AP Gov 11 by Savannah Julius https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11 Congress en-us 2017-01-29 03:20:35 UTC 2017-03-15 11:11:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://d30y9cdsu7xlg0.cloudfront.net/png/28299-200.png 2013 govt shut down 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066389 too polarizing of issues
policy gridlock on budgeting
madisonian system allows for slow movement in congress]]> 2017-01-29 03:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066389 power of the purse 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066427 congress controls budget]]> 2017-01-29 03:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066427 congress: checks and balances 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066436
  • can impeach and try impeachment of president
  • can confirm presidential appointments to supreme court
  • can be denied by the president with a veto
  • legislation can be eventually turned down if deemed unconstitutional in the supreme court
    • ]]>     2017-01-29 03:26:33 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066436     Members of Congress 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066458 535 members total

    Senate
    • 100 members
    • 2 per state
    • Qualifications
      • 30 years old
      • 9 years a citizen
      • inhabitant of state
    • 6 year terms
      • 1/3 of congress is up for (re)election ever 2 years

    House of Representatives
    • 435 members
    • number per state depends on population
    • qualifications
      • 25 years old
      • 7 years a citizen
      • state inhabitant
    • 2 year terms
    ]]>     2017-01-29 03:27:41 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066458     most congressional members have held previously prestigious jobs 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066490 LAWYERS

    usually well off people b/c campaigning takes a boat load of money ]]>     2017-01-29 03:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066490     underrepresented groups in congress 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066499 African Americans
    Hispanics
    Asians
    Native Americans
    ***WOMEN
    • make up 1/2 of population but only 1/5 of congress
    ]]>     2017-01-29 03:29:48 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066499     representation 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066512 descriptive = congressperson looks mirrors their constituents
    substantive = congressperson shares the interests of their constituents and will speak on their behalf but may not look like their constituents
    • white, middle aged rich man who is sympathetic to possibly impoverished minorities
    ]]>     2017-01-29 03:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066512     where dem girls at? 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066548 not more women found in congress because...
    1. women with children are less ambitious than men with children
    2. women are more risk adverse and won't run if odds aren't in their favor where men may still run
    3. women must be overqualified to even be considered to be an equal to a man running]]>     2017-01-29 03:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066548     all congressmen and women wish to be reelected 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066612 incumbents are at an advantage
    is always campaigning for next election the smartest idea? Are you even getting shit done while your in office? QUESTIONABLE]]>     2017-01-29 03:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066612     Advantages of Incumbents 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066626 1. Advertising
    2. Credit Claiming
    3. Position Taking
    4. Weak Opponents
    5. Campaign Spending]]>     2017-01-29 03:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066626     Advertising for incumbents 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066638 franking
    a lot of personal interaction with constituents already locked in]]>     2017-01-29 03:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066638     credit claiming for incumbents 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066646 servicing the constituency
    casework
    obtaining federal funds through the pork barrel]]>     2017-01-29 03:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066646     position taking for incumbents 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066660 they know what position to take based on how the tide swung last time

    *issues and position taking play a greater role in the House than the Senate]]>     2017-01-29 03:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066660     weak opponents for incumbents 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066670 challengers of congresspeople going for reelection will fail.

    challengers have to come up with
    • even more money
    • even more experience
    • more recognition
    ]]>     2017-01-29 03:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066670     campaign spending for incumbents 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066677 incumbents outspend challengers 2:1
    • have the money from being in office before and their sneaky little donation connections
    challengers have to buy recognition which the incumbent already has
    ]]>     2017-01-29 03:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066677     other or more specific advantages to incumbents 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066691 sophomore surge
    franking
    name recognition
    access to media
    redistricting and safe seats
    campaign finance
    pork barrel
    constituency service
    experience]]>     2017-01-29 03:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066691     stability v. change 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066708 is the high incumbency rate in Congress good or bad?
    do we need stability or change?
    are term limits needed?

    stability = expertise and seniority of congressman]]>     2017-01-29 03:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066708     Organization of Congress 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066728 bicameral legislature = two houses
    *power is held in party leadership in the house

    The House
    • Speaker of the House
    • Majority Leader
    • Whip
    • Minority Leader
    • House Rules Committee

    The Senate
    • Vice President
    • Majority Leader
    • Whip
    • Minority Leader
    *power is more dispersed and equal in the senate

    ]]>     2017-01-29 03:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066728     Powers of Congress 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066773 House
    • revenue bills
    • impeach officials

