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20 Cards in this Set
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The president's constitutional power of ____ allows him/her to reject acts of Congress. |
VETO |
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Congress can ________ a veto with a 2/3 vote of each house. |
OVERRIDE |
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A __________ can occur only in the Senate. |
filibuster |
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To balance the ability of the legislature to pass laws unilaterally, the president is given this right as part of the system of _______ and balances. |
checks |
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Part of the system of checks and balances, this power ensures that, given enough votes, even the President cannot ______________ reject acts of congress. |
unilaterally |
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Because of its more flexible rules, a filibuster is possible only in the Senate. A filibuster is a tactic used to ______ legislation. |
delay |
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The _________ officer of the House of Representatives is the Speaker. |
presiding |
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The Speaker is the House presiding officer. Because he is elected by the full House, he is normally a member of the _________ party. |
majority |
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The House Rules Committee decides the _____ in which House bills come up for vote. |
order |
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The House Rules Committee sets rules that may help or hinder a piece of legislation, including rules on when a vote should occur, the length of debate on a bill, and whether there can be ___________ to the bill. |
amendments |
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________ are informed groups of Senators or Representatives who share opinions, interests, or backgrounds. |
Caucuses |
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Caucuses are also known as Legislative Service Organizations. Caucuses are groups of Senators of Representatives who try to advance particular ________ through their association. |
agendas |
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The president can veto a bill by employing a technique known as a pocket veto, where the president takes __ action with regard to the bill when the Congress has adjourned during the 10-day period after a bill has been sent to the President to be signed. |
No |
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A pocket veto enables the president to _______ to sign a bill into law without the political ramifications of an explicit veto. The pocket veto cannot be overridden by Congress since the bill effectively "expires" due to lack of Presidential action and Congressional presence. |
refuse |
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The House of Representatives consists of how many members total? ___ |
435 |
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The House consists of 435 representatives. At one time, the number was based on population, but the number was fixed at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929. Note that the number of representatives each state has is still determined by population, but the total number has been fixed at 435. As population shifts, those 435 seats are _______________ among the states. No matter how small the state, it gets a minimum of 1 seat; for example, Alaska and Delaware have 1 Representative each, as opposed to California, which had 52 as of the year 2000. |
redistributed |
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The costs associated with social welfare programs such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (welfare), Social Security, and Medicare are known as ____________. |
entitlements |
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The costs associated with such welfare programs are known as entitlements. They make up more than ______ percent of the national budget. |
fifty |
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If a president is impeached by the House, the charges against him are called the articles of ___________. |
impeachment |
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In an impeachment, the Senate acts as a ______ and tries the president for the offenses he is accused of. |
court |
