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Chapter 11 (cont’d):
CONGRESS;
THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
How Exceptional
is Congress?
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Congress remains
the most influential
and independent
legislature among
Western democratic
nations.
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Representation and Democracy:
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Styles of representation
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Edmund Burke
described two principal styles of
representation in 1774.
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Delegate theory
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Trustee theory
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Senators (who have longer terms of office) usually
have more latitude than representatives to assume the
trustee style.
Two Basic Problems that Congress Faces:
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Organization
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Information
Congress establishes committees and subcommittees with
a huge staff to overcome these problems.
- Organizes the problems into informational units
- Identify policy problems (providing info.)
- Find its solution (what kinds exist v.
what will work)
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Congressional Committees:
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Most of the work of Congress takes place in its
committees
and
subcommittees
.
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Committee assignments
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Seniority
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Ranking minority member
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Self-selection
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- Spring '08
- R.Smith
- Law, Government, United States Congress
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