The film/documentary I watched was Dan Rather Reports: “The Best Congress Money Can Buy” which relates to chapter eleven Groups and Interests. Both the chapter eleven and the documentary focus on the influence and power that interests groups and lobbyists can have on the government. In the documentary they mention how it is not just high ranking officials of government who run the government as they teach us in school. But in fact the high ranking officials are more like puppets on a string being
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his first wife died‚ Deane married the granddaughter of the former governor of Connecticut. A thriving businessman‚ Deane entered politics. He was on Connecticut’s Committee of Correspondence and as a delegate to the first and second Continental Congress. On September 22‚ 1789 Silas Deane booked passage on a ship‚ the Boston Packet. While with the ship’s captain‚ Deane suddenly complained of dizziness and stomach pain. Right away the captain put him to bed. Deane’s condition got worse and four hours
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significance of the factors that influence voting in congress? (15 marks ) House and senate members are called upon to cast a large number of votes each year. In 2007 representatives voted 1‚186 times. There are many factors which influence how members of congress vote. One factor that influences voting in congress is parties. The whip system in congress is relatively weak‚ unlike in the UK party whips have no effective way of persuading congress members to vote in line with their party. Deselection
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all? Could this bloody war have never happened? Congress was wrong in approving the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution‚ for without it millions of lives would have been saved. The Constitution addresses declaring and waging war by saying‚ “Congress shall of the power to declare war”. The constitution gives the right to declare war to Congress‚ so the President is not allowed to declare war unless Congress allows for war to be declared. Therefor it was congress who initiated the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The
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To what extent are the two chambers of Congress equal in power (15 marks) One factor which could be seen to imply that the two chambers of Congress aren’t equal in power is the contrast in importance of the political decisions they get to vote on – and for this reason the Senate can be seen as superior. Senators hold exclusively the ability to ratify treaties as well as confirming the President’s nominees for position such as Supreme Court justices and leading roles within the government‚ and they
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How do members of congress decide to vote (45 Mark) Congress decides how to vote due to a number of factors such as influence‚ this influence can come from members of the party and administration itself‚ other influence can come from pressure groups. A vote in congress is very important as it decides the fate of legislation‚ an important historic legislation is the emancipation proclamation. Every vote in congress counts so many people will try to influence as much as they can. Other factors are
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Article 1 in the Constitution governs how the legislative branch will be operative. The main focal point of Congress is to create laws. It created a bicameral legislative branch which is a governmental body with two houses‚ known as the United States congress. The framers of the Constitution thought that having two houses would limit the amount of preposterous submissions that came through Congress. The two houses that make up the legislative branch are the House of Representatives and the Senate. Although
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Since the First United States Congress meeting in 1789 to Current meetings in Capital building there has been speculation about how functional Congress is. Whether someone thinks Congress is Dysfunctional like Ezra Klein‚ or they are trying to defend Congress like Lee H. Hamilton‚ it has to be understood that Congress is a very complex institution that has its ups and its downs. Although in the past 100 years congress has been more dysfunctional than functional. A man who has been working his entire
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How does the President and Congress control bureaucracy? Federal Bureaucracy is a system of appointed individuals that serve in one of the major departments of our government. Both the President and Congress have some form of control over bureaucracy through several different means. According to Richard W. Waterman and B. Dan Wood in their writings The Dynamics of Political Control of the Bureaucracy‚ state that control is through “political appointment‚ budgeting‚ structure‚ personnel control‚ or
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There are four types of committees within the House and the Senate‚ they are: the Standing Committees‚ the Select or Special Committees‚ the Joint Committees and the Conference Committees. Currently in the United States there are twenty one permanent committees in the House‚ twenty in the Senate and four joint committees. Each committee has several subcommittees that share specific tasks within the jurisdiction of the full committee. The House ’s Standing Committees are permanent House panels. The
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