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 The person who lives in a given electoral district and is represented by a given elected official

 30 years old  American citizen for 9 years  Live in the state you want to represent

 25 years old  Citizen for 7 years  Live in the state you want to represent

 You must be electable  You must raise money  You must be skilled at the ‘political game’  For reelection you must show that you cam bring back taxpayer-funded projects for your district  Do you agree with this list? Why?

 Speaker of the House: Nominated by the majority, voted on by whole house, most powerful member of Congress  Majority leader: Party with most members elected to manage legislation on the floor  Minority leader: Party with fewer members elected to manage legislation on the floor John Boehner Eric Cantor Nancy Pelosi

 Majority Whip/Minority Whip assist the floor leaders  responsible for keeping the leadership informed  Persuade party members to vote party lines Kevin McCarthy

 President of the Senate: Vice President  President Pro Tempore: Senior senator of the majority party  Majority leader: Spokesmen for majority party, works with other member to get things done  Minority Leader: helps devise strategies and shape party policy Vice President Joe Biden Harry Reid Daniel Inouye

 Majority/Minority Whips: assist floor leaders Richard Durbin Jon Kyl

 Standing Committees: permanent committees that handle most business  Subcommittees: review proposed legislation  Select/Special Committees: investigate specific problems  Joint Committees: members of both houses  Conference Committees: temporary joint committee to iron difference in each version of a specific bill

Step 1. IDEA: Congressperson Sponsors the bill

Step 2: Sponsor introduces the Bill to his/her house

Step 3: Bill is assigned a Subcommittee Committee Recommended Favorably

Step 4: Bill is Placed on the c alendar to be heard on the floor House: goes to the house Rules Committee to decide if the specifics of the bill are ready for debate

Step 5:

1. Voice 2. Standing 3. Teller 4. Roll Call Must be used to overturn a veto

Step 6: Bill goes to the other house and repeats steps 2-5 All tax bills begin in the house

Step 7: Bill goes to the Takes the bills from each house and combines them into one bill

Step 8: Bill Goes back to each house to OK the new version

Step 9: Doesn’t Sign Congres s in session Congress not in session Pocket VETO Goes back to congress-- 2/3 can pass it SIGN IT

 Riders: an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill  Party Discipline: is the ability of a parliamentary group of a political party to get its members to support the policies of their party leadership. In liberal democracies, it usually refers to the control that party leaders have over its legislature

 Veto: power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature  Pocket veto: a veto of a bill brought about by the president's failure to sign it within ten days of the adjournment of Congress  Veto Override: ides the veto by a two-thirds majority in each house, it becomes law without the President's signature.

 Levying taxes  Appropriations (spending bills)  Joint resolutions  Amendments  Declaring of War

 Delegate: speaks or acts on behalf of Congress  Trustee: holds property, authority, or a position of trust  Partisan: a committed member of a political party  Casework: solving problems for constituents  Pork-barrel legislations: send money/projects back to home district  Logrolling: trading favors

 Confirmation: approving of appointed positions of the president such as ambassadors, Secretary of Departments, Supreme Court Justices  Ratification: Approve Treaties  Impeachement  House of Representatives: formal accusations against federal officials including the president  Senate: conducts the trial and votes whether or not to remove from office

 Committee Membership is proportional to congress membership  Most all house members serve on at least one, and usually 2 -3 committees  Senator (due to small numbers) serve on 5 – 6  Committee seats are given with strings attached (you ask to be put on a committee you owe your party)  Chairs (leaderships role) is usually by seniority (who has been there the longest)

 Hearing: Listening to testimonies, gathering information from interested people, and experts  Markup session: committee members determine the final language of a bill  Report: when the subcommittee tell the full House or Senate whether or not they recommend a bill

 designate obstructionist tactics in legislative assemblies. It has particular reference to the U.S. Senate, where the tradition of unlimited debate is very strong

 Cloture : process aimed at bringing debate to a quick end  Riders: an additional provision added to a bill or other measure under the consideration by a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill

 Voice: members all together shout of aye or no  Standing: First supports stand, then opponents stand  Roll Call: Each member vote is officially registered by inserting their vote id in machine and voting yes, no or present

 Sign the bill into law  Veto the bill  Take not action on the bill, at the end of 10 days the bill becomes law without the president's signature