POLI 2051 Lecture Notes - Bicameralism, Divided Government
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Members of the house: 25 yrs old, citizen 7 years. Key powers: make laws (house and senate), raise and spend revenue, impeachment. Running and staying in office: political party. Name recognition, credit claiming, casework, access to media: redistricting. Leadership in the house of rep: speaker of the house. Most powerful position in the housw: leadership teams. Leadership in the senate: presiding officer, majority leader: true leader, elected by majority party, leadership teams. If accepted, goes through changes, then sent to floor: floor debate. Holds or filibusters in senate: final approval. Budgetary function: congressional budget act of 1974. Reconciliation process to limit debates: pork or programmatic requests (earmarks) Limits power of president as commander in chief: congressional review. Allows congress to overrule regulations for federal agencies. Senate confirms supreme court, federal district court, and cabinet nominations: confirmation of presidential appointees, impeachment. 6. 5 how members make decisions: political parties. Influence of political parties on the passage of legislation.
