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27 Cards in this Set
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Consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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Bicameral Legislature
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What do political scientists call districts that have close elections when the winner gets less than 55% of the vote?
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Marginal Districts
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What are districts where incumbents win by wide margins when the winner gets more than 55% of the vote?
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Safe Districts
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A senator who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking and rounds up members when important votes are to be taken and attempts to keep a nose count on how the voting on a controversial issue is likely to go
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Whip
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Holds the real leadership and is chosen by the senators of the majority party
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Majority Leader
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Chosen by the senators of the other party
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Minority Leader
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A vote in which a majority of voting Democrats oppose a majority of voting Republicans
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Party Polarization
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An association of members of congress created to advocate a political ideology or a regional or economic interest.
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Caucus
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More or less permanent bodies with specified legislative responsibilities.
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Standing Commitees
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What are groups appointed for a limited purpose and usually lasting for only a few congresses?
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Select Committees
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What are those on which both representatives and senators serve?
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Joint Committees
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What is made up of representatives and senators appointed to resolve differences in the Senate and House versions of the same piece of legislation before final passage?
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Conference Committee
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What is a bill pertaining to public affairs generally?
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Public Bill
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What is a bill pertaining to a certain individual such as a person pressing a financial claim against the government or seeking special permission to become a naturalized citizen?
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Private Bill
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What is a resolution passed by either the house or the senate?
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Simple Resolution
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What settles house keeping and procedural matters that affect both houses.
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Concurrent Resolution
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What requires the approval of both houses and the signature of the president and essentially the same as the law?
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Joint Resolution
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What process was used in 1977 to send president Carter's energy proposals to six different committees in both the House and the Senate?
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Multiple Referral
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What must be signed by 218 members if the petition is approved by a vote of the house and the bill comes before it directly?
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Discharge Petition
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What sets a strict time limit on debate and forbids the introduction of any amendments from the floor, or forbids amendments except those offered by the sponsoring committee?
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Closed Rule
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What permits amendments from the floor?
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Open Rule
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What permits some amendments but not others?
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Restrictive Rule
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What is a calling of the roll to find out whether the necessary minimum number of members are present?
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Quorum Call
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What requires that 16 senators sign a petition to move cloture?
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Cloture Rule
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What is one way to keep the Senate going during a a filibuster?
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Double-Tracking
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What allowed the government to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the United States?
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Elastic Clause
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What is the most important leadership position in the house?
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Speaker of the House
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