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relative strengths of House of Representatives and Senate relationship of congress to the executive branch of government and the Supreme Court. Students should evaluate the overall effectiveness of Congress and debate if Congress has become ‘the broken branch’. Students should evaluate the extent to which Congress effectively performs its role of scrutinizing the executive. Students should finish their study of the US Congress by practicing a 9 mark past paper question. and it needs to have districts and states which are fair and competitive. Students should consider if the House of Representatives carries out its representative role more effectively than the Senate. Students should also consider if members of Congress are out of touch with the people who elect them and are more concerned with local issues than national or international issues. Students should also consider the impact of pork barrel politics on representation and the effectiveness of Congress overall. Students should understand the criticisms leveled at Congress – that it is significantly less effective when different parties control its two chambers, that it lacks effective leadership, it has no meaningful foreign policy role and that it is the broken branch. Students should consider these criticisms and focus on if Congress remains a powerful branch within the US system of government. Students should identify the checks that Congress places on the executive and Supreme Court. In particular, students should consider the ability of Congress to affect foreign policy and challenge a recent increase in executive power, particularly in relation to executive orders and executive agreements. Students should also consider the extent to which the President is able to circumvent Congress and if this renders Congress ineffective. Chapter 9: ‘Congress as Legislature: Functions and Powers’ in American Politics and Society by David McKay (2017: 9th Edition) Chapter 8: ‘US Legislators and Their Constituents’ in American Politics and Society by David McKay (2017: 9th Edition) Politics Review Volume 24, Number 3, February 2015: Gerrymandering in the USA. Katie Shapiro Politics Review Volume 24, Number 2, November 2014: Congress: why is it so unpopular?
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