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Chapter 12

Congress


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Qualifications

HOUSE 25 years old; citizen for years;li!e in the state you represent

SE"#$E %& years old; citizen for ' years;

li!e in the state you represent


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$he House

( )%5 *e*+ers, 2-year

ter*s of office( .nitiates all re!enue

+ills, *ore influential

on +udget

( House /ulesCo**ittee

( 0i*ited de+ates

$he Senate

( 1&& *e*+ers, -year

ter*s of office

( i!es 3ad!ice 4

consent, *ore

influential on foreign

affairs

( Unli*ited de+ates

6fili+uster7

American Bicameralism


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8ica*eral 0egislature $9o house Congress

House of /eps: )%5*e*+ers

5 non-!oting *e*+ers ashington ?:C:,#*erican Sa*oa

Senate 1&& *e*+ers

Connecticut Co*pro*ise@the ConstitutionalCon!ention


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Congress*en fro* #rizona/epresentati!e Aeff Blae

httpD999:house:go!flae

Senator Aon Fyl

httpDyl:senate:go!

Senator Aohn GcCain

httpD*ccain:senate:go!
http://www.house.gov/flake/http://kyl.senate.gov/http://mccain.senate.gov/http://mccain.senate.gov/http://kyl.senate.gov/http://www.house.gov/flake/


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$he /epresentati!es and Senators

$he Ao+

(Salary of 1I,5&& 9ith retire*ent +enefits

(Office space in ?:C: and at ho*e 9ith staff

($ra!el allo9ances and franing pri!ileges

(/eJuires long hours, a lot of ti*e a9ay fro*

fa*ily, and pressure fro* others to supporttheir policies


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.ncu*+ency in Congress

.ndi!iduals 9ho alreadyhold office usually 9in

'&K of elections


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Congressional Elections

$he #d!antages of .ncu*+ents(#d!ertisingD

$he goal is to +e !isi+le to your constituents BreJuent trips ho*e, use of ne9sletter, and

technology

(Credit Clai*ingD

Ser!ice to constituents throughD( Case9orD specifically helping constituents get 9hat they

thin they ha!e a right to

(


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Congressional Elections

$he #d!antages of .ncu*+ents

(


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Ser!icing the Constituency

ConstituentsD citizens thatthe Congresspersonrepresents

CaseworkD helping

constituency as indi!iduals6cutting through red tape togi!e people 9hat they thinthey ha!e a right to get

Pork BarrelD 0ist of federalproLects, grants and contractsa!aila+le to cities, +usinesses,colleges and institutions


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Goney in electing Congress*en Gost of the turno!er in the

*e*+ership in Congressresults fro* !acated seats,particularly in the House

.t costs a great deal *ore*oney to elect acongressperson than to elect apresident

2&&&, all presidentialcandidates spent a total of

2&& *illion 2&&&, general election Senate

races alone cost %5& *illion


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Co*paring the Senate and the

House of /epresentati!es


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House of /epresentati!es

Gore centralized,hierarchical, less anarchic


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House /ules Co**ittee

Gost i*portant co**ittee in the House

/e!ie9s *ost +ills co*ing fro* a house co**ittee +efore

they go to the full House 6traffic cop7

i!es each +ill a 3rule, 9hich schedules the +ill on thecalendar, allots ti*e for de+ate, and can e!en specify 9hat

ind of a*end*ents to +ill can +e offered

.nitiates all re!enue +ills in House


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Senate

0ess disciplined, less

centralized

/atifies treaties

Confir*s i*portant

presidential no*inations

$ries i*peached officials


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Congressional 0eadership


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Ho9 Congress is Organized

to Gae


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Speaer of the House

Gost i*portant personin Congress(


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Other Congressional 0eaders GaLority 0eader in each

house

Ginority 0eaders in eachhouse

>hipsD # *e*+er of alegislati!e +ody, charged+y his or her party 9ith

enforcing party disciplineand ensuring attendance

?aniel .nouye

6?7

Senate GaLority 0eader Harry /eid 6?7

Ginority 0eaderD Gitch GcConnell 6/7


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>hipsRin the Senate

/ichard ?ur+in 6?7 GaLority 9hip

Aon Fyl 6/7 Ginority 9hip


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>hips:::in the House

Fe!in GcCarthy 6/7 *aLority 9hip Steny Hoyer 6?7 *inority 9hip


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0egislati!e O!ersight

CongressPs *onitoring of the +ureaucracy

and its ad*inistration of policy 6hearings7


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Co**ittees in Congress
http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Home.Homehttp://www.rules.house.gov/welcome.htm


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Co**ittees in Congress

Standing committeesD


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House S$#"?." Co**ittees

$here are 19 standingcommitteesin the House of/epresentati!es:

/epresentati!es are nor*allyassigned to one or t9ostanding co**ittees:

$he *ost i*portantco**ittees in the House areD/ules, >ays and Geans,#ppropriations, #r*ed

Ser!ices, Audiciary,.nternational /elations, and#griculture


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Senate S$#"?." Co**ittees

$here are 17 standingcommitteesin the Senate:

Senators are nor*allyassigned to three or four

co**ittees: $he *ost i*portant

co**ittees in the SenateareD Boreign /elations,#ppropriations, Binance,Audiciary, #r*ed Ser!ices,and 8aning, Housing andUr+an #ffairs:


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.*portant Bacts a+out

Co**itteesCo**ittees are 9here *ost +ills

recei!e thorough consideration:

$he fate of *ost +ills is decided

in the !arious standing

co**ittees:

Most bills DI in t!e

committees "action# to w!ic!

t!e$ are referred


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Congressional Caucus

.nfor*al organizationof Congresspersons9ho share so*einterest oncharacteristics


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Congressional process


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