cloture‚ Rule 22. A person becomes a candidate for representative or senator in the U.S. Congress by running in a primary election. Except in a few places‚ political parties exercise little control over the choice over who is nominated to run for congressional office. Voters select candidates in the primaries because of their personalities‚ positions on issues‚ or overall reputation. Parliament tends to be made up of people loyal to the national party issues. A congress tends to be made up of people
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decides jurisdiction for courts to hear cases Congress passes legislation that limits courts’ discretion to rule or impose sentences Congress makes the laws ‚ the courts interpret them Congressional elections Politics of defining congressional districts Reapportionment: a reallocation of congressional seats among the states every ten years‚ following the census Redistricting: process of redrawing of district lines in states with more than one representative (carried out by state legislators
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are reapportioned based on the outcome of the decennial census. Each state is guaranteed at least one House seat‚ no matter what its population. The House has 435 Congressional Districts Senators are elected to represent all of people in a state‚ representatives are elected by the voters of a particular area known as a congressional district. There have be arguments pertaining to the value of voters votes. Comparing one from a smaller district to one from a larger district caused the issue of equal
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The Legislative Branch United States Congress bicameral legislature House of Representatives 435 members 2 year terms smaller constituencies(Congressional districts) apportionment see pg. 239 redistricting Baker v. Carr – Supreme Court decides conflicts Wesberry v. Sanders: one person‚ one vote principle roughly 700‚000 in each district gerrymandering- REDREW THE LINES TO support etiher party. Its lines to make
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Chapter 7 Outline The Constitution and the Legislative Branch of Government The Seventeenth Amendment in 1913 provided for the direct election of senators. Article I creates the legislative branch of government. Congress is a bicameral institution. The upper house is called the Senate in which each state receives two representatives‚ and the lower house is called the House of Representatives that is apportioned by population. The Senate has a six-year term with 1/3 of the seats up for reelection
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"Congressional Committees and Unfriendly Witnesses" Ellen Schrecker The institutions that most typified the McCarthy era were congressional investigating committees. They were also the most important vehicle for extending the anti-Communist crusade throughout the rest of society. Their activities and the publicity they generated transformed what had initially been a devastating but nonetheless narrowly focused attack on a small political party and its adherents into a wide-ranging campaign that
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Senate. * The Congressional Research Service (CRS) a section of the Library of Congress‚ furnishes a computer-based record of the contents and current legislative status of major bills that are under consideration. * The General Accounting Office (GAO) audits spending by federal agencies‚ investigates agency practices‚ and makes policy recommendations to Congress‚ especially concerning the financial activities of the government. * The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) advises
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privilege- allows members send mail using their signature instead of a stamp Gerrymandering- manipulate the boundaries Government Printing Office- an agency of the legislative branch that provides printing and binding services for congress Joint committees- made up of both members of both chambers Quorum- the minimum number of member to be present at a meeting to make a meeting valid Seniority system- the concept of a person or group being in charged Session- a meeting of a deliberative or
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Although not mentioned in the Constitution Congressional committees have become an essential tool in Congress as its membership has increased and an expansion in government involvement in economic and social life has required a far greater volume of legislation and increased scrutiny of the executive. Select committees are permanent and therefore members of a committee who are re-elected gain a large amount of expertise in the policy
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Iron Triangles Definition The closed‚ mutually supportive relationships that often prevail in the United States between the government agencies‚ the special interest lobbying organizations‚ and the legislative committees or subcommittees with jurisdiction over a particular functional area of government policy. As long as they hang together‚ the members of these small groups of movers and shakers tend to dominate all policy-making in their respective specialized areas of concern‚ and they
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