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Institutions
________- Called Congress, divided into the Senate (100) and the House of Representatives (435 members), Committees.
Policy
________- making laws, holding public hearings, investigations committees.
Committees
________ are groups of specialists who design the bill and present it for a vote later.
Filibuster
A filibuster is when a member of the Senate can basically hold a never-ending debate that can only be stopped with 60 votes. The debate is over a law that is going to be passed and it can stop the law from ever being passed.
Abuse of Power
members can be corrupted by money
Function
To make/design/draft laws that will be passed along to the president
How many members of the House?
435
How many members of the Senate?
100
What decides number of members for House
population of each state, big population = more reps
What decides number of members for Senate
2 for each state no matter population or size
Policy
making laws, holding public hearings, investigation committees.
Examples of checks and balances
Can impeach the president, Supreme Court can use judicial review, Senate approves justices
Rules committee
can move bills ahead, hold them back or stop them completel.
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