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40 Cards in this Set
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John Boehner |
Speaker of u.s House from Ohio's 8th congressional district Member of Republican Party |
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Joe Biden |
Vice president since 2009 Member of democratic party |
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Mark Kirk |
Junior U.S. Senator from Illinois since 2010 Member of Republican Party |
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Dick Durbin |
Senior U.S. Senator from Illinois since 1997 Democratic Party |
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Bill Foster |
U.S. Senator from Utah President pro temporary of U.S. Senate |
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How does a bill become a law? |
1. Introduction 2/3: committees 4: full committes 5. Rules committee 6. Consideration on the floor - debating & voting 7. Conference committee 8. The president |
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Reapportionment |
Redistribute the seats every 10 years after the census |
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Naperville/Aurora |
City Council |
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State of Illinois |
General assembly |
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USA |
Congress |
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Apportioned |
Seats are distributed by Congress based on population |
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Filibuster |
Actions as prolonged speech that obtructs progress in legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures |
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Rules committee |
Responsible of expediting the passage of bills |
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Standing committee |
Permanent committee that meets regularly |
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Censure |
Formal disapproval |
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Rider/pork barrels |
Government spending for localized projects secured or primarily to bring $$ to reps district |
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What does congress do? |
○Shares power with President & Supreme Court ○legislative->lawmaking ○2 parts-->Senate & House |
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3 functions of legislative |
1. Make laws 2. Rep function(people) 3. Over see other items |
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Senate: qualifications |
■30 years old ■at least 9 years citizenship ■must be legal resident of state |
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House: qualifications |
■25 years old ■at least 7 years citizenship ■must be legal resident of state |
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Expressed powers |
●to declare war ●to coin $$ ●to control postal office |
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Implied powers "Elastic clause" |
●to pass all laws necessary ●proper to carry out laws |
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Co current Powers "Eminent Domand" |
●to tax ●to borrow $$ |
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Reserved powers "10th Amendment" |
●public education ●to establish traffic laws ●to establish corporations |
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Gerrymandering |
Manipulate the boundaries of an electoral constituency so as to favor one party or class |
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Reappointment |
Process of redividing the 435 seats of House Happens every 10 years |
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What are the legislative powers? |
○vested in Congress ○only party of governemnt that can make new laws or change existing laws |
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State |
Nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government |
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Federal |
Relating to a system of governemnt in several states form a unity but remain independent in internal affairs |
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Majority party control |
Politico party having electoral strength |
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Concurrent |
Of 2 or more prison sentences to be served at the same time |
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Oversight |
Unintentional failure to notice or do something |
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Debt |
Feeling of gratitude of a service or favor Something that is owed or due |
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Deficit |
Excess of expenditure or liabilities over income or assets in a given period |
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Entitlements |
Amount to which a person has a right |
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Social security |
Federal insurance program that provides benefits to retired people & who are unemployed or disabled |
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What are the influences on a lawmaker? |
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What are the jobs in Congress? |
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Who has seniority? |
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What is the budget? |
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