For Monday:
Some basics:
- Congressional pay and benefits
- Congressional staff titles
- Congressional staff salaries (find individuals here)
Two Congresses
- Article I of the Constitution and lawmaking
- Burke's speech to the electors of Bristol (Davidson, p. 7-8)
- Delegate v. Trustee
- Descriptive representation
- Overview
- Immigration (116th Congress)
- Religion
- African Americans
- Partisan demographic divide
"What you have to understand about my people is that they are a noble people. Humility is their form of pride. It is their strength; it is their weakness. And if you can humble yourself before them they will do anything you ask." -- Frank Underwood
In Home Style, members try to convey
- Qualification
- Identification
- Empathy
One major difference between the chambers is that few House members run for president, and seldom get far when they do. But a fairly large fraction of senators have gone for the White House:
- Michael Bennet (D-CO), 2020
- Cory Booker (D-NJ) 2020
- Ted Cruz (R-TX) 2016
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) 2020
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC) 2016
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) 2020
- Rand Paul (R-KY) 2016
- Mitt Romney (R-UT), 2008, 2012
- Marco Rubio (R-FL) 2016
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT) 2016, 2020
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), 2020
- Seth Moulton (D-MA), 2020
- Tim Ryan (D-OH), 2020
- Eric Swalwell (D-CA) 2020
Four Strategic Postures Since 2000 (House, by election year)
Majority Minority
In Party Dems 08, 20 GOP 06, 18
GOP 00, 02, 04, 16 Dem 10,12,14
Out Party GOP 10,12,14 GOP 08, 20
Dem 06, 18 Dem 00, 02, 04, 16
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