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Powers of Congress Tax and Spend deficit Lawmaking Declare War Regulate Commerce Oversight Create Courts Make all laws "necessary and proper" to carrying out the enumerated powersTRANSCRIPT
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CONGRESS
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CONGRESSIn this unit we will cover…• Powers of Congress• Incumbency and Congress• Organization of Congress• Responsible Party Model
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Powers ofCongress
Tax and Spend
deficit
Lawmaking DeclareWar
Regulate CommerceOversight
CreateCourts
Make all laws "necessary and proper" to carrying out
the enumerated powers
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Projected Budgets
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The Reality: Are Congressional Elections Competitive?
• Percentage of Votes Congressperson Received
39% 41%
20%
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Incumbents winning with more than 60% of the vote have 5 times
more money
Incumbents winning with less than 60% of the vote
have 1.8 times more money
When Challengers win incumbents have 1.2
time more money
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erAre Elections Competitive?
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• B. Does gerrymandering reduce competition?
The Reality: Are Congressional Elections Competitive?
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• Gerrymandering– Redrawing Congressional district lines to benefit one
party over the other– Reapportionment of Seats after every census
• Principles: compactness, equal population & contiguity
The Reality: Are Congressional Elections Competitive?
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The Reality: Are Congressional Elections Competitive?
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• C. Name Recognition– Franking privilege– Media exposure
• D. Constituency Service
The Reality: Are Congressional Elections Competitive?
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• E. Poor Quality of Challengers• F. Committee Appointments
The Reality: Are Congressional Elections Competitive?
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The Reality: Does the Majority Party Organize the House of Representatives?
Steering Committee
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• Party Unity has been increasing since the 1970s
The Reality: Do Party Members Vote with Their Party?
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• Presidential Success with Congress– In Unified and Divided Government
The Reality: Do Party Members Vote with Their Party?
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The End