Chapters 11 and 12 pg 203 -237

The person who lives in a given electoral district and is represented by a given elected official

30 years old American citizen for 9

years Live in the state you want

to represent

25 years old Citizen for 7 years Live in the state you want to

represent

You must be electable You must raise money You must be skilled at the ‘political game’ For reelection you must show that you

cam bring back taxpayer-funded projects for your district

Do you agree with this list? Why?

Speaker of the House: Nominated by the majority, voted on by whole house, most powerful member of Congress

Majority leader: Party with most members elected to manage legislation on the floor

Minority leader: Party with fewer members elected to manage legislation on the floorJohn Boehner Eric

Cantor

Nancy Pelosi

Majority Whip/Minority Whip assist the floor leaders responsible for keeping the leadership informed

Persuade party members to vote party lines

KevinMcCarthy

President of the Senate: Vice President President Pro Tempore: Senior senator of

the majority party Majority leader: Spokesmen for majority

party, works with other member to get things done

Minority Leader: helps devise strategies and shape party policy

Vice President Joe Biden Harry

Reid

DanielInouye

Majority/Minority Whips: assist floor leaders

Richard Durbin Jon Kyl

Standing Committees: permanent committees that handle most business

Subcommittees: review proposed legislation

Select/Special Committees: investigate specific problems

Joint Committees: members of both houses Conference Committees: temporary joint

committee to iron difference in each version of a specific bill

Step 1.

IDEA:

Congressperson

Sponsors the bill

Step 2:

Sponsor introduces

the

Bill to his/her house

Step 3:

Bill is assigned a

Subcommittee

Committee

Recommended

Favorably

Step 4:

Bill is Placed on

the calendar to be heard on the floor

House: goes to the house Rules Committee to decide if the specifics of the bill are ready for debate

Step 5:

1. Voice

2. Standing

3. Teller

4. Roll Call

Must be used to overturn a veto

Step 6: Bill goes to the other house

and repeats steps 2-5

All tax billsbegin in the house

Step 7:

Bill goes to the

Takes the bills from each house and combines them into one bill

Step 8:

Bill Goes back to each house to OK the new version

Step 9:

Doesn’tSign

Congress in

session

Congress not in session Pocket

VETO

Goes back to congress--2/3 can pass it

SIGNIT

Riders: an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill

Party Discipline: is the ability of a parliamentary group of a political party to get its members to support the policies of their party leadership. In liberal democracies, it usually refers to the control that party leaders have over its legislature

Veto: power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature

Pocket veto: a veto of a bill brought about by the president's failure to sign it within ten days of the adjournment of Congress

Veto Override: ides the veto by a two-thirds majority in each house, it becomes law without the President's signature.

Levying taxes Appropriations (spending bills) Joint resolutions Amendments Declaring of War

Delegate: speaks or acts on behalf of Congress

Trustee: holds property, authority, or a position of trust

Partisan: a committed member of a political party

Casework: solving problems for constituents Pork-barrel legislations: send

money/projects back to home district Logrolling: trading favors

Confirmation: approving of appointed positions of the president such as ambassadors, Secretary of Departments, Supreme Court Justices

Ratification: Approve Treaties Impeachement

House of Representatives: formal accusations against federal officials including the president

Senate: conducts the trial and votes whether or not to remove from office

Committee Membership is proportional to congress membership

Most all house members serve on at least one, and usually 2 -3 committees

Senator (due to small numbers) serve on 5 – 6

Committee seats are given with strings attached (you ask to be put on a committee you owe your party)

Chairs (leaderships role) is usually by seniority (who has been there the longest)

Hearing: Listening to testimonies, gathering information from interested people, and experts

Markup session: committee members determine the final language of a bill

Report: when the subcommittee tell the full House or Senate whether or not they recommend a bill

designate obstructionist tactics in legislative assemblies. It has particular reference to the U.S. Senate, where the tradition of unlimited debate is very strong

Cloture: process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end

Riders: an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill

Voice: members all together shout of aye or no

Standing: First supports stand, then opponents stand

Roll Call: Each member vote is officially registered by inserting their vote id in machine and voting yes, no or present

Sign the bill into law Veto the bill Take not action on the bill, at the end of

10 days the bill becomes law without the president's signature