ch. 13

Political Science 104 with Coleman at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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By: Allison Spoden
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American Government: Power and Purpose, Tenth Brief Edition
Created: 2011-03-29
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powers of Congress

-overseeing the bureaucracry
-declaring war
-regulating interstate commerce
-raising armies
-writing all the laws

Senate

-ratifies foreign treaties
-approving presidential appointments
-can remove the president from office

incumbents
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individuals who currently hold office

casework

what congress does for its members

delegate model

-share some policy positions as the voters and promise to act upon them
-member will switch his or her position (House)

trustee

-elected to do what they think is best (Senate)

collective action problem

-problem that arises when individuals' incentives lead them to avoid taking actions that are best for the whole group (prefer other people spent the time and money)
-dishes example

cycling

-members cannot settle on a single change to existing policy
-multiple options and cannot agree on a single course of action

standing committee

-permanent committee, fixed policy, do not change
-homeland security

select committee

-temporary committee
-hurricane Katrina

joint committee

-both houses
-fairly narrow issue but are permanent
-Joint committee on Taxation

Committee Members

-Senate serve on 4 with house on 2

party caucus

-gather of all dem of house and senate

party conference

-same but for republicans

speaker of the house

-person who presides over the house and serves as the chamber's official spokesman (more powerful than majority leader does in senate)

majority leader

-individual in each chamber who manages the floor: in the senate he or she is the most powerful member int he chamber: in the house, she or she is the chief lieutenant of he Speaker (second in command in house)

whips

-designated members of congress who delivers messages from party leaders, keep track of members votes, and encourage members to stand together on key issues
-party leaders control agenda so they can say what gets voted on and whats not

party polarization

-increase in past 30 years (rise in inequality? or does polarization create inequality?)

War Powers Resolution

-congress gave the president 60 to 90 days to secure formal authorization of a military deployment before troops would have to be withdrawn (too bad every president has said this is not cons)
-presidents whose party holds a large number of seats in the House and Senate tend to wage war more often than those whose party holds less seats

sponsor

-member of Congress who introduces a bill

Senate to pass bill

-sponsor; president of senate; committee; senate floor; conference floor (both); senate floor to redo; president (if no the back to senate floor)

House to pass bill

-sponsor; house speaker; committee; rules committee; house floor; conference committee (both); house floor; president; house floor if no

committees

-the speaker in the house decides which committee gets it
-in senate, its the chamber's presiding officer either the VP or the president pro tempore (most senior members of the majority party)

multiple referral

-goes to more than one committee

markup

-process by which members of a committee rewrite, delete, etc.

open v. closed rule

open: can widely amend
people prefer closed

filibuster

-threshold higher in senate
-senators delay or prevent action on a bill by making long speeches and engaging in unlimited debate (super of 60 is needed for colture)

if veto

-1. can drop it
-2. can try to win him over and rewrite
-3. 2/3 s yes of both houses

gate-keeping authority

-power to decide whether a particular proposal or policy change will be considered
-committee

sunset provision

-a condition of a law that requires it to be reauthorized after a certain number of years

authorization

-granting of legal authority to operate federal programs (basis for their continued operation)

appropriations

-granting of funds to operate authorized federal programs
-kept separate so congress cannot alter actual operations of agencies

regular appropriations

-the standard mode by which federal moneys are allotted to programs
-1. enacting clause
2. breakdown of budget
3. general provision

continuing resolution

-funds used to keep programs up and running when regular appropriations hae not been approved by the end of the fiscal year

supplemental appropriations

-temporary funding for gove when program funds fall short

app. are differnt than leg process

-1. app are purposefully streamlined (failure can bring gov to halt)
-2. sp process is supposed to follow a strict timetable

About this deck

By: Allison Spoden
Textbook:

American Government: Power and Purpose, Tenth Brief Edition
Created: 2011-03-29
Size: 36 flashcards
Views: 31

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