PSC 2302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: 112Th United States Congress, 1St United States Congress, Harry M. Daugherty
3 Feb 2016
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4:15 pm: introductory remarks by senator robert c. byrd. Defend role of cong. against increasingly powerful executive branch. Worked as chair of appropriations committee to help w virginia. Cong. boss when comes to finance stuff: taxes, spending, borrowing. Sponsored leg. to require edu institutions receiving fed. Relied on cong. where all states equal but had little power. Popular concerns when remaking cong. was serve popular interests, protect freedoms, and provide stability in new gov. Cong. now has better chance of dealing more complex issues and expectations of citizenry. Also institutionalization has meant many procedural norms can become too rigid, preventing passage of leg. that is needed. Delays and gridlock in domestic/foreign policy: cong. then and now: comparing the 1st and 112th cong. Become best known deliberative body in world cause of enlightenment period and status as only super power. Both houses of cong. possess identical delegated or expressed powers in cons.
