us government legislative branch
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House of Representatives 435 Members 2 year terms. Senate 100 Members 6 year terms. US Government Legislative Branch. The Lobotomy of Congress. R.I.P. Committee Staff Office of Technology Assessment Arms Control and Foreign Policy Caucus Legislative Service Organizations. 1995. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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US GovernmentLegislative Branch
House of Representatives435 Members2 year terms
Senate100 Members6 year terms
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1995Committee StaffOffice of Technology AssessmentArms Control and Foreign Policy CaucusLegislative Service Organizations
The Lobotomy of Congress
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COMPLEX GLOBAL ISSUES IGNORE BORDERS
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New Missions after Cold War
COLD WAR1991
Somalia
HaitiHonduras
Bosnia
Kosovo
East Tim
or
AfghanistanPakist
an
Indian Ocean
Iraq
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Orphaned Issues
Armed Services Committee
Foreign Relations
Committee
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How Congress influences policy
• Introduce resolutions and policy statements: •Initiate legislative directives: • Establish new programs.•Apply legislative pressure: • Enact legislative restrictions and deny funding:• Give Informal Advice:
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Leftovers
Righteous
Everyone Else
How Congress Hears About Complex Issues800% more contact30-40% less staffmoney=speech
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Technology Mashup Fellows
• Civic Tech• Legislation • Inventory district expertise?• Communication?• civic engagement?• Consultation• Social Media• Technical Translator and
Educator
• What tools?• When in legislative
process?• Real-time?• Mobile?• Calendar?• Chat?• Expert Hubs?• Higher ed partnerships• local networks i.e. wikis
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Hard Power World
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Social Capital World•Civic Technology Tools •Big Data Analytics•Knowledge Curation•Local, Social, Mobile
• Corruption• Dominance of Narrow
Interests• Obsolescence• Incapacitation• Centralization
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PAST FUTURE
PRO-ACTION
REACTION