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| Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER. Produces greater number of vice presidents. |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
"All bills raising Revenue shall originate" here |
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House of Representatives
They originate here but is not the final say |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to override president's veto |
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Requires a 2/3rds vote in both |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Where the Vice President has the power to break a tie vote. |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to introduce legislation |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Historically, understood as the place were "the People" convene |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Formally part of the constitutional amendment process. |
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Joint
Either one may initiate or stop an amendment. It takes a 2/3rds vote to pass. |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
One-third of its members are up for election/ re-election every two years |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Selects vice president if no candidate wins an electoral college majority |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to coin and borrow money and establish a standard of weights and measures |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Establish processes and procedures for naturalized citizenship, flow of immigration |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Its rules of debate are typically established by unanimous consent agreements. |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to impeach the president; bring up charges against the president, such as charges of perjury, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power |
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House of Representatives
(Senate cannot charge; The Senate convicts) |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to amend legislation |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
By custom, all bills to appropriate or spend money originate here |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to reject president's legislative agenda |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to regulate commerce with foreign countries and among the several states. |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Historically, understood as the place were "the States" convene |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Confirmation role in president's appointment to fill a vice-presidential vacancy |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Selects president if no candidate wins an electoral college majority |
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House of Representatives
(The vote by states; unit voting) |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Where the Chief Justice of Supreme Court presides over indictment trial of president |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Where joint sessions of Congress are held, as when president delivers the State of the Union Address |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper. |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to punish its members for disorderly behavior |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Where members have the power to filibuster legislation |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power of declaring war; authorizing the president to use military force |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
U.S. Constitution says with its "Advice and consent", the president can appoint cabinet secretaries (such as the Secretary of the State, Secretary of Defense) and U.S. ambassadors |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Sets the salary for the President and teh Supreme Court |
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Joint
(They cannot lower an individual (sitting) salary) |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to establish a postal system |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Determine the rules of its proceedings, the rules of its legislative process, ability to choose its own leaders |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Sets the number of Supreme Court justices |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to reject an international treaty negotiated by the president |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Power to lay and collect taxes on personal incomes |
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Powers and Privileges of the U.S. Congress. Is this a power of the US SENATE, US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE, or JOINT POWER.
Where Barack Obama had previously served before becoming President |
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Where Joe Biden had previously served before becoming Vice President |
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| Consider the article "What Does the Public Think?" by Alan Rosental, Burdett Loomis, John Hibbing, and Karl Kurtz. The authors note that in recent decades there has been a declining public trust and confidence in the U.S. Congress. Why? Offer THREE reasons argued by the authors as to why Congress has become the most unpopular federal branch of government and public institution. |
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| 1. They spend too much money 2. Not trust worthy; corrupt 3. |
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| Define the term "conservative coalition." |
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| An informal alliance between Republicans and Conservative, usually Democrats, to either advance, reject, or ignore certain pieces of legislature. The time period was the late 1930's, especially when Roosevelt tried to extend the New Deal. |
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Based on the class lectures, all of the following are generally true about democratic legislatures EXCEPT...
