Political Science 2211E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bicameralism, Lower House, Upper House
4 Feb 2019
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Cabinet and pm, policy - anyone who enforces laws. Governs by initiating and enforcing policy and laws. Sober second thought - look at over, analyze. 435 districts representative of equal amount of population. Passes laws and policy based on majority votes. Important because they don"t support on passing legislature. Minority: most seats, but less than half. Whipped votes: voting for your party because you want to stay in the party and move up. Confidence votes: if a minority gov loses a confidence vote, there"s an election (ex: budgets) Free votes: vote for what you want an you won"t be punished - rare. Have input on legislation through parliamentary committees. Opposition asks them questions; hold them accountability. If minority gov fails, they can approve coalition gov or call another. Ministers are elected mps appointed to cabinet by pm. Cabinet is non-elected and appointed by president. House and a different 1/3 of senate.
