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44 Cards in this Set
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What Article? Congress possesses the power off governance Power over money (taxation and spending) Foreign Policy |
Article I |
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Who can Congress delegate their powers to? |
The President |
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Who has the power of force (military) (coersion)? |
Congress, but! Can delegate that power to the President |
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Representation: Who are responsible to constituency? |
Delegates or Trustees |
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Who? Vote according to preferences of constituency (What they think the people want) |
Delegates |
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Who? Trusted to vote on what they think is best (What they think) |
Trustees |
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How often is the House elected? |
Every 2 years |
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How long is a Senate's term? What is the unique quality of this term? |
6 years total 1/3 of the Senate is elected every 2 years |
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What representation? Closer to the people Elected from proportional districts |
The House of Representatives |
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What representation? Elected from state (whole state) More deliberative More heterogeneous constituency (Not a cluster of one race or gender) |
The Senate |
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What is the cap on the number of voting members? |
435 Voting members NO MORE |
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What do these 3 factors effect and what are they a part of? Running for office Incumbency Congressional districts |
They effect who gets elected and what gets done in office The Electoral System |
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What 2 things do you need when running for office? |
Ambition, Money (Need a group of people to support you) |
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What 3 things go with Incumbency? |
Reputations Careers ambitions Committee work (hard to un-seat a representative, they have "what they've already done) |
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What 2 things go with Congressional districts? |
Way district lines are drawn Gerrymandering (drawing district lines to favor people in election) (Re-drawn every 10 years) |
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Definition: Building blocks for passing legislation |
Parties |
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What is a Party Conference or Caucus? When and how often is one held? |
When all members of each party in each house elect the House leaders Every 2 years at the beginning of a new Congress |
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Who are the 4 leaders of the House? |
Speaker of the House Majority Leader Minority Leaders Whips |
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Who are the 4 leaders of the Senate? |
President Pro Tempore Majority Leader Minority Leader Whips |
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What other position is the elected leader of the majority party automatically elected to? |
Speaker of the House |
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Who elects the Majority leader? |
The House majority conference (caucus) |
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Who elects the Minority leader? |
The House minority conference (caucus) |
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Who? Lines up party members on important votes and relay voting intentions to the leaders? |
Elected Whips |
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Definition: Division and specialization of labor, NOT a hierarchy |
Committee System |
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Definition: A permanent legislative committee that considers legislation within its designated subject area; the basic unit of deliberation in the House and the Senate (Organize proposals for legislation) |
Standing Committee |
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What is the job of the Committee on Committees? |
Determine committee membership (determines who is on each committee) |
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Definition: The priority or status ranking given to an individual on the basis of length of continuous service on a congressional committee |
Seniority within a committee |
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What is a congressional institution second in importance only to the committee system? |
The Staff System |
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What 3 things does the Staff System handle? |
Handle constituency requests Dealing with legislative details Overseeing the activities of administrative agencies |
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What are these examples of? Congressional Research Service General Accounting Office Congressional Budget Office |
Administrative Agencies |
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5 Basic steps on how a bill becomes a law |
Received by leadership Goes through various committees Chamber floor for debate Conference Committee Presidential Action |
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Which step of "How a bill becomes a law"? Bill either dies or go forward |
Goes through various committees |
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Which step of "How a bill becomes a law"? Either veto or sign it (Pocket veto- don't do anything with it) Ends once congressional session ends |
Presidential Action |
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How Congress "Decides": Examples of what type of influence? Legislator's Constituency Various Interest Groups |
External influences |
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How Congress "Decides": Examples of what type of influence? Party leadership Congressional colleagues The President |
Internal influences |
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What are 3 major things on how Congress "Decides"? |
Considers constituency Interest Groups Party Discipline |
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How Congress "Decides": What is important about Interest Groups? |
They have to greatest influence in committees, behind the scenes (early stages) |
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Definition: Votes in which each legislator's yes or no vote is recorded |
Roll-call Vote |
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Definition: A roll-call vote in the House or Senate in which at least 50% of the members of one party take a particular position and are opposed by at least 50% of the members of the other party |
Party Vote |
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Who contains these 5 resources? Committee Assignments Whips Access to Floor Logrolling (doing favors for someone) The Presidency |
Party Leaders |
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What are (3) Additional Congressional Powers? |
Oversight Advice and Consent Impeachment |
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What type of Congressional Power? The power to exercise control over activities of executive agencies (hearings and investigations) |
Oversight |
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What type of Congressional Power? Approval of appointments and treaties |
Advice and Consent |
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What type of Congressional Power? Charging government officials with wrongdoing, and trying them |
Impeachment |
