POLS 1113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Caucus
Document Summary
The constitution provides for the creation of the house and the office of the speaker. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the united states, which shall consist of a senate and a house of representatives. u. s. constitution, article i, section i. The house of representatives shall chuse their speaker and other officers u. s. constitution, article. The house has grown in ways related to four of its features: size its 435 members require clear rules in order to accomplish their goals. These rules have enhanced the power of the majority party: leadership powerful, specialized, and fairly complex in order to enforce house rules, parties: Decisions tend to be based around party membership. A party"s committee membership is proportional to a party"s representation in the house: committees. The fundamental work of representation and lawmaking occurs here. Useful primarily in helping members get reelected.
