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Has 163 members |
Missouri House
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Has 34 members
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Missouri senate
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Term of two years
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Missouri house term
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Term of 4 years
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Missouri Senate term |
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New Hampshire
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Largest house (400)
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US Term limits v. Thornton ruled that
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states cannot impose term limits on members of congress
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Pros of term limits
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1. Allows more people to serve, allows more diversity 2. Makes elected officials more accountable 3. Allows people to overcome incumbency advantages |
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Cons of term limits
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1. people cant vote for who they want 2. Reduces experienced leadership 3. gives power to interest groups and administrative agencies |
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Success rate of law making
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4.2%
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1. Introduction 2. committee review 3. Floor Debate 4. Presidential approval |
How a bill becomes a law |
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90%
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Percent of bills that go into a committee and do not come back out
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10 days |
president has __ days to take action before the bill becomes a law
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Regan
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"You can have an orange and an apple go into a conference committee and have it come out a pear"
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Woodrow Wilson
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"Congress in session is congress in exhibition, congress in committee rooms is congress at work"
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Standing, select, joint, conference
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types of committees |
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Paul Ryan
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Speaker of the house
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Keving McCarthy
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minority
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Nancy Pelosi
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First female speaker of the house
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Joe Biden
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Vice President
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Orin Hatch
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President pro tempore
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Mitch McConne;
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majority senate
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Harry Reid
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minority senate
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Bernie Sanders and Angus King
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independents in the Senate |
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35
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How old to be the president
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14 years
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Lived in us for at least how many years to be president
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Ted Cruse
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Said to not be a natural born citizen
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44 presidencies 43 occupants
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how many presidencies and occupants
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Groover Clevelan
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only president to serve in non-consistent terms |
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Harry Truman |
last president without college education
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Teddy Roosevelt
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"I wish I had a war" |
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Congress
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has the power to declare war
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1. Unity 2. Duration 3. Adequate provision for support 4. Constitutional grant of powers |
Hamilton's unitary executive
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Square Deal
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Teddy Roosevelt
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New Deal
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Executive office of the president
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Mechanism to support presidents action
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Fire side chats: used the radio, gave addresses when important
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FDR's mass communictaion
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1. Chief of State 2. Chief Executive 3. Commander in Chief 4. Chief Legislator 5. Chief Diplomat |
Hat theory |
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Throw out first pitch during World Series
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Chief of State will |
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5 |
number of declared wars
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Franklin Roosevelt
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cast morst vetoes historically
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NO
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is there a line-item veto a federal level
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Yes
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does Missouri allow governor to line-item veto
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Lincoln
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"In this age in this country public sentiment is everything we are after in a democracy, with it nothing can fail, without it nothing can succeed"
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Rally effects
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high approval rates in time of crisis, ending of wars
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