POLS 110 1st Edition Lecture 21Outline of Last Lecture I. Four primary functions of CongressII. RepresentationIII. The inherent contradiction of representation IV. A brief discussion of Congressional ElectionsV. IncumbencyOutline of Current Lecture I. Creating legislation II. Who starts it?III. The committee processIV. Presidential roles in the domestic sphereV. Presidential roles in the foreign policy sphereVI. Overlap in the President's Domestic and Foreign Policy Roles: Chief Executive and Chief of StateVII. The President and the Executive BranchVIII. Presidential Succession IX. Sources of presidential powerX. The people as sources of presidential power XI. The evolution of presidential power XII. Women in the White House Current LectureThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.I. Creating legislationa. The process that most people think of when they think of Congressb. The process that takes up the most time in Congressc. The process with the lowest success rate (2-3% depending on the year)d. Very few actually write the billsII. Who starts it?a. If it is a money bill, it has to start in the House b. In all cases, a member of the House or Senate must introduce the bill by giving it to the formal leader of the chamberc. The leadership has significant power over the future of the legislation i. Leadership sets calendarI. Can manipulate the ability of a bill to pass/fail ii. Leadership sets committee assignments for a billd. All bills must be forwarded to a committeeIII. The committee processa. The committees serve as the primary gatekeepers for the legislatureb. Most bills (95%) of bills that make it to committees never make it outc. Used for division of labor and expertised. Subcommitteesi. Most full committees have subcommittees to provide even narrower fields of expertiseii. If it is in the subcommittees that most of the grunt work of legislation is completed IV. Presidential Roles in the Domestic Spherea. Chief Legislatorb. Chief Economistc. Party LeaderV. Presidential Roles in the Foreign Policy Spherea. Chief Diplomatb. Commander in ChiefVI. Overlap in the President's Domestic and Foreign Policy Roles: Chief Executive and Chief of Statea. Chief Executiveb. Chief of StateVII. The President and the Executive Brancha. The Vice President's Rolei. The Vice President's Jobii. Choosing a Vice Presidentb. The Cabinetc. The Executive Office of the Presidenti. The White House Officeii. National Security Counciliii. Office of Management and BudgetVIII. Presidential Successiona. When the President Dies in Officeb. When the President Cannot Serve: The Twenty-Fifth AmendmentIX. Sources of Presidential Powera. The Constitution: Expressed Powersb. The Constitution: Inherent Powersc. Statutory Powersd. Special Presidential Powersi. Executive Ordersii. Emergency Powersiii. Executive PrivilegeX. The People as a Source of Presidential Powera. The President and the Bully Pulpitb. The President and Public Approvalc. The Media as a Tool of Presidential InfluenceXI. The Evolution of Presidential Powera. Early Presidents and the Scope of Presidential Powerb. The Watershed 1970s: The Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and the "Imperial Presidency"c. The Post-Watergate Presidencyd. Impeachment: A Check on Abuses of Presidential PowerXII. Women in the White Housea. The First Ladyb. When a Woman Is Elected
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