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12 Cards in this Set
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12th amendment |
if majority is not made then congress will decide |
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20th amendment |
in emergency conditions |
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16th amendment |
congress w/right to impose income taxes |
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Order of leadership of the HOUSE |
1. Speaker 2. majority leader 3. majority whip 4. chair person of Repub. conf. 5. minority leader 6. minority whip 7.chairperson of Demo. caucus |
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Oder of leadership of the senate |
1 president 2 pres. pro tempore 3 majority floor leader 4 chairman of the Repub. conf. 5 minority floor leader 6 chair person of demo. caucus 7 majority whip 8 minority whip |
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functions/respons of congress |
power of purse law making 12th amendment emergency conditions to determine who will be acting pres. |
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Public Education |
2 way function congress basic function is to educate public listening to their constituency to find out problems "Horse trading"; conflict resolution constituent services |
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Committee system |
little legislatures study bills/ make recommendations take entire members of respective chambers recommendations subcommittees are smaller units |
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What are standing committees? |
generally believed to be the most influential |
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what are select committees? |
limit in scope and very short lived |
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what are joint committees? |
only category of congressional reps and senators sit at the same table |
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what is a conference committee? |
hammers out the diff between house and senate versions of legislation |
