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APS Day 10 AgendaAPS Day 10 Agenda
Intro to Congress – get (whitewhite) Unit 2 packet1. Structure of US Gov’t – review Kleinogram2. Individually, complete assigned questions on Form of Congress
p 3-4 Constitutional description of Congress and its powers and limits
3. Group work to finish Form of Congress p 3-44. Review key differences between HofR and Senate – take notes
Legislation – laws that regulate public and private activity, distribute public resources, take private resources for public use or symbolically act.
Bill Project – log on to http://mrkleinsocstudy.pbworks.com/ With a partner, type this link in the URL box
http://www.thomas.gov/. 1. Toggle "Bill Number" above the search box. 2. In the "search" box type "HR 45." 3. When HR 45 comes up, click on "Text of Legislation," 4. then click on "Printer Friendly" link. Read through HR 45 and
answer the following questions:
EU – The Constitution defines the structure and powers of a bicameral Congress. Legislation - the laws - are the written public policies.
KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE
CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENCES
SENATE
Six-year terms (1/3 up for reelection every two years)
Comprises 100 members (2 from each state)
Must be 30 yrs old
Must be citizen for 9 years
Must live in the state represented
Tries impeached officials
Offers "advice and consent" on many major presidential appointments
Approves treaties
HOUSE
Two-year terms
Comprises 435 members (apportioned by population)
Must be 25 yrs old
Must be citizen for 7 years
Must live in the state represented
Initiates all revenue bills
Initiates impeachment procedures and passes articles of impeachment
DIFFERENCES IN OPERATION
HOUSE
More centralized, more formal, stronger leadership
Rules Committee fairly powerful in controlling time and rules of debate (in conjunction with the majority leader)
More impersonal
Members are highly specialized
Emphasizes tax and revenue policy
Seniority important in determining power
SENATE
Less centralized, less formal, weaker leadership
No Rules Committee; limits on debate come through unanimous consent or cloture vote of 60% to end a filibuster
More personal
Members are generalist
Emphasizes foreign policy
Seniority less important in determining power
HOUSE
Power formerly centralized in the hands of key committees and the leadership; breaking down
House procedures are becoming more efficient, with less debate and fewer amendments
CHANGES IN THE INSTITUTION
SENATE
Senate workload increasing and informality breaking down
Members are becoming more specialized; debate and deliberations less frequent
Both chambers are seeing increased partisanship and incivility – less compromise, less bipartisan activity, less friendliness
House leadership
Speaker –
Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Majority Leader
Steny Hoyer (D – MD)
Majority Whip
James E. Clyburn (D – SC)
Minority Leader
John Boehner (R – OH)
Minority Whip
Eric Cantor (R -VA)
President of the SenateJoe BidenU.S. Vice President
President Pro TemporeRobert C. ByrdDemocrat, West Virginia
Majority LeaderHarry ReidDemocrat, Nevada
Assistant Majority Leader(Democratic Whip)Richard DurbinDemocrat, Illinois
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
Republican, Kentucky
Assistant Minority Leader(Republican Whip)Jon KylRepublican, Arizona
Senate Leadership
Right click on this link to open in a new window : http://www.thomas.gov/. Toggle "Bill Number" above the search box. In the "search" box type "HR 45." When HR 45 comes up, click on "Text of Legislation," then click on "Printer Friendly" link. Read through HR 45 and answer the following questions:1.What is the purpose for this bill? 2.Who is the bill's sponsor? 3.Scroll through to the END of the table of contents and go to Sec. 2. What is the title of this section? 4.Section 2, Subsection (a) 3. can be connected to a very specific enumerated power of Congress listed in the US Constitution. Which enumerated power of Congress is referred to here? 5.Subsection (a) 6. explains why this bill's short title is named after Blair Holt. Why is the bill named after this person? 6.What key facts lead Congress to make this bill? 7.What rule is created by Sec. 101? 8.What is the title of Sec. 103? 9.According to Sec. 103, who is responsible for executing the rules set up by Sec. 101 10.What rule is created by Sec. 201? 11.According to Sec. 401, what are the penalties for violating the rules of Sec 101 of this bill? (Sec. 922 of Title 18 of US Code)
Read through HR 45 and answer the following questions:1.What is the purpose for this bill? To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes.2.Who is the bill's sponsor? Mr. Bobby Rush (IL 1)3.Scroll through to the END of the table of contents and go to Sec. 2. What is the title of this section? Findings4.Section 2, Subsection (a) 3. can be connected to a very specific enumerated power of Congress listed in the US Constitution. Which enumerated power of Congress is referred to here? Interstate trade regulation power in commerce clause A1, S8, C 35.Section 2, Subsection (a) 6. explains why this bill's short title is named after Blair Holt. Why is the bill named after this person? A high school boy died from gunshot wounds after trying to protect a girl
6. What key facts lead Congress to make this bill? That lots of guns are sold across state lines and gun violence is associated with lots of homicides, suicides and non-fatal injuries and that it would be best if the rules were consistent throughout the country
7. What rule is created by Sec. 101? Need to get a license to own a handgun or clip-fed gun
8. What is the title of Sec. 103? Issuance of license9. According to Sec. 103, who is responsible for
executing the rules set up by Sec. 101 The Attorney General
10.What rule is created by Sec. 201? Can’t sell or trade a gun without a license
11.According to Sec. 401, what are the penalties for violating the rules of Sec 101 of this bill? (Sec. 922 of Title 18 of US Code) fine and/or imprisonment of 2, 5, or 10 years.
Standing committees• are permanent panels identified as such in chamber rules
(House Rule X, Senate Rule XXV). Because they have legislative jurisdiction, standing committees consider bills and issues and recommend measures for consideration by their respective chambers. They also have oversight responsibility to monitor agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdictions, and in some cases in areas that cut across committee jurisdictions.
• Most of the work of each chamber is done by standing committees. Almost no laws are created without the hearings, debate, markup and approval of standing committees.
Select or special committees
• are established generally by a separate resolution of the chamber, sometimes to conduct investigations and studies, and, on other occasions, also to consider measures. Often, select committees examine emerging issues that don’t fit clearly within existing standing committee jurisdictions, or which cut across jurisdictional boundaries. A select committee may be permanent but is most often temporary. Instead of select, the Senate sometimes uses the term special committee (as in the Special Committee on Aging) or the current House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming.
- A temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees which is formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers. Conference committees are usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major and controversial legislation.
conference committee
Committees – who, what and why?For your committee, go to committee’s webpage found on the
Senate.gov site:
1. Identify the Chair and minority ranking member
2. Identify the executive departments overseen
3. Identify the jurisdiction
4. Identify the key subcommittees.
Democrats
Oppose censorship
Support organized labor
Oppose wider searches w/o warrants
Support expanding equality
Support gun control
Oppose new oil drilling
Support social welfare spending
Support wider health spending
Support regulations on business
Support tax increases
Support barrier between church and state
Support right to die
Oppose capital punishment
Support bilingualism
Republicans
Support censorship
Oppose organized labor
Support wider searches w/o warrants
Oppose expanding equality through gov’t action
Oppose gun control
Support new oil drilling
Oppose social welfare spending
Oppose many regulations on business
Oppose taxes
Support religion working with state
Oppose assisted suicide
Support capital punishment
Support English-only