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40 Cards in this Set
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This contains the Senate and the House of Representatives. Another name for this is the Legislative Branch.
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Congress
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How long is a term of the House of Representatives?
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2 years
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How long is a term of the Senate?
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6 years
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How many members are there in the House and the Senate?
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House: 435
Senate: 100 |
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What are the qualifications of the House?
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25 yrs. old
Legal resident of the U.S. for 7 yrs. |
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What are the qualifications of the Senate?
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30 yrs. old
9 years of American citizenship |
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How long is a term of Congress?
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2 years
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This is the term for one who is already in office and is running for re-election.
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Incumbent
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This is the term for the rejection of a bill.
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Veto
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What is a bill?
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A proposed law
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This is the term for one whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent.
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Constituent
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What is a 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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How many Republicans and Democrats are in the House and the Senate?
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House: 231 Republicans, 201 Democrats
Senate: 55 Republicans, 44 Democrats |
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What are some stances of a Liberal?
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High taxes for the rich, more social programs for the poor, spend more on the environment, against school prayer, more restrictions on guns, pro choice
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What are some stances of a Conservative?
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Low taxes, less social programs for the poor, spend less on the environment, in favor of school prayer, less restrictions on guns, pro life
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This is the term for a special meeting in Congress to resolve a problem.
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Committee
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This is the term for a committee of the House and the Senate that usually acts as a study group.
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Joint Committee
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This word refers to a group within a standing committee that specialises in a subcategory of its standing commitee's responsibility
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Subcommittee
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This is a temporary committee formed to study one issue.
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Select Committee
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This term refers to a temprary joint commitee set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill.
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Conference Committee
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What is a rules committee?
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A legislative commitee responsible for expiditing the passage of bills.
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Who are the Senate majority and minority leaders?
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Majority: Bill Frist
Minority: Harry Reid |
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Who are the Senate majority and minority whips?
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Majority: Mitch McConnell
Minority: Richard D. |
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Who is the Speaker of the House?
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Dennis Hastert
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Who are the House majority and minority leaders?
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Majority: John Boehener
Minority: Nancy Pelosi |
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Who is the pro-temore of the Senate?
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Ted Stevens
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Where do most bills originate?
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Executive Branch
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What percentage of bills become laws?
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Less than 10%.
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What can the president do when he gets a bill
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Veto, pocket veto, approve, do nothing
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How can Congress override a veto?
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2/3 majority vote in both cambers of Congress.
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What are expressed powers and implied powers?
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Expressed powers are written.
Implied powers are...well...implied |
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Which case involved the concept of "one person, one vote" (each district must have equal population)
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Weberry vs. Sanders
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Who bases thir vote on the issue?
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Trustee
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Who bases their vote on their constituents?
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Delegate
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Who bases their vote on their party's views
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Partisan
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Who combines all of the concepts of trustees, delegates, and partisans?
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Politico
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What is the elastic clause?
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Gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers expressed in the other clauses
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What is the word describing a representative of an interest group?
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Lobbyist
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What is it called when a new district lines are drawn after reapportionment?
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Redistrict
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What word desccribes the practive of the political party with the majority in a state legislature drawing a district's boundaries to gain and advantage in an election?
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Gerrymander
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