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17 Cards in this Set
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Incumbents
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those already holding office. In congressional elections, incumbents usually win
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casework
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activities of members of congress that help constituents as individuals
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pork barrel
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the mighty list of federal projects grants and contracts available to cities, businesses, colleges, and institutions available in a congressional district
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Bicameral legislature
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a legislature divided into two houses.
House rules committee: an institutions unique to the house of represenatives that reviews all bills coming from a house committee before they go to the gull house |
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Filibuster
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a strategy unique to the senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation try to talk it to death.
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Speaker of the house
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an office mandated by the constitution
Majority leader: the principal partisan ally of the speaker of the house or the party’s manager in the senate |
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Whips
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party leaders who ork with the majority leader of minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers
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Minority leader
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the principal leader of the minority party in the house of represenatives
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Standing committees
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separate subject matter committees in each house of congress that handle bills in different policy areas
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Joint committees
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congressional committees on a few subject matter areas with mebership drawn from both houses
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Conference committees
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congressional committees formed when the senate and the house pass a particular bill in different forms
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Select committees
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congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation
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Legislative oversight
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congress monitoring of the bureaucracy and its administration of policy, performed mainly through hearings
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Committee chairs
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the most important influence of the congressional agenda
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Seniority system
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a simple rule for picking committee chairs
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Caucus
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a group of members of congress sharing some interest of characteristics
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Bill
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a proposed law, drafted in legal language
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