Congress Answer the following questions in a Word document and turn into the appropriate drop box. 1.

What are the underlying reasons that explain why Congress moves slowly and inefficiently? 2. What are the results of the ways that Congress operates this way? 3. Identify two ways party leadership can influence members of their party in Congress. 4. Identify one factor that makes it difficult for party leadership to influence members of their party in Congress. 5. What are the principal jobs and responsibilities in the party leadership in the Senate? 6. What are the powers of the Speaker of the House? How did Newt Gingrich change the structure of the House? 7. What were the main issues in the development of the Senate and how were these issues settled? Make sure that you understand what these terms refer to: filibuster, cloture, Rule 22 8. How have districts been designed to increase minority representation and what has the Supreme Court ruled about this? What is the difference between descriptive and substantive representation? 9. What is the sophomore surge? Why does it happen? What effects does it have? 10. Summarize the three theories of how members of Congress behave. 11. Why has civility decreased among legislators? 12. Define the four different types of committees. 13. How has the committee structure changed in the past 30 years? 14. How have the Congressmens powers and perks been reduced? 15. In general, what type of rules are there to make sure our Congress members are ethical?