PS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: United States House Committee On Rules, Pocket Veto, Incumbent

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PS 101
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Congress or between congress and the president: incumbency advantage: the relative infrequency with which members of. Congress: specialization: the expertise of a member of congress on a specific issue or area of policy. Committee allowing relevant amendments to a bill: modified rules: conditions placed on a legislative debate by the house rules. Committee allowing certain amendments to a bill while barring others: legislative veto: a form of oversight in which congress overturns bureaucratic decisions. If legislators act as delegates : policymaking will be highly pluralistic, reflecting bargaining among lawmakers speaking for different constituencies. Introduce, cosponsor, and amend legislation: cast roll call votes. Voting rights act: districting by race=racial segregation, elections and accountability, the vast majority of incumbents are reelected, sources of incumbency advantage. Strategic retiring : many view it as part of their job to be good representatives, congress suffers from an image problem, but it is not clear whether this.