of Congress‚ and identify factors that affect their chances for reelection 3 Assess the role of the committee system‚ political parties‚ and congressional leadership in organizing Congress 4 Identify three of the most significant powers of Congress 5 Analyze the factors that influence how members of Congress make decisions 6 Evaluate the strategic interactions between Congress‚ the President
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NATIONAL POLITICS AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS The electoral politics of Congress may center largely on individual candidates and campaigns‚ but it is the collective results of congressional elections that shape the course of national politics. Subject of the chapter →how the millions of individual voting decisions in hundreds of districtly individual contests combine to produce intelligible election results. Before the tools of survey research came into common use‚ politicians and political analysts
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1. How do committees fit into the lawmaking process? The way that committees fit into the lawmaking process is by basically looking/examining the bill that was brought to them. Then the committee reviews the particular bill and decides if it’s fit for approval. Another reason is that committees are the most qualified to approve or disapprove a bill this is why lawmakers send the bills to committees because a bill that is approved by them has a way better chance of going to the House or Senate (Oleszek
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Congressional term limits will make possible what the framers imagined when they created the Constitution in 1787. At the time the Constitution was drafted‚ career politicians did not exist and were consequently not taken into account. Yet today‚ career politicians fill the majority of the seats in Congress. This situation goes completely against Federalist No. 62‚ in which James Madison writes‚ “Every new election in the States is found to change one half of the representatives. From this change
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It’s no secrets that‚ as of late‚ Congress has been plagued by gridlock‚ unable to efficiently pass public policy -especially successful public policy. Congress’s gridlock stems from two key problems: Congress members fixation on getting re-elected and a lack of incentive for ‘getting things done.’ With these key problems in mind‚ the most effective changes to break gridlock in Congress would entail a two-pronged plan: One‚ we restructure how campaigns are paid for. And two‚ we base a large portion
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Congressional elections are every two years‚ voters elect all of the members of the House and one-third of the Senate. Although the Constitution lays out certain rules about how members of Congress should be elected‚ the states determine the details of elections‚ such as who can vote‚ how the votes will be counted‚ and the appearance of the ballots. There are three types of congressional elections: primary elections‚ general elections‚ and special elections. The primary elections are a preliminary
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Congressional Gridlock in America NAME: INSTITUTION: PROGRAM: Definition Gridlock or divided government refers to a situation in which different political parties in a government take control of executive and legislative branches of a national government. For instance citing on the American government in 2015 where the former democrat president Barrack Obama had a congress controlled by the Republican Party. (Kurtz‚ 2015). Causes of Congressional Gridlock According
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Congressional earmarks: let’s get rid of them In fiscal year 2008‚ there were 11‚524 earmarks totaling $16‚501‚833‚000 for appropriations accounts. A Congressional earmark is a provision that directs funds to be spent on specific projects. Congressional earmarks should be banned and the unused money should be returned to the citizens. The largest Disadvantage of congressional earmarks that I can see is the amount of money they use. An earmark on an Alaskan highway bill was for a bridge‚ that took
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Case Analysis- AstroTurf Lobbying AstroTurf Lobbying is a political organization or campaign that appears to be made up of grassroots activists. These organizations or campaigns are actually organized and run by corporate interests seeking to further their own agendas. The organizations are introduced with names that are made to disguise the group’s true intentions. There are many problems with AstroTurf Lobbying. AstroTurf Lobbying is an emerging issue that needs to be taken care of quickly
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Interest Groups and Political Action Committees Interest groups influence the American government very heavily and have become motivation for public policy. An interest group is an organized group of individuals‚ who together‚ support and try to publicly persuade the government to adopt certain policies. All interest groups are different‚ varying in size‚ purpose‚ unity‚ influence‚ and resources. They can range from mass membership‚ to labor unions‚ to large corporations. Interest groups have been
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