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44 Cards in this Set
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Consituents |
Each member of Congress represents the pople of a particular geographic are. This is the people who live in this area |
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Typical Member of Congress |
Old rich white men |
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Apportionment |
Distribution of house seats among the states |
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Appropriation |
a bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose |
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Impeachment |
power to charge officials in the executive or judicial branches with wrong doing and bring them to trial |
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Oversight Review |
Check on executive branch and making sure it is following the laws that congress has passed |
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Necessary and Proper Clause |
states that national legislature has the power to make all laws which shall be "necessary and proper" |
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Elastic Clause |
Nickname for necessary and proper clause |
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Commerce Clause |
States that congress has the power to regulate commerce. Gibbons vs. Odgen |
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Gibbons vs. Odgen |
Steamship monopoly court case that introduced the commerce clause |
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Naturalization Power |
Power for an immigrant to this country to become a citizen |
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Subpeonas |
Legal documents that require a person to testify in a certain manner |
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Bill of Attainder |
law that punishes somebody without trial |
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Writ of Habeas Corpus |
"Produce the body" forces police to present a person into court to face charges |
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Ex post facto law |
"from after the action" criminzalize an action that took place in the past and that were legal at that time |
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Reapportionment |
Redistribution of house seats amonge the states |
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GerryMandering |
Drawing district boundaries for a political advantage Wesburry vs. Sanders |
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Wesburry vs. Sanders |
Court case that made Gerrymandering illegal |
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Speaker of the House |
elected by its members, comes from the the majority pary |
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John Boehner |
Speaker of the house |
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Nancy Pelosi |
Fist woman speaker in U.S. history |
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Floor leader |
elected to help manage the actions and strategy of the pary in the house |
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whips |
encourage party members to vote in favor of what the party wants |
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Party Caucus |
Meeting of all the house members from a particualar pary |
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Standing committees |
Permanent committees that adress the major areas in which most proposed laws fall, like ag |
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Joint Committtees |
Address broad issues that affect both chambers |
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President of Senate |
Vice president (Joe Biden) |
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President Pro temporer |
person who takes the place in the absence of the VP |
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Senate Majority Lader |
Most powerful position that serves as a spokesperson and main strategist for the majority party |
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Filibuster |
opponents wont stop talking in an effort to prevent the measure from being voted on |
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Cloture |
End to debate |
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Rider |
Provision that bears little relationship to the main topic |
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Joint Resolution |
Same procedures as a bill, has the force of law if it is passed by both housese of congress and is signed by pres |
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Concurrent resolution |
Bouth houses of congress address matters that affect the operation of both chambers or express an opinion |
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Discharge |
Petition forcing bill out of comiitee |
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Committee of a whole |
All house members become members of a single committe |
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Quorum |
Number needed to legally conduct business (100) |
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Roll-call vote |
Vote where each member is required to publicly state his or her vote |
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Conference Committee |
Resolves differences between the house and senate versions |
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Pocket veto |
Pres vetos bill but congress adjourns or stays in session after 10 days |
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Qualifications for U.S. House Rep |
25 years, 7 years citizenship, member of the state they represent |
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Qualifications for Senate |
30 years, 9 years citizenship, member of the state they represent |
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4 choices pres has when getting a bill |
Take no action. If after 10 days congress is in session it becomes a bill Veto. Veto the bill sending a message as to why it wont work Pocket veto. 10 days becomes a bill or doesnt Sign the bill making it a law |
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Six Step Process for bill becoming a law |
Inroduction of Legislation Committee Action Floor Action Conference Committee Presidents decision Bill becomes law |
