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Big Picture: Representative Democracy. Congress = the Legislative Branch What does Congress do?. What does Congress do? “Translate the public will into public policy in the form of law.”. What does Congress do? Congress decides what the (federal) government will do. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Congressional Basics #1
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Big Picture:
Representative Democracy
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Congress = the Legislative Branch
What does Congress do?
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What does Congress do?
“Translate the public will into public policy in the form of law.”
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What does Congress do?
Congress decides what the (federal) government will do.
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What does Congress look like? How is Congress
structured and organized?
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U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
Bicameral Legislature
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U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
233 Republicans – 200 Democrats - 2 Vacant 46 Reps – 52 Dems- 2 Ind
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Why bicameral?• Historical
Parliament Colonial legislatures
• Practical: Connecticut Compromise• Checks and balances
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Indiana’s Congressional
Delegation
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Indiana’s Congressional
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Indiana’s Congressional
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Indiana’s Congressional
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Senior Senator Dan Coats
Junior Senator Joe Donnelly
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“Term”• Term of Congress (2 years)
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“Term”• Term of Congress (2 years)• Term of a member of the House (2 years)
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“Term”• Term of a member of the Senate (6 years)
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“Term”• Term of a President (4 years)
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Congressional Basics #1Reapportionment (House)
• 1st Congress: 65 members (1:37,000)• Census every 10 years; ratio maintained• House grows to 435 in 1910• 1920 – no reapportionment• Reapportionment Act of 1929
“permanent” size of 435 Seats rearranged based on population 1:700,000
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• Required since 1842
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Candidates run in each
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• Required since 1842• Contiguous
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Political Disposition
Responsive to changing
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Term 2 years 6 years 4 years Life
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Term 2 years 6 years 4 years Life
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CompensationA. Salary: $174,000
1. Speaker: $223,5002. Party leaders: $193,400
B. Health and retirement benefitsC. StaffD. Travel expenses
