POLI 2051 Chapter : POLI 11
Document Summary
Basic information on congress: rally phenomenon: government approval skyrockets when something bad happens. Majority leader senate and speaker of the house. Leaders know the top post: john baner speaker, mitch macon majority leader. Gate keeping roll: get to decide how many people are on a committee, know different type of committees (standing. What are the advantages of being the majority party: republicans currently control the senate and. It"s decentralized, which means that power us spread out in congress. Bill must be introduced member of. Floor of the chamber house and congress senate version must be identical. The president veto (goes back . 2/3) , sign(becomes law) , do nothing (becomes law in 10 days unsigned unless there"s not 10 days in the section left. ) Conference committee special committee to work out differences in a bill. In each of these roles, representatives can act as delegates or trustees. Congressional elections in general: two important regularities : incumbents rarely lose.
