POLSCI 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Medicaid, Budget Resolution, Omnibus Bill

• School: U of M
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 190
• Professor: Richard Hall

Document Summary

Any deviation from your ideal policy is a policy that you like less. Under open rule, any bill that is brought to the floor will be amended back to the floor median. Under closed rule, as long as the bill is just inside the indifference point for the median voter, it will pass, because they prefer it to the status quo. Make it easier for the working poor to qualify for medicaid. Appealing to the median representatives, moderate republicans. Reversing tax increases in the bill in 2017 instead of 2018 to appeal to far right conservatives. In senate majority party leader cannot dictate whether or not amendments can be proposed and how long debate will last. Importance in the ability to cut off debate. Not used very much until fairly recently, when civil rights bills came along. Division within the democratic party when southern senators began filibustering civil rights legislation. Does not always have to be used for legislative reasons.