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Powers and Limits of Congress: Committee System Overview

Understand standing and select committees, committee functions, selection process, and importance. Explore legislative powers, non-legislative powers, and limits of Congress through examples. Discuss the significance of implied powers and the committee proportional seat allocation system.

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Powers and Limits of Congress: Committee System Overview

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  1. Powers & Limits of Congress Assignments for 6.2

  2. What is the purpose of the committee system? • What are standing & select committees? Explain the function of each. • Why is being on the right comm. important? • How is the chairperson of the comm. chosen traditionally? • Who chooses the comm. members? • The seats on a comm. are divided proportionally between the parties’ seats in the HOR. What does that mean? • Look at p. 181. Explain what House comm. would you want to be on if you represented NC’s US Dist. 3. Congressional Committees, p. 53

  3. Legislative Powers: - - - - Non-legislativePowers - - - PAGE 54 Limits on Congress: - - - Implied Powers -Defined? -Source? -Examples? Powers & Limits of Congress 6.2

  4. Using pp. 50-54 of your notebook, complete the review for p.55. • If your notebook is incomplete, use the textbook information in chapter 6, sections 1-2. • Discuss as a class. Chapter 6.1-6.2 Review, p. 55

  5. Which legislative power of Congress is most important? • Explain why. • Which Non-legislative power of Congress is most important? • Explain why. • Give an example of implied powers. Exit Ticket 6.2

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