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32 Cards in this Set
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Congress' intrusive power is ____ then ____
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tax, war
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___ Bills come from house
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revenue
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House members care more about ___ interest
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local
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Senators care more about ___ interest
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state, national
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the 17th amend.
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people vote for senators
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Congress is not fully represenitive bc
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not a sociological microcosm of american society
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seats are apointed every __ years
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10
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since 1960, movement from ___ to ___ states
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midwest-north to sun belt
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Under S.C. "one person one vote" this happened
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districts cannot be malapoortioned
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redistricting process involves _____
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maneurvering for part advantage
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Most of congress staff is
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constitency service
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pork
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constituenvy service
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malling
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franking, just need signature, no stamps
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___ of incumbents are re elected
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90
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leader of majority party is elected
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speaker of the house
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party leader controls the ___ and appoints ____
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calender, agenda and comimitte membership (reflects party membership)
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Committe system provides ____ and controls
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divison of labor and congressional policy makeup
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Power is based on ___
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seniority. 6 years of committee.
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Five steps of a bill becoing a law
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1) indroduced by congressmen. 2) refered to committee (subcommittee) 3) Committee Reports favorably 4) House rules committee 5) House floor
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House Rules Committee
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. gatekeeper. sets rules for debate on each bill for the house, length of times, condition for ammendments
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Circular Assistants
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few key assistants
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Pyramid Structure
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assistants report to cheif of staff
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cluster
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theow together (ad hoc) forces and advisors have access to Pres.
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To b pres. 3 reasons
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1) natural born 2) 35 3) lives in US for 14 years
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A bill not signed or vetoes in 10 days becomes laws if
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congress might b there
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25th amed. says
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waht happens if the president. dies, or sick
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impeachment
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indictment that sets charges against an official
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Congress has these 4 checks on the pres
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1) declares war 2) fund other countries 3) fund war 4) regulatecommerice 5) approve ambassadors
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Primary function for pres is
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forigen affairs
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OMB advises on the budget, only __ is controlleble to be change
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15
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these two councils advise
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council of econimic affairs and the dept of treasury
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the ___ has the most power
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Federal Reserve Bank, every 12 years
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