The House is larger, with __members apportioned according to the __of each state,

435, population

Representatives in the House: 1 to __ representatives per state. Must be at least 25.

532

senators serve for __years.

6

–The institutional leader of the House is the __(elected by a majority vote). The vote is traditionally a party-line vote, so Speaker is a member of the majority party.

Speaker

delegate theory of representation: the legislator’s role as “representative” is to __ constituents’ wishes

reflect

trustee theory of representation: legislator’s role is to use their knowledge to do what is best, __of what the constituents say.

regardless

Committees contain members of how many chambers? Standing and select members of __ Joint and conference: members from both

one Joint and conference: members from both

The appropriations process: The Appropriations Committees decide how much __ gets-- From May through mid-June . must be completed by June 15th

funding each policy/program

Incrementalism Model Charles E. Lindblom (1959): policy that the government implements is the__ made to it.

previous year’s policy with modifications

Rationalism Model: proposes policymakers trying to design a policy should consider principles that society values, develop policy alternatives that would satisfy society, evaluate policy alternatives, and then __

select the optimal choice.

bureaucracy: most of the important decisions are made by __ rather than by elected representatives.

state officials

Foreign policy: result of all parties discussing a national goal / interest and bargaining over the best way to achieve it __. A policy is then carried out by each party: the president announces it, the government carries it out.

abroad

Aristotle’s distinctions: aristocracy ruled by the most __ in society- not the rich. representative democracy. For Aristotle, democracy had a negative connotation.

capable

democracy: power is retained by the people, but is exercised indirectly through a system of __

representation

This notion of groups having a profound impact on the political system is referred to as __ **

pluralism

Alexis de Tocqueville contended that Americans were individualistic, hard-working, freedom-loving etc. he argued that these qualities formed a government that ___

reflected said values

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: congress cannot interfere with__

religion, free speech, press, or the right to assemble or petition