POS 4424 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Richard Fenno, Subject-Matter Expert
21 Mar 2017
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The two congresses ; hill style and home style. House of reps are elected by the people, the senate was selected by the state. By law and custom they are still the policymakers at a national level. Just tried to put a functional end to the office of ethics. When fenno was following them the way to get voted out was not to be corrupt but rather to act like he was one of the people. 435 house districts, 50 senate districts, non voting delegates and. I have issues with x,y, or z they call and the congressman calls which helps the you and gets votes. Brat: outspent 26 to 1, wins by 11 points. Cantor: effective hill style legislator had lost touch with district. Members must always balance competing demands, incentives. They legislate tuesday-thursday and travel during the weekend. The public views congress as a whole differently from the way it sees individual senators and representatives.