    Senate
    • ratify treaties
    • confirm nominations
    • try the impeached
    ]]>     2017-01-29 03:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066773     Reapportionment 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066816 after Census, populations change and boundaries must be redrawn

    redistricting
    GERRYMANDERING
    do so to gain politically]]>     2017-01-29 03:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066816     Gerrymandering Cases 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066983 Baker v. Carr
    • Tennessee violated equal protection clause (14th amend.) - districts were NOT equally represented
    Wesberry v. Sanders
    • Congressional districts in Georgia were malapportioned
    ]]>     2017-01-29 03:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150066983     How to redistrict to get political gain 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150067012
  • draw lines so that your party has at least a majority in each district
  • draw lines to isolate the minority in a few districts so they become the majority in just those sacrificed few, leaving the other districts to go to the party in majority
    • Chi Hispanic district
    • ]]>     2017-01-29 03:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150067012     Vocab 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150093151 Chapter 11 quizlet:
    https://quizlet.com/_31if6x ]]>     2017-01-29 15:01:41 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/150093151     committee = most bills get caught up here 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682403 where debate and write up and drafts of bills occur

    where testimonies and hearings on a bill happen

    where final drafts of bills are created to present to the whole chamber OR where a bill dies

    *usually divvied up to a subcommittee too]]>     2017-02-05 19:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682403     types of committees 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682455
  • standing - most important
  • joint - both houses
  • conference - reconcile diff types of bills between chambers to agree on one version
  • select - specific purpose committees
    • ]]>     2017-02-05 19:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682455     if committees aren't considering bills... 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682541 LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT

    committees check executive branch
    • monitoring budgeting
    • monitoring implementation of law
    • going after agency heads
    ]]>     2017-02-05 19:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682541     goal of congresspeople is to get on a committee right away 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682614 get on a committee by helping your constituents and by appealing to the leadership

    1. re-election
    2. influence congress
    3. make policy in areas they think are important

    DO SO BY GETTING ON THAT FRICKIN COMMITTEE]]>     2017-02-05 19:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682614     roles of committee 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682922 legislative
    • deciding on which bills go when
    • making laws
    oversight
    • monitor bureaucracy
    • question agency heads
    • impeachment
    • investigations
    ]]>     2017-02-05 19:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151682922     committee chairs 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151683068 picked by committee
    is leader of committee
    ***schedules hearings, hires staff, appoints subcommittees, manages committee bills***

    used to be picked by seniority system]]>     2017-02-05 19:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151683068     caucus in congress? 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151683170 group of similar people with similar interests

    congressional caucus = interest group in legislative branch]]>     2017-02-05 19:43:58 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151683170     how caucuses form 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151683238 by demographics
    • black caucus
    by region
    • sunbelt caucus
    by ideology
    • republican study committee
    based on economic interests
    • congressional bourbon caucus

    ]]>     2017-02-05 19:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151683238     majority party advantages 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684227 congressional committee
    • majority party pushes THEIR agenda through
    • control House Rules Committee
    majority party leadership
    • organization and agenda of committees
    • controls the debate

    ]]>     2017-02-05 19:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684227     congressional staff 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684353 personal staff and committee staff
    pull the grassroots work load
    • usually at home and not in DC

    senators depend more on staffers
    ]]>     2017-02-05 20:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684353     staff agencies 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684415 congressional research service (unbiased research)
    government accountability office (oversight)
    congressional budget office (costs and projects' effects)]]>     2017-02-05 20:01:39 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684415     types of bills 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684517 private bills
    • ceremonial
    • not very common
    public bills
    • broad policy issues
    • controversial
    • get media attention
    • more common
    ]]>     2017-02-05 20:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684517     committee role in congressional process 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684592
  • divide up the work
  • standing committees decide on bills for debate
  • majority votes needed to discharge from committee to go to floor
  • bills can always be sent back to committee for revisions
  • conference committee used to get one version
    • ]]>     2017-02-05 20:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684592     legislative process 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684710 bill proposed
    assigned to committees by senate majority leader or speaker of the house
    committee
    • subcommittee 
    • hearings 
    • markup
    discharged or sent back for revisions
    floor action
    • possible filibuster in senate
    sent to conference committee or back for revisions
    conference committee
    given to president
    presidential signature or veto
    • bill becomes law or sent back to congress for change
    • 2/3 vote in both chambers of congress overrides president's veto

    ]]>     2017-02-05 20:06:20 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684710     party influence 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684892 toe the party line or go against it
    most go with their party nowadays

    get $$$ from party's PACs]]>     2017-02-05 20:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684892     ideology influence 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684957 more polarized ideologies today - nothing gets passed
    radical ideas = hard to compromise]]>     2017-02-05 20:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151684957     constituency influence 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151685026 depends on how representative a congressmen is of their district or state]]> 2017-02-05 20:11:49 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151685026 lobbyists and interest groups 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151685074 lobbyists help with expertise and funding
    • lots of grassroots work too like staffers
    interest groups help with the media attention and support
    ]]>     2017-02-05 20:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151685074     it's democratically successful only if is there is quality representation 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151685127 2017-02-05 20:13:30 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151685127 hyper-pluralists theory works here w/ too many interests in congress trying to get bills passed into laws 8juliuss https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151685270 too many interests
    too polarized of interests]]>     2017-02-05 20:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/8juliuss/apgov11/wish/151685270