PPT-Evolution of Congress

Unit 4 Institutions I Intention of Founders Fear of excessive power concentrated in single institution Fear of mob rule by impassioned majority Concern about manner of representation in Congress. Social Choice in . Political Controversies. Paul H Edelman. Vanderbilt University. Problem: How to allocate seats among the states to the US House of Representatives. “Representatives … shall be apportioned among the several States…according to their respective numbers…. The actual Enumeration shall be made…within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.”. Bell Ringer: . Can you give an example of a power of Congress?. Delegated Powers. Congressional powers are delegated . (given) by the Constitution.. These delegated powers are either . 1.) Expressed 2.)Implied or 3.) Inherent . Review. The differences between the House and Senate are… . The differences between the House and Senate are… . Size and representation to begin with, in the House you get one hour to debate, the Senate gets unlimited debate (filibuster) which can only be stopped by a cloture vote (60 votes), spending bills must originate in the House.. What powers did the Founders grant to the Legislative Branch?. Clause 1.. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common . Lets Begin!. Introduction:. Public approval of Congress is very low. Yet, approval ratings for people’s representative is high . Members spend considerable time serving constituents . Functions of Congress:. Powers Granted to Congress. Financing Government. Collect taxes, borrow & print money. Regulating and Encouraging American Trade and Industry. Foreign & domestic trade. Roads & Post Offices. Senator Sumner- Massachusetts. Gave a speech to Congress about evil pro-slavery Kansas supporters. Offended Senator Brooks . Brooks attacked Sumner with his cane over 30 times in the Senate. . “The Crime Against Kansas”. Purpose. Congress is one of few national assemblies with the power to initiate legislation, not simply vote on executive’s proposals. . Congress also conducts investigations that lead to important changes in policy and removal of officials. . Last week we talked about. …. The universe had a beginning. God must be the creator of the universe. 3 views Christians can faithfully hold: Old-Earth Creationism, Young-Earth Creationism, Theistic Evolution. Introduction. 1. The Framers of the U.S. Constitution created a bicameral congress consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate.. 2. The two houses of Congress have different characters.. A Bicameral Congress. Mechanisms of concerted evolution. Unequal cross-over. Gene conversion: non-reciprocal transfer of information between homologous sequences; the main mechanism invoked to explain concerted evolution. Chapter 17: Processes of Evolution. Early Beliefs. 19. th. century: discovered species shared many traits, but lived in different parts of the world. Problematic – species only looked similar on the outside, but inside were very different . Evolution 9/11. Obj. TSW learn form mistakes made on the quiz, and take notes about evolution after the Environmental Science Current Events. P. 34NB. Make a food chain for the following organisms showing the energy arrows and the . . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference.