POLS 100 Lecture 1: Congress Notes
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The concept of a legislature / the role of a legislator. Ways of representing constituents (burkean concepts: delegate, trustee. Packing: drawing lines so they include as many of the opposing party"s voters as possible. Cracking: dividing an opponent"s voters into other districts, weakens opponents. In the senate, the vice president of the us (mike pence) is president of the senate. But the founders surmised that the vice president would not always be present so they provided for a president pro tem to run the senate on a daily basis. That didn"t work either and the real leadership authority in the senate is the majority leader. Right now that is mitch mcconnell of kentucky. The minority party in the senate also selects a leader and right now that is chuck schumer of. The majority leadership authority in the house rests in the person of the speaker of the. Right now that is paul ryan of wisconsin.
