CAS PO 141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: American Recovery And Reinvestment Act Of 2009, Supermajority, Alternative Minimum Tax
3 Apr 2016
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When players can"t agree, policy gridlock occurs: more common under divided government. Congress bicameral: two chambers: house of representatives. 435 members, 1 for each state district amount based on state population. Article 1 section 1: legislative powers vested in congress, expressed powers: power of the purse (spend/tax, advice and consent functions, authority to creature courts, regulate commerce, authority in foreign affairs, necessary and proper clause. Powers and resources for party leaders: scheduling/agenda control, committee assignments, campaign fundraising, perks, legislative effort. Leaders in political process: brokers within congress unify parties, intermediate congress and president, media, campaign support. Majority leader (kevin mccarthy): floor leader of majority party. Minority leader (nancy pelosi): informal power, opponent of majority leader. Whips (steve scalise): information gathering and disseminating: senate. Majority leader (mitch mcconnell): weaker than in house, cannot refuse recognition. Minority leader (harry reid): stronger than in house. Whips: not as important as in house. Where most of the work gets done, parallel processing.
