Iron triangle and issue networks are made up of agency officials, members of Congress and interest group of lobbyist. Most of the time, they includes lawyers, academics, consultants, courts and public relations specialists. However, issue networks are constantly changing as members and become involved in various issues. They reflect the problems and issues and trying to solve it.
2) Fully discuss the powers of the presidency. Be sure to give examples.
The framers want to have a strong central government and they don't want give the president too much authority to run the country. In the Article II, it states, "The executive Powers shall be vested in a President of the United States …show more content…
First, the House and the Senate have to introduce the bill and have it referred to the House and Senate Committee to its subcommittee, which will do a research on the bill and decided whether to hold hearings on it. The subcommittee hearing allows the both sides to voice their opinion on the bill. After the hearing, the bill is revised and the subcommittee votes to approve or overcome the bill. If the subcommittee votes in the favor of the bill, it will have it reported to the full committee. If the bill is rejected, it will go back to the floor of the House or Senate with recommendation to revise the …show more content…
In the Article I, section 8, of the Constitution, it states that the Congresses have powers to: lay and collect taxes and duties, borrow money, establish rules for the process of becoming a citizen and bankruptcy, money's values, punish the counterfeiting, establish a post office, issue patents and copyright, declare war, raise and support an army and navy and make rules for their governance, provide for a militia, and make law that's necessary and proper to carry.
In the House, they have 435 members (depends on the population) served on two years terms while the Senate has 100 members (two from each states) served on six years terms. The House has impeachment procedures and passes articles of impeachment while the Senate doesn't. Also, the House's procedures are more efficient and cause the Senate becoming more difficult to pass legislation. The House is more formal, more impersonal and has stronger leadership while the Senate is less formal, more personal, and has weaker leadership. The House emphasizes tax and revenue policy while the Senate emphasizes foreign