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