Congress Packet
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| Seven perks of Congressmen | $168,000 salary generous retirement benefits office in DC and in constituency substantial congressional staff (junkets) travel allowances Faranking Priveleges (free mail) | ||||
| Descriptive representation | representing contituents by mirroring personal and political characteristics | ||||
| Substantive representation | representing interests of groups | ||||
| Is a politician descriptive or substantive | substantive | ||||
| Five advantages of incumbency | advertising visibility credit claiming; giving them better public image position taking; favorable to constituents Weak opposition campaign spending | ||||
| Casework | activities of congressmen that help constituents as individuals | ||||
| Pork barrel | list of federal projects, grants, and contracts available to cities, businesses, colleges and institutions available in a congressional district | ||||
| Political Action Committees | give money to incumbents (winners) to buy votes | ||||
| Incumbent defeated by: | scandal, redistricted out of familiear turf, major political tidal wave | ||||
| Term Limitations (criticism) | loss of experienced legislators loss of voter choice already plenty of new people in congress | ||||
| House Rules Committee | reviews all bills (not revenue, budget, appropriations) coming from a House committee before it goes to full house | ||||
| Formal powers of Speaker of the House | presides over House, appoint committee member, make committee assignments, assign bills to committees | ||||
| Four types of congressional committees | standing, joint, conference, select | ||||
| Standing Committee | separate subject matter committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas | ||||
| Joint Committees | congressional committees on a few subjec matter areas with membership drawn from both houses | ||||
| Conference Committees | Congressional comm formed when the Senate and the House pass a particular bill in different forms. Party leaderships appoints members from each house to iron out the difference and bring back a single bill | ||||
| Select Committees | congresional comm appointed for a specific purpose. Temporary | ||||
| Legislative oversight | Congress monitoring Beaurocracy and its policy | ||||
| Seniority System | Old Incumbent party leaders get better committees and get committee chairs | ||||
| Personal Staff | Work with constituents | ||||
| Committee Staff | draft bill and do DC stuff | ||||
| Congressional staff agencies | Congressional Research Service, Gov't Accountability Office, Congressional Budget office | ||||
| Trustee | best judgement to make policies in interest of people | ||||
| Instructed Delegate | mirror preferences of constituents | ||||
| Politicos | Congress men are this: strive to be both representatives and policy makers. (trustee + Instructed delegate = politico) | ||||
| Congress frustrates lobbyists | regulating, ignoring, embarassing |
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Created by:
kate.banford
on 2008-01-23