CAS PO 141 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: United States House Committee On Rules, Cloture
15 Mar 2016
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Bicameral: has two chambers (house of representatives and senate) 435 members, each representing a district within a state. # of reps per state based on state population. Article 1, section 1: legislative powers vested in congress. Management strategy: creating and delegating authority to institutions. Powers and resources available to party leaders i. ii. iii. iv. v. Party leaders" role in political process i. ii. iii. Tend to look at party leaders to see what the party is going to do iv. Has become more important overtime because speakers have given some of their floor power to the majority leader iii. iv. Make sure party stays on track (rule enforcer) Not as important, since it is a much smaller body. Committee decision: move forward (i. e. , consider bill) or not (i. e. , ignore bill)? ii. iii. iv. a. If committee chooses not to move forward, bill dies. Then, another decision: accept, modify, or reject bill a.
