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-Finance- tax, borrow
-To fund “welfare” stuff - including grants to states
-Commerce and economy broadly conceived regulatory powers
-Personnel confirm, impeach, try
-Courts establish, limit, fund
-Armed forces establish, regulate, fund, declare war
-The World beyond the States treaties, foreign aid, commerce, territories, DC, seas
-Bureaucracy establish, authorize, fund
-Political System elections (in part), admission of states,
amendment proposals, civil rights,
congressional organization and procedures,
and qualifications of members |
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“gate keeping” committee. It says what bills come up,
when, and in what form. It also limits debate and amendments. |
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| House Legislative committees, |
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International Relations, Agriculture, Ways and
Means, and Armed Services, have specific jurisdictions that sometimes overlap. They all
have subcommittees. |
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| House Chairmen of committees |
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are chosen by the majority party
caucus, usually by seniority. They control their committees’ agendas and often act as
floor managers of bills reported by their committees. |
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-Organize party. They allocate jobs to party members.
-Schedule business.
-Monitor attendance. They ensure that busy party members show up to vote on
issues the party cares about.
-Disseminate information. They ensure that party members know the party’s
position on given issues and also how others are planning to vote.
-Work with the President; often both parties’ leaderships are invited.
-Whip. They round up, persuade, and importune members to vote their party line. |
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-Organize party. They allocate jobs to party members.
-Schedule business.
-Monitor attendance. They ensure that busy party members show up to vote on
issues the party cares about.
-Disseminate information. They ensure that party members know the party’s
position on given issues and also how others are planning to vote.
-Work with the President; often both parties’ leaderships are invited.
-Whip. They round up, persuade, and importune members to vote their party line. |
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Congress must to spend money:
(3 bills names) |
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1. Tax via Revenue or Debt-Ceiling Bills
2. Authorize government activity- authorization bills that create administrative agencies
3. Appropriate money year by year-appropriations bills. |
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Congress submits a bill for the President’s approval but goes out of session
before the 10 days are up. |
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Certain people are entitled to certain amounts of money
(according to some formula) regardless of whether Congress has appropriated enough.
Major cause of deficit funding
Medicare, Social Security, VA Pensions, Pell
Grants, and farm subsidies. |
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executive budget initiative: each year the
President must submit a single, comprehensive budget that says exactly how much will
be spent and on what. Congress modifies this presidential baseline to make an overall
decision on how much to tax and spend. |
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Office of Management and Budget,
prepares a comprehensive executive budget proposal in January. |
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Congressional Budget Office
prepares a report on the President’s
proposal by Feb. 15. It questions the assumptions the President’s proposal makes about
how fast the economy is projected to grow, how high unemployment is likely to be, etc.
This office is made up of civil servants, supposedly nonpartisan professional economists. |
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| A congressmen's desire to be seen as the cause of benefiting constituents- buerocracy allows it- mutually helpful |
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| A congressmen wants to be seen taking the "Right" position, even when he knows it will not suceed |
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| the attempt to deliver local benefits- in Pork Barrel spending or Case Work |
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| supporting local, tangible projects such as road, hostpitals, etc |
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involves acting as an intermediary to help individual constituents
with the federal bureaucracy |
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everyone goes along with passing laws
that are known to be fat with pork, hence inefficient. There is pork for all. |
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| Executive Office of the President |
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Advisory Role: his comprises people who work in or near the White House and have little or no
legal authority but do have great proximity and access.
EX: Chief of Staff (runs the White House and helps the President run the
Executive Office)
Speech writers
Counsel
Legislative Liaison (helps the president coordinate relations with the
legislative branch)
Press Secretary, etc., etc. |
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Counselors to the
President.” |
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| White House staff top people |
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State, Defense, Treasury
heads make up the Cabinet. |
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| Executive Branch Positions that Prez cannot fire |
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| Independent Regulatory Commissions and Government Corporations. |
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International agreement- requires 2/3in senate
can violate State law |
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| PUre Executive Agreements |
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cannot violate state law
Within presidents Jurisdiction and require fast action
Ie: armistice |
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| Congressional-Executive Agreement |
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about any issue within the federal
government’s jurisdiction- subject to normal Congressional law proceedures
IE: TRADE agreements |
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| Presidents informal power to use his office to address public |
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| getting the agent to dowhat the principal wants |
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Alarm example:aka iron triangles\
bureaucratic agency, its relevant
congressional committee staff, and its clientele stay in touch and work together |
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| Organization of Interests |
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organize an otherwise unorganized group of people
or industries so that they can monitor the activities of the bureaucracy regulating them. |
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This, as we mentioned earlier, refers to Congressmen’s willingness to help their
constituents deal with government bureaucracies. The system is set up so that everyone
has an incentive to act in the right way: bureaucrats would like to please Congress (on
which they depend for funding), Congressmen would like to take credit for having helped
their constituents, and voters would like to have their problems solved. |
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| Administrative Procedures Act of 1946 |
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| gave citizens standing in court to complain about Gov't agencies |
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| Direct Congressional Intervention |
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cogress reserving
the power to intervene directly and limit or rescind an agency’s jurisdiction. |
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| 3 ways Feds control Economy |
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by taking money in and out of the economy:
1.Lends money to banks and sets interest rates.
2. Sets Reserve Ratio. -The Fed can change the amount of money it requires
banks to keep in cash reserves
3. Conducts Open Market Operations. -The Fed sells and buys government
bonds. |
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Subcommittee Bill of Rights |
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In the House the speaker and party caucuses gained control over chairmanships and scheduling. There was also a diffusion of power down to subcommittee chairmen. The number of subcommittees grew and a large number of members got to serve as chairmen. |
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