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71 Cards in this Set
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At-large
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As a whole; for example, statewide.
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Bicameral Legislature
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A two-chamber legislature.
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Bill
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A proposed law.
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Caseworker
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A member of a lawmaker’s personal staff who handles requests for help from constituents.
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Censure
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A vote of formal disapproval of a member’s actions.
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Census
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A population count.
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Cloture
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A procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate.
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Committee Staff
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The people who work for House and Senate committees.
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Conference Committee
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A temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill.
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Constituent
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A person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent.
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Filibuster
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A method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote.
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Gerrymander
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To draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections.
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Incumbent
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Elected official that is already in office.
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Joint Committee
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A committee of the House and the Senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the House and the Senate.
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Majority Leader
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The Speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the House.
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Quorum
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The minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action.
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Reapportionment
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The process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census.
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Redistrict
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To set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete.
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Select Committee
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A temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the Senate or the House.
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Seniority System
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A system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee.
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Standing Committee
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A permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues.
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Subcommittee
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A group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility.
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Describe a typical Congressman?
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-Typically male, white married, wealthy, & middle age
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House of Reps: term, qualifications, total size, minimum number a state allowed, know Nebraska reps and their district
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-2 years
-25 years old, be a U.S. citizen 7 years, & legal resident of what district your in -435 members -One -John Fortenberry is our district rep -Lee Terry -Adrian Smith |
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1. Qualifications for Senate?
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30 years old.
United States citizen for at least 9 years. Be a legal resident of the state they represent. -6 year term -two for each state -100 members |
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Identify the most powerful committee in the House of Representatives.
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Ways and Means
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Committees
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Needed to manage the thousands of bills proposed.
Include standing, select, joint, and conference committees. |
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Senate
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Presiding officer: Vice president
Qualifications: 30 yrs. old, 9 yr. U.S. citizen, legal resident of state where elected. Term of Office: 6 years. Number of members: 100-two from each state. |
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House of Representatives
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Presiding officer: Speaker of the House
Qualifications: 25 yrs. old, 7 yr. U.S. citizen, legal resident of the state where elected. Term of Office: 2 years. Number of members: 435 voting representatives. |
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CHAPTER 6
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CHAPTER 6
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Revenue Bill
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a law proposed to raise money
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Appropriations Bill
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a proposed law to authorize spending money
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Interstate Commerce
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trade among the states
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Impeachment
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a formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official
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Subpoena
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a legal order that a person appear or produce requested documents
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Perjury
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lying under oath
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Contempt
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willful obstruction of justice
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Immunity
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freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to illegal acts
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Legislative Oversight
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a continuing review by congress of how effectively the executive branch carries out the laws congress passes
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Impoundment
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the president's refusal to spend money congress has voted to fund a program
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Pres. Pro tempore
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the senate member, elected by the senate, who stands in as president of the senate in the absence of the vice president
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Franking privilege
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sending mail free
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Adjourn
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dismiss a meeting
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contiguous
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sharing a common border; touching
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census
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a population count
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Understand: Census role in reapportionment and then how Redistricting takes place also gerrymandering
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the census role in reapportionment is determined on how the 435 seats will be divided among 50 states due to new numbers of representatives. Redistricting takes place in gerrymandering b/c after doing a census they will have to reapportion and thats were gerrymandering comes in play when new lines are drawn for the districts.
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Nebraska senators
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Deb Fischer
Mike Johanns |
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Other things about houses of Congress: leaders (and names), quorum number, privileges, how to be disciplined if do something wrong
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-Speaker of House- John Bainer Head of Senate- Joe Biden
Quorum- 435; 218 100; 51 -If you are speeding to get to congress meeting, get pulled over, you are free -Censure- formal disapproval & send free mail, get office space and office space, free insurance |
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Why is it easier for an incumbent to win reelection?
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-They have experience
-B/c constituents are familiar with their name -Avenue |
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Role of each type of committee: Standing, joint, conference, select
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Standing- (permanent) Appointment to committee is determined by Political Party and Experience
Joint- (temporary/permanent)-Both houses of Congress -Study an issue Conference- (temporary) -Workout the differences for both houses on a bill *Health Care Law (House) (Senate) Select-( temporary) -Studies one topic or issue→9/11 or baseball |
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What are the presigious committees in each house?
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Ways and Means
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Why do Congressmen seek certain committee assignments
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-Helps their state, helps them, gives them a chance to share what their knowledge is
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What role does political party play in Congress?
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If you are the same party as the president you will get invited to white house. Everything is divided upon party lines.
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What role does seniority play in Congress?
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You been there a long time, you get some power
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Be able to distinguish between the various personal staff of Congressman and committee staff
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1) Administrative assistant (AA)
-Runs office, coordinates schedule, & communicates with important people in home state 2) Legislative Assistant (LA) -Research bills, draft bills, write speeches for the congressman, attend committee & congressional sessions if the congressman cannot get there 3) Caseworker -Help solve problems/issues constituents Committee Staff -Research and write legislation -Hearings→ schedule witnesses |
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What role do support agencies give?
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-provides research
-provides printing -provides a budget -provides congress spending |
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How does the Library of Congress help Congressmen?
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Provide research for congressmen
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What does GPO do?
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Prints for congress
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What is in the Congressional Record?
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Daily record of all the bills introduced
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What does the CBO do?
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-President makes budget
CBO will look it over and make recommendations to the congress |
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What does the GAO do
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nations watch dog
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Explain what the Legislative Reorganization Act did?
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This act re-identified the duties of the standing committee and what it is suppose to be doing
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How did the War Powers Act limit presidential action?
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-limits presidents power to declare war..
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Which party controls Senate? House of Rep? Why is this important
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Senate: Democrats – Representatives: Republicans
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Which house of Congress do tax bills (revenue bills) originate
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house
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Which legislative power provides for our nation’s growth
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naturalization
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What are the types of bankruptcy that we discussed?
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7(personal) , 11, 13
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What is the difference between a patent, trademark, and copyright?
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-patent(inventions) copyright(music, books, or artistic) Trademark (logo)
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Be familiar with the things that cause conflict between Congress and the President?
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-timetables and constituencies
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Know who these people are: Strom Thurmond(longest filibuster), Joseph McCarthy(leader of comuunist), Andrew Johnson(first president to be impeached), Bill Clinton(impeached), John Boehner(speaker of house)
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Why do the different constituencies of the president and Congress cause conflict?
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They cause conflict b/c the President promotes policies that best interest the whole nation to where individual states elect members of congress. B/c States represent much narrower interests the congress often have ideas very different then the president.
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