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33 Cards in this Set
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What is a bicameral legislature? What does it allowed? |
Two houses in the government, allows one to vote with population and the other to be equal |
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How long is a term in Congress? |
Two years |
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What is a session of Congress? |
A period of time that during which, every year, congress assembles and conducts business |
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What is a special session of Congress and why is it rarely called? |
Only the president can call a special session to deal with an emergency its rarely called because its rarely needed |
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How many congressional districts are there? Which districts represent corvallis? |
5 congressional districts, districts four and five |
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Who are the reps in oregon and what districts do they represent? |
1. Susan Bonamici 2. Greg Walden 3. Earl Blumenauer 4. Peter Defazio 5. Kurt Schrader |
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How are the seats in the house apportion among the states? When are the states reapportioned? |
House is apportioned on population, they are reappointed every 10 years |
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What is gerrymandering? |
When political parties draw district lines to their parties advantage |
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Who are Oregon's senators? |
Ron Wyden and Jeff Murkley |
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Why do members of the Senate serve longer than members of the House? |
To have a higher degree of job security |
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Why are Senators elected at-large rather than by District like the house? |
So that Senators can look at big picture ideas and issues |
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How is the Senate a continuous body? |
It is continuous body because all of its seats are never up for election at the same time |
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What does the legislature do? |
Make and discuss laws |
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How does a member of Congress act as a trustee, delicate, partisan or politico? |
Trustee: each question based on merits Delegates: agents of those who elected them Partisans: lawmakers who owe their first Alliance to their political party Politicos: attempt to combine all of the above |
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What is an expressed, implied, and inherent power? |
Expressed: written out in the Constitution Implied: reasonably implied Inherent: country |
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What is the purpose of giving Congress the power to tax? |
For funding the public need |
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How is the congressional power to tax Limited? |
Congress must tax for public purposes, cannot tax exports, must tax states based on population |
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Describe the borrowing power of congress |
Congress can borrow any amount of money without restrictions for the purpose of the money |
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What is the difference between budget deficit and national debt? |
Budget deficit is annual spending based on annual income national debt is each Year's deficit added together plus interest |
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What is necessary and proper clause? |
To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper |
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What is the president pro tempore? |
The president of the Senate when the vice president isn't there |
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What is a standing committee in what are those committee's functions? |
They are permanent panel that sifts through bills |
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What is a select committee and what does it do? |
A select committee gathers for a special purpose such as investigating a current |
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What is the purpose of a conference committee? |
The purpose of a conference committee is to compromise bills that both houses will accept |
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What can a committee do when reviewing the bill? |
They can 1. Send back the bill with no changes 2. Make changes and send it back or 3. Table the bill in other words they do nothing |
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What is a filibuster? What is a cloture? |
A filibuster is selling the Senate to derail a bill. It closure is a process to end a filibuster. |
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What can the president do when a bill comes to his desk? |
He can veto, pocket veto, sign the bill or allow the bill to become a law without signing |
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How can Congress override a presidential veto? |
There must be a two-thirds vote in both the house and the Senate |
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What are the qualifications for the House? |
25 yrs, 7yrs citizen, in state residence |
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Qualifications for Senate |
30yrs, 8yrs citizen, in state resident |
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How many members in the house and Senate? |
House- 435 Senate- 100 |
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How long is a term for a house and a Senate? |
2 years and 6 years (no limit) |
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Who are the non voting delegates? |
Washington DC, Samoa, marina islands, virgin islands, Puerto Rico, Guam |
