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Day 12 - Home Styles and Hill Styles (Part 1)
1. Day 12 – Home Styles and Hill
Styles
July 15, 2013
2. Announcements
Legislative Portfolio resources are posted.
You should know the state you are studying and the
names of the representatives by the end of this week.
Midterm Exam Review is posted
I will leave room to answer questions in class on Tuesday
and Wednesday
Testable material will go through Tuesday’s class (end of
Chapter 5 in DOL)
3. Legislative Portfolio Resources
Posted on Angel in the “Assignments” Folder and in
the “Links/Research” Folder.
Start thinking about the three House members you
want to study.
A great starting point is GovTrack.us which allows you to
see the shapes of the districts, the ideology scores of the
legislators, and links you to OpenSecrets (Campaign
Finance) and VoteSmart (Interest Group Ratings, recent
statements, etc.)
There are a number of other excellent resources in
the Word file that should give you a good head start.
4. Reading for Monday
Read all of Chapter 5 in DOL
DO NOT READ Fenno (1977) article
5. Hill Styles
Who are the legislators?
How do they compare to general population in terms of:
Education
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/12/us/across-the-board-growth-in-
college-degrees.html?ref=education&_r=1&
Occupation
How has this trend changed recently?
Race
Gender
Sexual Orientation
Religion
What is the fastest-growing category in recent surveys?
Age
Tenure
How does Congress rank in terms of descriptive representation?
What is collective representation?
6. Congressional Roles
Legislator
Crafting, shaping, debating on laws.
Shaped by norms and seniority
Constituency Servant
Individual contact with members
Procuring pork-barrel projects for entire constituencies
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/immigration-deal-would-
boost-defense-manufacturers/2013/07/01/d1c115e4-df63-11e2-
b2d4-ea6d8f477a01_story.html
“Byrd Droppings” - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/04/us/how-
do-west-virginians-spell-pork-it-s-b-y-r-d.html
Citizens Against Government Waste - http://cagw.org/
Partisan