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legislation (law making), representation, and oversight

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LRO(basic legislative functions, lecture)

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the privilege of free mail service provided to members of congress

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Franking Privilege

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a reallocation of congressional seats among the states every then years, following the census

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Reapportionment

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redistricting to benefit a particular group

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Gerrymandering

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decides the rule for the camber, leadership positions (speaker of the house), majority leader for senate, easier to get the bills passed, member advancement.

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Party (role of life in Congress)

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1 Speaker, 2 Majority leader, and then 3 Minority leader.

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Leadership structure

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the accumulation of power and authority in conjunction with the length of time spent in office

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Seniority system

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congresses way of dividing work among smaller groups within congress, allowing members to specialize in certain areas of policy and thus bills to be considered more efficiently

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Committee system

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  1. Drafting & Introduction of Legislation 2. Committee Examination and Debate 3. Floor debate/Amendment/Passage 4. Conference Committee 5. Filibuster
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Legislating

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publicly recorded votes on bills and amendments on the floor of the House or Senate

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Roll call voting

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the tendency for the presidential party to lose congressional seats in off-year elections

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Midterm loss

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when districts are drawn with unequal populations

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Malapportionment

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made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate; bicameral

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Basic structure of Congress

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public work projects and grants for specific districts paid for by general revenues

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Pork barrel

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process of dividing states into legislative districts

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Redistricting

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Senate = superior white inherited wealth advanced degrees. House = more diverse.

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Congressional demographics

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when differences between parties become great and ideologies within those separate parties harmonize

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Polarization in Congress

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the leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

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Speaker of the House

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to be able to make people see things your way by any means.

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Senate majority leader (“the treatment”)

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permanent committees responsible for legislation in particular policy areas

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Standing committees

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reversal of a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both houses of congress

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veto override

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practice of legislators becoming experts and taking leadership roles in specific policy areas

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Policy entrepreneurship

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legislative work on behalf of individual constituents to solve their problems with government agencies and programs

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Casework Representation

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congressional work to advance the issues and ideological preferences of constituents

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Policy Representation

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congressional work to secure projects, services, and funds for the represented district

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Allocative Representation

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efforts of members of congress to stand for American ideas or identify with common constituency values

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symbolic representation

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redistricting to enhance or reduce the chances that a racial or an ethnic group will elect members to the legislature

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Racial Gerrymandering

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the process in a particular state legislature whereby the majority party draws districts to maximize the number of house seats their party can win.

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Partisan Gerrymandering

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“off-year” elections, those congressional elections that fall between the parties and increased ideological consensus within the parties.

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Midterm elections

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  1. Min. Age: House= 25 yrs; Senate= 30 yrs 2. U.S. Citizen: House= 7 yrs; Senate= 9 yrs 3. Length of Term: House= 2 yrs; Senate= 6 yrs 4. #Rep. Each State: House= 1-53 per state (depends on pop.); Senate= 2 per state 5. House= local; Senate= local and national
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House v. Senate