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| representatives in Congress keep people back home in mind when making decisions because they depend on their votes to be reelected |
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| they are a national legislature that is better about passing legislation in order to benefit their own home towns but not necessarily to benefit everyone |
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| appropriation of government spending for projects that are intended primarily to benefit particular constituents |
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| Provides service for people back home such as fund raising for special services back home, recommendations for academies, hold town hall meetings, have a staff that do things for constituents, help people out with problems. SERVICE FOR PEOPLE BACK HOME |
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| 13 separate spending bills for defense, agriculture, etc. The biggest source of government revenue is individual income taxes, then payroll taxes (medicare and social security), then corporate income taxes, then excise taxes (gas, tobacco, alcohol, etc.) Most spending comes from non-discretionary spending |
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| non-discretionary spending |
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| the money we have to spend |
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| debate on how much we spend |
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| The symbolic importance of the budget |
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| the budget is a symbolic statement of our priorities and values |
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| the actual/practical importance of the budget |
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| need the budget to function and regulate government spending |
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| they table a bill, bury a bill, and push a bill through. rely on committees to get things done and pass legislation or else they wouldn't have time to do so, created to streamline process |
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| What committee does the house have that the senate does not have? |
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| The house has the rules committee. The rules committee sets rules on how to debate a bill such as the time limit and amount of money |
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| What does the Speaker of the House do? |
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| Assigns bills to committees to decide the future of the bill; has some control over House agenda; official interpreter of legislation process when bills come up for debate |
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| What does the House Majority Leader do? |
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| second in command; has some control over House agenda setting |
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| What does the Majority Whip do? |
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| Ranks 3rd, coordinates votes, counts votes, lobbies members to vote, reports back to Speaker of the House |
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| What does the Vice President do? |
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| tie-breaker vote, votes after election |
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| What does the President Pro tempore do? |
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| presides over the Senate in absence of the vice president |
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| What is the job of the Senate Majority Leader? |
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| persuade and influence; spokesperson; works with chairs of Senate committees |
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| What does the Senate Minority Leader do? |
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| represents part to public coordinates |
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| The legislative process and the differences in between House and Senate |
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| House has the Rules Committee; in the senate there are 16 standing committees that are more powerful than the House and influence fate of bills; minority party in Senate is much easier than in House |
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| How many bills have become laws? |
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| About 10% of bills proposed become laws; shows that legislation can't be passed very quickly and Congress does not work efficiently |
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| an extended debate in the Senate which has the effect of preventing a vote of whether or not a bill becomes a law |
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| the formal process used to end a filibuster; takes 60 votes and can take up to 3 days; when a cloture occurs, the Senate has 30 more hours to debate until they vote |
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