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Senate VS. Parks and Rec (10 Terms from Padlet (Cencus (Senate meaning: a…
Senate VS. Parks and Rec
U.S Senate
majority leader
Mitch McConnell has been the majority leader of the senate since January 3, 2015. As majority leader, it is his responsibility to control the majority party of the senate which in his case is the republican party
president pro tempore
president pro tempore is Orrin Hatch who was born in Pittsburg PA, as the president pro tempore it is his job to control and lead the senate in the event of the absence of the vice president, the president pro tempore is elected by the senate.
minority leader
Chuck Schumer has been the minority leader since November of 2016 and his job as minority leader is to control the minority party of the senate which in this case is the democrat party
Minority whip
Richard Durban has been the minority whip for the democrat party since 2005, and his job is to make sure everyone in the senate of the democratic party doing what they are supposed to do
Vice president
Today's vice president is Joe Bidden, he has been in office since 2008 and he leads the senate, he organizes meetings and is the deciding vote in the event of a tie
majority whip
Today's majority whip is John Cornyn, he has served as the majority whip since 2013 and his job to make sure everyone in the senate of the republican party is doing there job
legislative assistant
This is a picture of Lucas Miller, who is the legislative assistant of Doug Lambourn, he does research, monitors pending legislation, and helps make recommendations
Parks and Recreation
Leslie Knope
Leslie Knope is the equivalent of Chuck Schumer. She isn't as important as the majority leader, but still does a lot of work for the department, probably even more than Ron.
Jerry/Donna
Donna and Jerry are the minority whips, who is Richard Durban in the Senate. They work with the interns and new employees and help keep them in check. Like the minority whips, they make sure interns are doing their jobs.
Ron Swanson
Ron Swanson is the equivalent of Mitch McConnell head of the Parks and Recreations department, although he does more than just parks and rec. He often deals with other departments, even though he hates all forms government.
Tom Haverford
Tom Haverford is equivalent to John Cornyn. He is the department administrator, and works closely with Leslie. He keeps the department in check.
Ben Wyatt
Ben Wyatt is the equivalent of the president pro tempore, Orrin Hatch. Ben is Chris' right hand man and has almost as much responsibility as his superior, Chris.
Chris Traeger
Chris Traeger is the equivalent of Joe Biden. He is the city manager of the small town of Pawnee, Indiana. He's in charge of all the different parts of the Pawnee government, as well as the city itself.
April Ludgate
April Ludgate is equivalent to Lucas Miller. April does research for people who have higher authority than her and she helps by sharing her opinion with her superiors.
10 Terms from Padlet
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Select committee
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Parks and Rec: They created a select committee to decide if they want to merge towns with Eagletonians
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Standing comittee
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Parks and Rec: Leslie and her team at the parks and recreations have "daily team pow wows" to discuss what needs to be done
Filibuster
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Parks and Rec: Leslie plans a birthday party for Ben Wyatt , but misses it in order to attend a filibuster to fight for the rights of former Eagletonians to vote.
Constitutes
Senate meaning: any members from a group of people who elect a new representative to a legislative body
Parks and Rec: When Leslie was elected to city council and had a lot of constitutes but also had a lot of people against her
Bill
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Parks and Rec: Leslie is getting kicked off city council so she tries to pass as many bills as possible before leaving the council.
Caucus/Conference
senate meaning: a meeting where local people gather and vote on which candidate they want to run for office or to decide on which delegates they'll send to a convention
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Subcommittee
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Parks and Rec: They often created task forces to handle problems within the parks and recreation department
Lobbyists
Senate meaning: Lobbyists are people who advocate in hope to influence the outcome and opinions of government officials
Parks and Rec: Leslie is considered a big lobbyist which scares the city council member because they don't like doing work
5 Terms from Reading
Honoria
Senate meaning: A voluntary payment given to someone for doing services such as public speaking and volunteering
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Franking Priveldges
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Ron gets a typewriter and tries to write every word he knows and wants to mail it to his ex-wife and he gets to mail for free.
Party Lines
Senate meaning: when people vote for something along the lines that is generally considered their party
Parks and Rec: Leslie Knope ran against a member of another party, Bobby Newport for city council
Gridlock
Senate meaning: when the legislative branch and the executive branch are unified with the same party and it is extremely hard to pass any laws or get anything done.
Pars and Rec: in one episode theres a gridlock about Pawnee merging with the town over, Eagleton.
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