POLS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Good Cop
28 Nov 2016
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Almost shocking when a member of hoc votes against their party: makes keeping parties in check more difficult. Liberals always vote in favour of their party. Not uncommon for members of government or opposition to break ranks and vote how they feel. Even in bitter polarized government: members of different parties vote with each other and break. Only so much members of legislatures, and so little time for the large amount of work they need to get done. Demands of constituency work is less, so members can spend more time on sitting on committees or other things: canada. Have less time because of constituency work. Resources especially for legislative committees: a group of legislatures whose jobs are to investigate policy issues. Committees that deal with different fields (defense, fishing, mining, security, Need resources to help members of committees: some countries have more than others.
