American Politics And Issues: Chapter 5

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The founders intended *blank* to be the dominant branch of government.

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Congress

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To serve in the house

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You must be 25 years old and a citizen for at least 7 years

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To serve in the senate

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You must be 30 years old and a citizen for at least 9 years

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In the House and the Senate

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Members must reside in the state from which they are elected

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What does congress do

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Make Laws, Oversight, Representation, and Budget Making

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Article 1, Section 1, Clause 1

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Vesting Clause

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Thousands of bill are introduced, but most die

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In Committee

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Tax Measures

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House only, by Constitution. Only members may introduce a bill

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In 1921, the watchdog- is money being used properly?

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Government Accountability Office

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Problems with congressional oversight

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Committee members place constituent protection and the intrest of big campaign doors above rule enforcement.

Party in Power in congress much less likely to have good oversight if president is of the same party- don't want to make the party look bad

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Article 1 l, Section 9, Clause 7

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The Office of Management and Budget

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A nonpartisan agency

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The Congressional Budget Office

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A formal declaration by a legislative committee that a certain amount of funding may be available to an agency

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Authorizations

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The passage, by congress, of a spending bill specifying the amount of authorized funds that actually will be allocated for an agencys use

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Appropriations

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The practice in the united states of financing expenditures with funds that are currently available rather than borrowed

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Pay as you Go Rule

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Explicit constitutional powers.. Powers specifically delegated to the congress by the us constitution

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Enumerated Powers

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Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1-17

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1) Clause 1: Power to lay and collect taxes

2) Clause 2: To borrow money

3) Clause 5: To coin money; standard of weights and measures

4) Clause 6: punishment of counterfeiting

5) Clause 7: Established Post Offices

6) Clause 9: To continue Tribunals inferior to the supreme court

7)Clause 12: To raise and Support armies

8) Clause 13: To provide and maintain a navy

9) Clause 4: To establish a uniform rule of naturalization and uniform laws on subject of bankruptcies

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The necessairy and property clause

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the elastic clause, which is necessary and proper

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That is, powers not explicitly named in the constitution, but assumed to exist due to their being necessary to impliment

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Implied Powers

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One of the most important safegaurds of personal liberty within the American legal system

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The Writ of Habeus Corpus

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A legislative act which punsihed a person without a trial and prohibits that person from inheriting or bequeaving property

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No Bill of Atainer

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Any laws which makes a criminal which was not criminal when committed, or which inflicts a greater punishment then when the crime was committed.

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Ex Post Facto

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Clause 7

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Only congress- "power of the purse"

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Clause 8

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ensure that the U.s. would never develop a formal artistocracy