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| a legislature divided into two houses |
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| Role of party leadership in the House |
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| .Party loyalty to leadership and party-like voting are more common in the House than in the Senate. |
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| Job and significance of the House Rules Committee |
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| .an institution unique to the House of Representatives that reviews all bills(except revenue budget and appropriation bills) coming from a House Committte befor they go to the full house. |
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| Unique Powers the constitution gives to the house |
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| they give the house power to intiate all revenue bills and to impeach officials |
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| Unique Powers the constitution gives to the senate |
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| They gave the senate the responsibility to ratify all treaties, to confirm important presidential nominations, and to try impeached officials. |
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| a strategy unique to the senate whereby opponets of a piece of legislation try to talk it to death, based on the tradition of unlimited debate |
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| The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. |
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| Roles of the Speaker of the House(4) |
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.presides over the House when in session
.plays a major role in making committee a ssignments
.appoints or plays a key role in appointing legislative leaves
.excerses substantial control over which bill gets assigned to which committees |
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| responsible for scheduling bills in the House, and for rounding up votes on behalf of the party's position on legislation |
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| carry the word to party troops, counting botes before they are cast and leaning on wavers whose votes are crucial to a bill |
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| the principal leader of the minority party in the House of Representative or in the Senate |
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| play dominate roles in scheduling hearings, hiring staff, appointing subcommittees, and managing committee bills when they are brought before the full house |
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| Role of the seniority system in the committe process |
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| if committee members had served on their committee longest and their party controlled the chamber, they got to be chair-regardless of thier party loyalty, mental state, or competence. |
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.Lead by speaker of the House-elected by House members
.presides over House
.Major role in committee assignments and legislation
.Assisted by majority leader and whips |
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.Formally lead by Vice President
.President Pro0temporone
.Really lead by majority leader
.assisted by whips
.must work with minority leader |
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.Standing committees
.Joint Committees
.Conference committtees
.Select committees |
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| subject matter committees handle different policy area. |
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| few policy areas made mup of House and Senate members |
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| resolve differences in House and Senate bills |
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| created for a specific purpose and limited time |
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.committees work on the 11,000 bills every session.
.some held hearings and "mark up" meetings
.Oversight involves hearing and other methodes of cheaking the actions of the executive branch
.As the size of government grows oversight grows too. |
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.the most important position for controlling legislation
.were once chosen strictly by the seniority system |
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| .a general rule, and members may choose the chair of their committee |
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