POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Steny Hoyer, Steve Scalise, Mitch Mcconnell
10 Jan 2019
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House: you need 50 votes, speaker of the house, speaker paul ryan (r, elected by full house, presides over the house. Determine who has the right to speak: set the agenda. Determine what the house going to focus on this term: appoints the rules committee. Senate: you need 60 votes, vice president, mike pence (r, formal presiding officer (rarely in attendance, vote to break a tie, majority leader, mitch mcconnell (r, party spoken person, set the calendar, runs business on the floor. Can go on floor and give time to people: minority leader, chuck schumer (d, party spokesperson for minority, consults on the calendar. Similar structure in both chamber, but house leaders are more powerful than senate leaders. Standing committees: permanent, always exist, work on legislature bills, have it in both house but separate. Select committees: not permanent, work on issues that is on the rise and investigation.
