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Chapter 12: Congressional Election and Organization: Sharing the Power


LEARNING OBJECTIVES

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Having read the chapter, you should be able to do each of the following:

  1. Explain why congressional incumbents have had such great electoral success and why they sometime lose.
  2. Discuss the relationship between incumbency success and democratic responsiveness.
  3. Identify the major leadership positions in Congress and the sources of their leadership powers.
  4. Explain the argument concerning internal and external democracy as they relate to Congress.
  5. Discuss the role of the committee system within Congress.
  6. Identify the major parts of the legislative bureaucracy and assess the impact of those agencies on the performance of Congress.
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