The minority party plays a huge role in a democracy, as stated in Hetherington and Keefe the “ the minority party can mobilize congressional majorities and help shape public policy.” However, the goal in Congress is to be a part of the majority party, it doesn’t happen for everyone. The minority party behavior is affected by the majority party’s margin over the minority. Being in the minority party can have a mental affect on it’s members depending on how long the party has been a minority. The strategies the minority party use aren’t determined by its preferences of leadership or by opportunities that are presented from time to time. The role of the minority party is influenced by importance that they have no control over. If the minority party is resourceful it can play an aggressive and creative role in the legislative process. The minority party often has the outside sources that the majority party is searching for. Often times the minority party can assist the majority party in work that needs to be completed on the majority agenda because the majority doesn’t have time to complete all the work.
According to economists and politicians the Bail Out Bill was supposed to ignite the Stock Market. So much for that bill, huh? Since the bailout bill the Dow Jones has dropped over 620 points. This is the worst the stock market has been since the great depression. Americans as a majority were not in support of the Bail out bill. The Senate passed the bill on the first try because it’s supporters were giving them the wrong information and the senate seems to be more concerned with state needs. Opposing the senate and its representation is the House of Representatives, they seem to focus more on the people and were given unclear on the information concerning the bill. Sine this is an election year the House wanted to get every detail clear and the first time they voted I believe they were concerned about their own political futures. This is a time of crisis and they felt that they didn’t want to contribute to something that would make the economic conditions worse, and so far the Bail out bill has made it just that.
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Did everyone get together and put the same quote in their blog? lol no offense its just I've read a few blogs and that quote in the beginning is universal. Anyways, I do like your ideas on the bailout bill. I agree that the House was thinking more about the people than the Senate. Do you think that the Bailout is the main reason for the stock market drop? Or are there other factors involved?
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