POLI 2051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Balance Theory, Baner
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Basic information on congress: rally phenomenon: government approval skyrockets when something bad happens. Majority leader senate and speaker of the house: john baner speaker, mitch macon majority leader. Gate keeping roll: get to decide how many people are on a committee, know different type of committees (standing. What are the advantages of being the majority party: republicans currently control the senate and. It"s decentralized, which means that power us spread out in congress. Difficult to get anything passed on mondays and fridays because members go home to their families (monday. Bill must be introduced member of congress. Committee/subcommittee (where most bills die) standing committees ( permanent - most important), conference committees, select committees. Floor of the chamber house and senate version must be identical. The president veto (goes back 2/3) sign (becomes law), do nothing (becomes law in 10 days unsigned unless there"s not 10 days in the session left. )
