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- the presence of increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints between the Democratic and Republican Parties
- Party leaders who work with the majority leader or minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party.
- Today, the typical representative serves on _____ committees and ______ subcommittees. The typical senator serves of ______ committees and _______ subcommittees.
- t/f Members seek committees that will help them achieve three goals: reelection, influence in Congress, and the opportunity to make policy in areas they think are important.
- __________ __________ control the congressional agenda and guide legislation in Congress.
- The ________ has power to hold unlimited debates, ratify all treaties, confirm important presidential nominations (including the Supreme Court), and to try impeached officials.
- The __________ is more institutionalized and has stronger leadership due to its increased number of members.
- t/f The most predictable aspect of congressional elections is this: incumbents usually win.
- The penalty of the different opinions of women holding office in Congress is the greatest on female _______ candidates.
- The _______ has the power to initiate all revenue bills, impeach officials, and each member has limited debates on certain topics and a limit on the number of floor amendments allowed.
- t/f Once women's quality advantage is taken into account, women encounter a 3 percent vote deficit relative to their male counterparts
- t/f Today's senators are more nearly equal in power than representatives are. Even incoming senators sometimes get top committee assignments; they may even become chairs of key subcommittees.
- Members of Congress can service their constituents and constituency in two ways: through ________ and through obtaining _______ __________. (pork barrel)
- __________ may be the most underrepresented group. They account for more than half the population but for only about a quarter of both houses of Congress.
- The real differences between the Senate and the House lies in the Senate's __________ and __________ power.
- t/f In the past, members have worked hard to obtain appropriations earmarked for specific projects in their districts, and members who succeeded have had an easier time in their reelection campaigns.
- The _______ is less centralized and disciplined and has weaker leadership because it has less members and each of its members votes count the same.
- Federal projects, grants, and contracts available to state and local governments, businesses, colleges, and other institutions in a congressional district.
- The second way of servicing a constituency involves winning federal funds for states and districts through the so-called _____ _______.
- Doing casework means helping individual constituents with problems such as....