Slide Info/Outside Readings

Re-election and re-election alone.

Re-election, advancement with their chamber, career beyond their chamber, and good public policy

Advertising themselves and credit-claiming, position taking

Motion to proceed with a threshold of 50 votes

More reliance on omnibus bills, leadership control over legislation, showdowns over must-pass legislation such (debt ceilings, fiscal cliff, etc.)

vote in the US Senate

process and regulation required to get something done in a bureaucracy. Has a negative connotation

goods and resources available to everyone

When people benefit from something in which they incur no costs. This is why we have taxes. Ex. if one company made roads on their own but everyone benefits but only that one company incurred the costs.

He says out government’s powers are not divided cleanly between separate institutions but they also share certain powers and the power of the presidency is also the power to persuade.

power to persuade, bargaining rather than arguing, professional reputation, public prestige

Powers strictly expressed by the constitution

Constitution gives Congress the powers to perform all necessary and proper actions to uphold the Constitution and maintain its power.

Privilege claimed by the executive branch that executive communications and affairs be kept private from other branches

term given to presidencies that exercise much more power than the constitution has allowed