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Review for Congress-Presidency-Bureaucracy-Policy Test (the horror, the horror) (I love the smell of assessment in the morning, it smells like . . . learning) (A test tougher than diamonds, harder than nails, more painful than French kissing a belt sander) Parliamentary history How the US Congress differs from other parliaments Nature of Representation Sociological – What is it? Evidence? Impact? Agency -- What is it? Evidence? Impact? Party -- What is it? Evidence? Impact? Incumbency advantage – how big is it? Franking Pork barrel Case Work Private bills Name recognition Special interest group contributions Discourages qualified candidates Can mean fewer women and racial minorities run for Congress Powers of Congress Legislative Supremacy – what is it? Law making “Power of the purse” – line-item veto Oversight Override a veto “Advise and consent” of the Senate Impeachment Congressional bureaucracy – GAO and the Congressional Budget Office Process of lawmaking Standing Committees (House and Senate) Amendments, riders and “Christmas Tree” bills Rules Committee (House) Closed rule and open rule Floor debates (scheduling and impact) Log rolling Conference Committee Presidential veto and the veto override Path of appropriations bills Organization of Congress Speaker of the House – powers of Majority Leader of the Senate – powers of President Pro Tempore of the Senate – powers of Minority Leader (House and Senate) – powers of Whips – powers of Caucus Difference of House and Senate Terms Numbers of Procedural differences Filibuster and cloture House – Census, reapportionment, and redistricting Senate – Election by state legislatures, 17th amendment Bills, joint resolutions, resolutions, concurrent resolutions, private bills Presidential powers In Re Neagle Veto, pocket veto, and veto override Treaties, Senate confirmation, executive agreements, recognition of ambassadors Commander in Chief, declarations of war, War Powers Act, the domestic use of the military Impoundment and the line-item veto State of the Union address Cabinet, National Security Council, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, White House Staff Role of the Vice President and “balancing the ticket” Pardons and amnesties Perma-polling, the permanent campaign, and the rallying effect The historical dominance of Congress and the rise of a President-centered government Delegation of power as a means of empowering the president The media and the White House Bureaucracy Definition and characteristics of a bureaucracy The function of “red tape” and paperwork in a bureaucracy The size of growth of the federal bureaucracy Problems with political controls on the bureaucracy Assets for political controls on the bureaucracy The various bureaucracies and what they do The Freedom of Information Act
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