1. POLITICS PRESENTATIONS
FOR A-LEVEL, IN MULTIMEDIA
SKI PARASKOS, 2001
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2. POLITICS
PRESENTATIONS
U.S. Congress
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3. 2222 HOUSE & SENATE

4. 3333
FUNCTIONS
HOUSE & SENATE

5. 4444
FUNCTIONS
Represent Constituents
HOUSE & SENATE

6. 5555
FUNCTIONS
Monitor the Executive
Represent Constituents
HOUSE & SENATE

7. 6666
FUNCTIONS
Pass Legislation
Monitor the Executive
Represent Constituents
HOUSE & SENATE

8. 7777
FUNCTIONS
Senate also confirms
appointments & treaties
HOUSE & SENATE

9. 8888 ORGANISATION

10. 9999 ORGANISATION
TWO CHAMBERS

11. 10101010 ORGANISATION
TWO CHAMBERS

12. 11111111 ORGANISATION
TWO CHAMBERS
The Senate has 2 Senators
from each State, 6 year term

13. 12121212 ORGANISATION
TWO CHAMBERS
There are 435 members of the
House of Representatives, two
year term, equal sized districts

14. 13131313
THE HOUSE
ORGANISATION

15. 14141414
THE HOUSE
SPEAKER
ORGANISATION

16. 15151515
SPEAKER
MAJORITY
LEADER
MINORITY
LEADER
ORGANISATION
THE HOUSE

17. 16161616
SPEAKER
MAJORITY
LEADER
MINORITY
LEADER
MAJORITY
WHIP
MINORITY
WHIP
ORGANISATION
THE HOUSE

18. 17171717
THE HOUSE
ORGANISATION

19. 18181818
THE SENATE
ORGANISATION

20. 19191919
THE SENATE
VICE-PRESIDENT
ORGANISATION

21. 20202020
MAJORITY
LEADER
MINORITY
LEADER
ORGANISATION
VICE-PRESIDENT
THE SENATE

22. 21212121
MAJORITY
LEADER
MINORITY
LEADER
MAJORITY
WHIP
MINORITY
WHIP
ORGANISATION
VICE-PRESIDENT
THE SENATE

23. 22222222
THE SENATE
ORGANISATION

24. 23232323 POWER

25. 24242424 POWER
COMMITTEES

26. 25252525 POWER
Without a central leadership,
Congress is controlled by
Autonomous Standing Committees
which deal with Bills and scrutinise
government departments
COMMITTEES

27. 26262626 POWER
COMMITTEES
Appropriations
Budget
Armed Services
Banking
Agriculture
Commerce
Judiciary
International

28. 27272727 POWER
Most Bills call for some
expenditure and only the
Appropriations Committees
can sanction that
COMMITTEES

29. 28282828 POWER
CONGRESS v PRESIDENT

30. 29292929 POWER
More Government intervention
in the economy since the 1930s ...
CONGRESS v PRESIDENT
… has expanded President’s role

31. 30303030 POWER
But Congress has struck back,
e.g. with the War Powers Act
of 1973, and by reasserting
itself after Nixon & Watergate
CONGRESS v PRESIDENT