Congress : How It Works /
This program takes the viewer step by step through the various functions of Congress - in three parts: Opening Day details how Congress reorganizes itself every two years; Its Powers describes the enumerated and implied powers of Congress; and Impeachment Powers explains one of the checks and balanc...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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New York, N.Y. :
Films Media Group,
[2012], ©2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Congress: Opening Day (1:06)
- Exchanging the Gavel (2:16)
- Acceptance Speech: Incoming Speaker of the House (2:43)
- Taking the Oath of Office (1:30)
- Party Leaders Announced (1:28)
- The House Selects its New Clerk (1:34)
- Rules and Committees (1:44)
- House Ready for Business (0:54)
- The Senate (1:01)
- Credits: Congress: How It Works (0:20)
- Distrust for Executive Power (2:05)
- Expectation of Presidential Leadership (2:08)
- Power to Tax (2:46)
- General Welfare (2:21)
- Naturalization, Coining Money and Other Powers (2:12)
- Congress's Role in Military and Courts (1:03)
- Congress's Implied and Non-Legislative Powers (2:26)
- Investigative Oversight and Powers Denied Congress (2:00)
- Congress Yields Power (1:44)
- Credits: Congress: How It Works (0:21)
- Obscure Constitutional Provisions (2:05)
- Public Ignores Impeachment Power (1:53)
- Rarity of Impeachment (1:41)
- Impeachment and History (2:29)
- Politics of Johnson Impeachment (1:16)
- Setting Precedents (2:38)
- Independent Counsel and Impeachment Process (2:21)
- Process of Clinton's Senate Trial (2:58)
- Lessons of Clinton Impeachment (1:27)
- Wisdom of Impeachment Process (0:39)
- Credits: Congress: How It Works (0:13).