POS-1041 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Democratic Caucus Of The United States House Of Representatives, Tea Party Caucus, Republican Study Committee
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If one party controls both the legislature and the governorship, it may attempt to draw district lines that favor its own candidates. How does work get done in congress, what factors facilitate congress getting work done. The parties: majorities not only enact bills but also set rules, establish procedures, choose leaders, and decide how to organize their respective houses. Disagreements within the republican party were (at the time) muted: no important faction thought its interests could be threatened by a powerful leader allied with a competing faction, 2. Ideological gap between parties was widened since the 1970s, reached its widest point since. Reconstruction in the 113th congress (2013-2014: republicans = steadily more conservative (accounts for most of the polarization, de(cid:373)o(cid:272)(cid:396)ats = (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:373)o(cid:396)e li(cid:271)e(cid:396)al as thei(cid:396) pa(cid:396)t(cid:455)"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:396)(cid:448)ati(cid:448)e southe(cid:396)(cid:374) (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396)s (cid:449)e(cid:396)e g(cid:396)aduall(cid:455) replaced by republicans. In the senate a majority leader is the head of the majority party.
