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21 Cards in this Set
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House of Representatives - District
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7 year citizen - 25 years old - Inhabitor of your state - 435 members
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Senate - State
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9 years citizen - 30 years old - Inhabit of your state - 100 members
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How long is your term for House of Reps?
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2 year term/ No limit to how many terms
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How long is your term for the Senate?
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6 years/ No limite to how many terms.
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The Representation of Congress Function
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responsibility of a legislature to represent various interests in society.
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Consituency
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individuals who live within the geographical area represented by an elected official. More narrowly, the body of citizens eligile to vote for a particluar rep.
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Reason for Census
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see which state gets how many reps.
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Reapportionment
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the process, after the new population census, of redistributing the House seats so that the number of seats in each state more closely reflects the size of each states population
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Gerrymandering
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process by which one party draws district boundaries to its advantage
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Pork Barrel Projects
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laws whose tangible benefits are targeted at a particular legislators consituency
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Service Strategy
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use of person staff by members of Congress to perform services for constituents in order to gain their support in future elections.
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Incumbents vs. Challengers
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97% of Incumbents won.
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Logrolling
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the practice of trading one's vote with another member so that each what he or she most wants.
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The Lawmaking Function
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the authoirity to make the laws necessary to carry out the governments powers
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Party Caucus
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party organization within Congress consisiting of a separate and distinct group for members of each political party from which party leaders are selected and party interests defined.
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Party Leadership in Congress
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Speaker of the House (nancy pilosi)
Preseident of the Senate - Senate Majority Leader - Committee Chairs - Seniority Pricnicple |
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Committee Types
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Standing Committe (where changes are made)
Select Committees - Joint Committees - Conference Comittees. |
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The House Rules Committee
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decide which comittee the bill goes to, or decide to kill the bill (also schedule when it comes out)
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Congress's Policy Making Role
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a diversity of interestes are represented.
Congress cannot be highly responsive to diverse local interests and national interests at the same time. The legislature is responsive through elections to local interests, which makes it hard to respond to national interests. |
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The Oversight Function
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a supervisory activity of Congress that centers on it constitutional responsibility to see that the executive carries out the laws faithfully and spends appropriations properly.
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Oversight Function
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Congresional Hearings
the power to try the President Examination of the Bureaucracy. |
