Question 1

What are congressional caucuses? What role do they play,and how much influence do they have? Give examples to illustrate your answer.

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Question 2

Describe how Congress is demographically atypical of the United States population.Does this present a problem for legitimate democratic government? Why,or why not?

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Question 3

Describe the advantages of incumbents in congressional elections.What reforms have been suggested to limit the effects of incumbency? Would you support such reform?

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Question 4

What impact does increasing polarization in Congress have on the lawmaking process?

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Question 5

Are congressional elections broken? Do we need major reform of congressional elections including,for example,term limits and/or campaign finance reform?

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Question 6

Describe the structure of power and decision making in Congress and evaluate the impact of that structure on policymaking.Be sure to compare and contrast the House and the Senate in your answer.

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Question 7

Is Congress representative?

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Question 8

What are the major types and functions of committees in the House and the Senate?

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Question 9

Describe the process through which a bill becomes a law.

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Question 10

Describe the relative size of congressional members' personal staff,as opposed to committee staff and staff agencies.What does personal staff generally devote their time to?

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Question 11

The authors note that some argue that Congress is too responsive to constituents and especially to organized interests,while others argue that Congress is too insulated from ordinary citizens.Evaluate the evidence for each view from throughout the chapter.

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Question 12

Evaluate Congress as a democratic institution.What reforms democratized Congress? Evaluate whether there is a trade-off between representativeness and effectiveness.

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Question 13

Explain the legislative process and the relative importance of key individuals and groups in that process.What happens to most bills? Describe the procedure by which a bill becomes law.

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Question 14

Compare and contrast the constitutional design of the House and the Senate.

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Question 15

Explain how members of Congress reconcile the conflicting jobs of representing constituents and making effective public policy.In your answer,be sure to discuss the committee system,congressional elections,and the role of political parties and interest groups in Congress.

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Question 16

Congress is both a policymaking institution and a representative institution.To what extent,how,and why do these two roles sometimes conflict? Should we be concerned about this conflict? Why or why not?

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Question 17

What is the seniority system,and how has it changed over the years?

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Question 18

Describe the powers of the Speaker of the House,the majority and minority leaders,and the whips.What limits to their leadership powers exist in their respective parties?

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Question 19

Explain the role of lobbyists in the lawmaking process.

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Question 20

Compare and contrast the roles of majority leader,minority leader,and party whips.

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