Government Ch 7

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bills dealing with individual people or places

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private bills

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bills dealing with general matters

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public bills

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affects one house in congress

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resolution

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unrelated provisions attached to a bill

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riders

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conference committee members

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conferees

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this mechanism is used to propose constitutional amendments

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joint resolutions

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this item requires both houses, but no law is neeeded

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concurrent solution

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these meetings are sessions at which a committee listens to a testimony

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hearings

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not a method of senatorial voting

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secret ballot

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allows the president to kill a bll during the last 10 days Congress is in session by refusing to act on it

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pocket-veto

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approval of gov't spending

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appropriation

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sets up a federal program

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authorization bill

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money paid by individuals and bussinesses

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taxes

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does most of the work

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committees

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social programs that continue

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entitlements

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the national gov't gets most of its spending money from?

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taxes

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this mechanism forbids members to offer any amendemnts to a bill from the floor

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closed rule

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this is needed for the department of defense to spend money

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congressional approval

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because these social programs continue from one year to the next they are called...

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entitlements

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the gov't is legally committed to spnding for uncontrollables because of...

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previous legislation

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represents citizens of their district

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lawmakers

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party voting is strong on these

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farm issues

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tend to favor social welfare issues

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democrats

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tend to favor business

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republicans

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representatives of interest groups

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lobbyists

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on issues that affect their constituents' daily lives most members of congress vote according to

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the needs of their districts

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this is one of the most important influences on a lawmaker's voting behavior

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political party identification

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the major reason lawmakers vote along party lines is that they

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have similar beliefs about a public party

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this stongly influenced the vote for military action in the Persian Gulf in congress

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growing public support

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these special-interest groups influence lawmakers to vote in favor of their programs

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political action committees

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helping constituents with problems

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casework

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a kind of casework

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help with bureaucracy

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appalachian regional commission

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pork barrel legislation

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lawmakers agreements to support eachothers bills

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logrolling

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source of money and jobs

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federal grants and contracts

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although many voters say they want less government this keeps government large

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voters request for help

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this is NOT a way lawmakers provide services for their constitients

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fixing speeding tickets

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passing laws to appropriate money for local and federal projects is called

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pork barrel legislation

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local projects such as post offices, dams, military bases, and hospitals are called

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public works bills

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federal grants and contracts are awarded by

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agencies of the executive branch