A. they are the principal representative institution within the governmental structure
B.they provide consent and legitimacy to the laws of the country
C. they provide a means of independent oversight if the executive
D. They are the most popular brand of government
E. Their proceedings are generally more visible than that of the executive and the judiciary
F. They are democratically elected
G. they channel, manage, and institutionalize political conflict
H. they are multi-member & territorial collectivities
I. they are the most powerful and most important branch of government
J. they are arenas for public debate and speech-making
K. they are the principal initiators of legislation, the principal agenda-setter |
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D. They are the most popular brand of government
I. they are the most powerful and most important branch of government
K. they are the principal initiators of legislation, the principal agenda-setter |
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| A ________ legislature, such as the U.S. Congress and the British Parliament, is a legislature composed of two houses or chambers. |
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| A ______ legislature, such as the U.S. congress and the British Parliament, is a legislature composed of two houses or chambers. |
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| The _____ _____ is right of members of the U.S Congress to mail newsletters and questionanaires at taxpayer expense to every mailbox in their district or state. |
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| As a follow up to the franking priveledge, the class handout from the office of Congresman Sanford Bishop is an example of this. consider this handout. Identify TWO features in this handout that Congressman Bishop wanted his constituents to beware of. |
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1 - Iraq, Germany
2 - The educational benefits
3 - His colomn of the first page of the 111th Congress compared to the 109th. |
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| From August 10 to September 14, 2010, the U.S. Congress is not in session; it's in recess. However, members do not claim their time way from Washington as a recess period. Instead, this time away from Washington is known as a _______ _______ period so members can reconnect with their constituents. |
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| After the 2010 U.S. Census, according to some estimates, Georgia is expected to receive one-to two additional seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. This reallocation process of state seats, known as ________, for the lower house occurs every ten years. States that experience significant population growth usually gain seats; states that experience slow population growth or even a population decline usually lose seats. |
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| _______, a termed coined in the early 19th centruy after a Massachusetts governor, is the drawing of legislative district boundaries in order to provide one party with distint electoral advantages over the other party. |
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| Sitting members of Congress, especially in the House, have extraordinarily high re-election rates. For instance, in the 1986, 1988, 1998, 2004 elections, at least 98% of U.S. House members seeking re-election won re-election. This distinct electoral advantage that sitting members of Congress normally enjoy is known as the ______ advantage. |
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Sitting members of Congress, especially in the House, have extraordinarily high re-election rates. For instance, in the 1986, 1988, 1998, 2004 elections, at least 98% of U.S. House members seeking re-election won re-election. This distinct electoral advantage that sitting members of Congress normally enjoy is known as the incumbant advantage.
Offer TWO reasons as to why sitting members of Congress are difficult to defeat. |
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1 - Expertise or knowledge
2 - Name Recognition |
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| An _______ is a congressional member's request for federal funding " to companies, projects, goups and organizations, often in their district..." As noted in one of the class handouts, before his death Senator Robert Byrd, D-West Virginia, had individually requested the most federal money during the current fiscal year. |
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| Consider the article, "Continuity and Change in Civility in the House" by Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Erika Falk. The authors note that the U.S. House of Representatives first adapted rules for civil engagement in 1789. In their article, they noted several of these rules of decorum. Identify TWO of these rules. |
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1 - Not interupting people while they are talking
2 - Not calling them a liar
3 - Addressing them in a formal manner |
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| According to Jamieson and Falk, contrary to common perceptions, there have been few instances of incivility since World War II. Nevertheless, they argue, there are some years when incivility peaks. Why? What seems to explain spikes in incivility? |
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| Just before or after a party takes over. |
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| Consider the article "Congress and the President in a Partisan Era" by Richard Fleisher and Jon Bond. The authors note that in recent decades there has been a clear trend in partisan polarization in Congress. To illustrate this, the authors note rising trends in party voting and party unity voting. What's the difference between these two measures? Next, offer TWO reasons noted by Fleisher and Bond as to why the parties have become more plarized? |
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Party Voting - Democratic Majority Voting VS. Republican Majority Voting
Party Unity Voting - The parties are voting on party lines
Why polarize - 1 - Public opinion within the parties have changed maybe due to television 2 - Voting of African Americans which vote Democrat moving to the north VS Voting of white southerners in the South for Republicans. |
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As a follow-up to the previous question, consider the information below on Georgia's 6 Democratic Members of the U.S. House. The figures are from the second session of the 110th Congress (2008). First, are these figures most likely party voting figures or party unity figures? Next, based on these figures, make TWO observations about the Democratic delegation from Georgia?
Hank Johnson 83%
John Lewis 82%
David Scott 77%
Sanford Bishop 68%
John Barrow 48%
Jim Marshall 45% |
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- Party Unity Figures -
Marshall - more conservative member
Bishop - Voting is more in the middle instead of the left or right like some of the other votes |
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| Define the term "divided government." |
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| a situation in which one party controls the White House another party controls one or both houses of the US Congress |
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Consider the information below. What types of congressional districts do congressmen John Lewis and David Scott represent?
John Lewis, GA 5th
Black 51%
White 37%
Hispanic * %
David Scott, GA 13th
Black 52%
White 32%
Hispanic 11% |
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| Majority Minority Districts |
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