Notes Friday March 28th, 2008

Sources of Tension between the President and Congress
"National v. Local Forces"

4 Points

1. Different constituency
2. Different Time tables
3. "Old" Relationships
4. Constitutional ambiguity

Balance of power between the Presidential and Congress
"In the near Constant (Flux)"

5 points

1. Popular approved of each vacilities
2. The role of secondary players and scandal
3. National crisis works to the advantage of the President
4. can be a positive-Sum game
5. Often daily swings within broader era effects.



Here is a little bit of the Review that he gave us. Not sure That it's all there, but it's the best I could do, writing it down in class after sitting in his class from 7:30 A.M. from his other class... I took the notes on short hand.

- Alot of little lists in this test
- All of the calendars -
- What type of referral that sends it to two committees
- Split Referral
- Joint Referral
- When does the motion to recommitt occurs- Often on the floor
- What usually happens to votes
-Motion to recommitt both on house and Senate Floor
- Omnimous legislation
- To form a coalition ( Known as a bought coalition)
- log rolling
- legislative veto


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