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Congress (Models of Congressional Representation (Definition (Descriptive…

- - - - Does Congress looks like America
      - Does a member of Congress look like his constituents
    - - Do policies reflect preferences of the public
      - Does a member of congress represent policy interest of constituents
- - - - Chair of Committies
  - - - Makes laws to create Public Policy
    - - Fund Programs
    - - Oversee implementation of programs
- - - - 10% Acceptence
      - Committee Stage
        
        Subcommittee Stage
        
        Rules Committee
        
        Determines rules of debate on house floor
        
        Strong party presence
        
        Can kill bill
        
        Stall indefinitely
        
        House Floor
        
        Debate & Vote
        
        Bill goes to Senate
        
        House Floor vote
        
        President
        
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  - - - Committee Stage
        
        Subcommittee Stage
        
        Senate Floor
        
        Unanimous Consent Agreement #
        
        "How do we debate this?"
        
        100% agreement on debate rules
        
        Debate & Vote
        
        Resolve Differences #
        
        Major bills: Conference Commitee
        
        Senate Floor vote #
        
        Committees hold hearings, debate legislation, & vote on whether to recommend bill to full chamber
        
        Congressmen in committees develop expertise
        
        Leadership
        
        Committee Char
        
        Majority Party
        
        Ranking Minority Member
        
        Minority Party
        
        Chosen by party
        
        Choice
        
        Party Leader
        
        Struggle between party & committee power
        
        Members make up similar ratio of party difference
        
        Third party just chooses a party
- - - - Advertising
        
        Hey I like this guy
      - Credit Claiming
        
        Name a bill after yourself
      - Position Taking
        
        Stance on Issue
  - - - Geographic (District)
        
        Borders, Territory
      - People who voted for you (Reelection)
        
        Changing group of voters
      - Strongest supporters
        
        Donors, Volunteers
      - Intimate
        
        Closest peeps
- - - - Seats Allocated by Population
        
        Reapportionment
        
        Allocation to house seats to states after each census
        
        Percentage
        
        Population shift affects reappointment
        
        Massachusetts went from 14 seats to 9 (1950-2010)
      - Urban
      - 2 Year
      - Homogenous
      - 435 Seats
        
        Parties usually have more importance in House than Senate
    - - Two Seats per State
        
        Redistricting
        
        Drawing new boarders of congressional districts
        
        Have to shift up districts equally
        
        Drawing done by state legislature
        
        No negative connotation
        
        When theres bias: Gerrymandering
        
        Drawing boundaries of congressional districts in order to advantage partisan or other interests
        
        Partisian
        
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        Incumbent
        
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        Race-Based
        
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      - Rural
      - 6 Year
        
        Staggered Elections
      - Heterogenous
      - 100 Seats
    - - Hierarchy
      - Rules for deate
      - Friendship
      - Etc.
    - - National Political Focus
        
        Presidential Coattails
        
        Positive electoral effect of a popular presidential candidate on congressional candidates of that party
        
        Obama
        
        Midterm election
        
        Often thought to reflect public dissatisfaction with the president
        
        Electorate looks different
        
        Party loses seats
      - Incumbency
        
        80% senate reelection, 90% house reelection
        
        Incumbent advantage
        
        Home recognition
        
        Constituency Service
        
        Ay lemme help you
        
        Greater Resources
        
        Incumbent fundraising advantage
        
        Do Challengers matter?
        
        Some wins
        
        Possibility of strong challenges scares incumbent
        
        Challenges running on issues change incumbent