Tuesday, April 19, 2016

COMMITTEESS

Both houses of Congress are further divided into several committees. It is at the committee level where most of the hard work of passing legislation is done, this is also the level at which so-called special interests or factions have the most influence. Committees are often just a few to maybe twenty or so people, who debate the fine points of each piece of legislation and try to figure out the best ways to make the legislation practical. Due to the smaller number of people in the committees and the relative low visibility of committee meetings, this again allows interest groups to have more influence over the legislation. Before the entire House or Senate votes on a piece of legislation it goes through a committee first. Of course both the House and Senate must past the same legislation before it can become law. There is even a special committee that works to resolve differences in a bill if either part of Congress passes a bill that is similar but somewhat different from the other bill, the final law must be identical in both the House and Senate.

 The fact that both houses of Congress are divided into several committees,it is a big step for the dis centralization of  particular interests, however some groups have the most influence.In my opinion it is contradict that even when both houses are divided, certain groups have the power,but in my point of view Politics  it self is contradict.indeed, i believe Committees are good for the structural organization of government.
Considering that each committee are often a few to maybe twenty or so people,who debate the fine points of each piece of legislation and try to find out the best ways to make the legislation practical such committees or factions can be influence by the interests of its members..In other words , the size of the committees have its pros and cons.for instance a small group of people may not have the a clear vision  over certain matters.Moreover, a large group of people may have a better vision of whats good for society in that particular matter ,however this type of groups are more susceptible to dis organization. I believe that committees it self are good for the organization of both Houses,however they could be formed by more than 20 people.


I choose this fragment of the reading because the structural organization of both Houses are one of the main point that distinguish a good and bad government.

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