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| Passing laws that serve the interests of the entire nation. |
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| Congressional work for laws that advance the economic and social interests of the constituency. |
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| Allocative representation |
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| the Congressperson gets projects and granst for the district. |
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| Efforts of members of Congress to stand for American ideals or identify with common constituency values. |
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| The voters in a state or district. |
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| Efforts by Congress, especially through committees, to monitor agency rule making, enforcement, and implement of congressional policies. |
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| Legislature with 2 chambers. |
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| Members of the majority party in Congress have an important advantage because they... |
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| hold all the leaderhip positions, including committee chairs. |
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| Most of the hard work of considering legislative atlernatives and drafing legislation occurs... |
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| within congressional standing committees. |
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| Most bills introduced in Congress usually... |
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| die by inaction at the committee stage. |
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| It is difficult to pass laws in Congress because... |
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| a bill can be defeated at many points in the process. |
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| President Bush's use of signing statements |
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| threatened the seperation of powers system. |
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| the slate of proposals and issuew that representatives think it worthwhile to consider and act on. |
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| an effort to tie up the floor of the Senate in nonstop debate to stop the Senate from voting on a bill. |
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| The only thing that can stop a filibuster. |
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| How does a bill become a law |
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| Bill is introduced--> Committee and sub-committee consider bill--> House and Senate consider bill and vote--> Conference committee resolves any differences--> Bill passes both houses--> President signs or vetoes bill! |
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Head of State
Commander in Chief
Chief Foreign Policy Maker |
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| the person who oversees the operations of all White House staff and controls access to the president. |
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| Where does Congress get work done? |
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| In committees and sub committees. |
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| a reallocation of congressional seats among the states every ten years, following the census. |
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