Exam 2
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Why is Congress the first branch?
Constitution lays out the powers and structures in Article IU
Powers of Congress:
• Regulate commerce • Spend money • Taxation • Lawmaking • Declare war • Create Courts • make all laws “necessary and proper clause”
Congress is Bicameral:
Senate is the Upper/House of Representatives is the Lower
House of Representatives
2 year term 435 members formal, conflictual, delegate model of representation specialist tax policy and economy
Senate
6 year terms 100 members relaxed, consensus, trustee model of representation generalist foreign policy
Division of Labor
created the committee system
party leadership structure
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Speaker of House (defintion)
Presiding office of the House of Representatives; normally the Speaker is the leader of the majority party.
Majority Leader (def)
Speaker’s chief lieutenant in the House and the most important officer in the Senate. He or she is responsible for managing the floor.
Minority Leader (def)
leader of the minority party who speaks for the party in dealing with the majority
Whip (def)
members of Congress who serve as informational channels between the leadership and the rank and file, conveying the leadership’s views and intentions to the members and vice versa
Speaker of the House
John Boehner
Majority Leader
Republican, Kevin McCarthy
Minority Leader
Democrat, Nancy Pelosi
House Democratic Whip
Steny Hoyer
House Republican Whip
Steve Scalise
Are the house and senate equal?
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Party Caucus
all DEMOCRATIC members of House and Senate
Party Conference
REPUBLICAN members of House and Senate
President Pro Tempore
serves as Senate presiding officer in the vice-president’s absence (which is nearly all the time).
President Pro Tempore (person)
Patrick Leahy
personal staff
work for individual members of Congress
Majority Leader (person)
Democrat, Henry Reid
Minority Leader (person)
Republican, Mitch McConnell