1. The committee system which divides up the work of going through more than 10,000 bills.
2. Standing committee they are permanent groups that over see bills that continue from one congress to the next.
3. Subcommittees branch from standing committees. every committee has about 5 to 6 subcommittees and for every 20 members there are 4 subcommittees.
4. The number of personal staff between the years of 1947 and 1990 increased from 2,000 to 11,500. The committee staff increased from 400 to more than 3,000 in the same amount of time.
5. Each lawmaker spends more that $5.6 million on employees.
6. Legislative assistant (LA) the sit in on committee meetings and inform the lawmaker what they missed or they just tell the lawmakers how to vote if they do not know anything about the topic.
7. The library of congress is one of the largest libraries in the world and is used to provide information when ever congress may need it.
8. The Congressional budget office (CBO) studies economic trends, keeps track of how much congressional committees are spending and figure out how congresses budget choices will effect the economy.
9. The government printing office (GPO) they are the largest multipurpose printing plant in the world and print out the daily record which contains all bills introduced in both houses as well as the speeches and testimonies presented in congress.
10. Professional staff in some cases have to much influence in the law makers decision with the information they present to the law makers.
No comments:
Post a Comment