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Dominican University POSC 170: American Government Assignment #2: CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES I. Purpose Understanding congressional committees is equivalent to understanding Congress as a whole. While great stories about action on the floor, such as getting beaten with a cane, bringing in hunting dogs, or discussing why American women should wear bras (really happened) is interesting, they are just stories. While Congress has held larger-than-life leaders in our country, such as Webster, Clay, Johnson, Reed, Cannon, and Rayburn, they are just citizens passing through. Committees are where the real story of the Congress is told. It is not always humorous and seldom does it provide fodder for a movie script, but it is where real conversations take place, discussions occur, and future laws of the country either find life or quietly pass into oblivion. To understand committees is to understand Congress. II. Task You will examine, in a compare and contrast essay, a committee in the House and the Senate. The committees may be found on the chamber websites, with links provided on the class Canvas site. The committee choice is entirely open as long as one committee is taken from the current House and one from the current Senate. Perhaps there is an area that is of particular interest to you, two committees that look as if they cover similar areas, or two committees that appear to cover completely different areas, whatever works for you is acceptable. Examine the different committees. Examine the different committee jurisdictions for breadth and depth of topic areas. Make note of the committee activity with regard to meetings, hearings, and mark-up sessions. What type of bills or activity is being referred to these committees – suggest you use congress.gov for specifics (such as non-controversial, policy, …) Are their evident characteristics in the membership (regional, individuals, experience,…)? This is not a question- and-answer assignment, but a compare and contrast; so, always keep in mind how the committees you chose represent their chamber and how they look across chambers. Every committee controls their own site, so some are of greater value than others in completing this assignment. III. Requirement Select any two committees, one from each chamber. Write a 3-5 page essay-styled compare and contrast paper discussing the committees you chose. The paper must be double-spaced, 10-12 font, and 1-inch margins. I want you to read and think about the committees, not copy the sites! At a minimum, a 70% paper MUST address the following areas: 1. Discuss the basic information on the committee, including membership size, leadership positions, and members of note for any reason (state, region, reputation,…) 2. Discuss the committee jurisdictions (what issues do they discuss), including a general discussion of its breadth and depth. This is not a high school level list, but a discussion! 3. Discuss the presence of subcommittees and membership of interest there. Is this a logical breakdown? 4. Discuss any activity currently taking place with the committees and how this information may indicate the power and importance of this committee in the overall congressional structure. 5. Discuss your educated impression of these committees and how they compare and contrast with regard to all the above information and what you personally think of what they do. The assignment is a compare/contrast essay, so your essay should work between both chambers. In other words, I do not want a single report on the Senate committee followed by a single report on the House committee. Committees are central to the legislative process, so discuss how the committees you selected are playing their part (or not). Again, compare/contrast across chambers (the hint here is to select two committees that appear to have overlapping jurisdiction and power – thus creating many comparison possibilities; or to select two committees completely different in power or prestige to create many contrast possibilities). A paper receiving a 75% or higher will do the above, but do so in a more articulate, thoughtful, and grammatically correct way. House of Representatives website http://www.house.gov United States Senate http://www.senate.gov Please First go to committees then Agriculture then click about then you will find Membership, write about who are these people and why they are in this position, what they do, what they cover also you should go to Rules and Jurisdiction by click Agriculture then click about then you will find Rules and Jurisdiction Legislation Here are example : I went to https://agriculture.house.gov/ I click committees then Agriculture then click about then you will find Membership, Then write about who are these people and why they are in this position, what they do, what they cover also you should go to Rules and Jurisdiction by click Agriculture then click about then you will find Rules and Jurisdiction: that show the rules that they have Here are the rules of the house https://agriculture.house.gov/about/rules-and-jurisdiction.htm You do not have to read the whole page just go to their roles Here they are: Rules of the House of Representatives: https://agriculture.house.gov/about/rules-and-jurisdiction.htm Rule X Establishment and Jurisdiction of Standing Committees There shall be in the House the following standing committees, each of which shall have the jurisdiction and related functions assigned to it by this clause and clauses 2, 3, and 4; and all bills, resolutions, and other matters relating to subject within the jurisdiction of any standing committee as listed in this clause shall (in accordance with and subject to clause 5) be referred to such committees, as follows: COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE Adulteration of seeds, insect pests, and protection of birds and animals in forest reserves. Agriculture generally. Agricultural and industrial chemistry. Agricultural colleges and experiment stations. Agricultural economics and research. Agricultural education extension services. Agricultural production and marketing and stabilization of prices of agricultural products, and commodities (not including distribution outside of the United States). Animal industry and diseases of animals. Commodity exchanges. Crop insurance and soil conservation. Dairy industry. Entomology and plant quarantine. Extension of farm credit and farm security. Inspection of livestock, poultry, meat products, and seafood and seafood products. Forestry in general, and forest reserves other than those created from the public domain. Human nutrition and home economics. Plant industry, soils, and agricultural engineering. Rural electrification. Rural development. Water conservation related to activities of the Department of Agriculture. Then you will go to the other link the senate United States Senate http://www.senate.gov And then you will do the same as the house You will go to the link http://www.senate.gov Then go to committees then Agriculture then click about then you will find Membership, write about who are these people and why they are in this position, what they do, what they cover also you should go to Jurisdiction by click Agriculture then click about then you will find Jurisdiction (https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/about/jurisdiction ):you will find their roles and what they cover The last part is that you are going to compare between the two committee write about who are the most famous people in the memberships of both senate and house, and write about the number of the women in both senate and house are they many or few, write about their state for example how many people from the same state. You will compare between their membership of both senate and house, how there are different or similar Compare about their roles, For example, you can wirte about that the seanta and the house are both have Rural electrification. And Rural development.) https://agriculture.house.gov/about/rules-and-jurisdiction.htm) (https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/about/jurisdiction) You will find them in that link then you will write about how they similar and why they are different And also you can find any other point and make the compare between the senate and the house For example, you can write about other rules that they have, they do not have to be similar they could be different
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Compare and Contrast Between a Committee in the House and a Committee in the Senate
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST COMMITTEES
Compare and Contrast Between a Committee in the House and a Committee in the Senate
The government of the United States Congress, a legislative branch of administration, is
divided into two chambers. One is the Senate and the other the House of Representatives.
These two chambers have a system of Committees. The work of the Senate and the House of
Representatives is too tasking that they have to delegate specific tasks to small committees
within the chamber which are responsible of these tasks and are directly answerable to the
chamber in which they are related. These committees have a different membership and their
guidelines in conducting their businesses. This paper will compare and contrast between the
Committee on the budget in the Senate and the Committee on Ethics in the House of
Representatives.
First of all, regarding membership size and leadership positions, the Committee on the
budget has a total of 23 members. Out of these 23, the leadership comprises of one chairman
who is a Republican from Wyoming and one ranking member who is a Democrat from
Vermont. The rest are categorized according to majority and minority with the majority being
11 Republicans and the minority being 10 Democrats (Committee on the Budget, 2018). The
membership is like so because the Republicans are the ones who have the majority as they
comprise a more significant portion of the ruling administration in the federal government.
On the other hand, the Committee on Ethics is composed of 10 members out of whic...


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