POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pork Barrel, Discharge Petition, Unanimous Consent
22 Sep 2016
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What is pork barrel politics: sweeten the deal speci c projects. Ear marks provide special bene ts (1/2 of 1% of federal spending) to the state and local. What is an executive agreement, order, and privilage; -foreign agreement. Dont have to share info unless national security is at stake **fast n. Furious(track guns in mexico, but lost & used against border guards) War powers act: -48 hours heads up to congress. 60 days to bring home troops if not apporved. Extension of 30 days if too dangerous to bring troops home. Unanimous consent- when senate decides to debate a bill (all or nothing) Bill is in subcommittee-not open to public all bills in house of rep. Discharge petition: get bill out of committee of house(due to pigeon hole) Filibuster prolonged speech to slow down bill being passed 48 hours later 16 votes to cloture 30 hours debate (16-48-60-30) President can propose bills also. (lots of in uence)
