POSC 225 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Orrin Hatch, Nancy Pelosi, Living Constitution
12 Apr 2017
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Most powerful senators: head of senate: pence: house majority leader: kevin mccarthy, house whip: scalise, house minority leader: nancy pelosi, senate majority leader: mcconnell, senate minority leader: schumer, senate whip: durbin. Who takes over mid-presidency: trump pence ryan orrin hatch (pres. Groups represented by congress: caucuses (black, hispanic, asian), parties (republican, Law making process: by house: voting time, debates, amendments in question, speed/ slow by majority party, by senate: committees, filibuster, cloture vote, differences: conference committee. Non-law making: confirm presidential appointments, impeachment, executive & bureaucratic agency oversight. Influences on congress decisions: constituents (reelection), party leaders, colleagues (logrolling), interest groups, staff. Campaigns get money: super pacs: raise funds without coordinating. Executive branch organization: vp, 1st lady, cabinet (heads of branch departments), Executive office of president (eop) (reliable counsel), white house staff (advisors, press secretary, chief of staff) Power of the president: domestic: veto, state of union (suggests legislation & plan, foreign: ambassadors, treaties, commander-in-chief,
