Thursday, November 14, 2013

Test Friday on Congress

Review your notes from chapters 5-7 including:
vocabulary terms
Purpose of committees
Expressed and Implied powers of Congress
Entitlements and "Uncontrollables"
What are uncontrollables... how can they be controlled?

Friday, November 8, 2013

Friday November 8th

Congress continued...

Discuss as a class the various types of taxes (income, sales, property)

Read chapter 7 section 2 and take notes
define:
Ways and Means Committee
closed rule
appropriations
authorization bill
entitlements

What are the entitlement programs?  Why are they called entitlements?  should they remain the same, change, or be eliminated?