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23 Cards in this Set
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Where is most of the work done in congress
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in committee
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Define Discharge petition
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immediately sends a bill to the floor that has been pigeon holed in committee
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define markup
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amending of a bill in committee
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What are three functions of committees
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1. handle legislation
2. investigate executive branch 3. Oversight of executive agencies |
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Give two reasons why it is important for a Congressmen to be assigned to the right committee?
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1. best serve your constituents
2.increase your chances of getting elected |
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Three areas in which committee chairman have substatianl power.
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1. Setting committee agenda
2. hiring staff 3.Membership on subcommitteees 4. Juridiction of subcommittees |
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When the person of the majority party with the most years of service on a committee is appointed chairman it means that chamber is using the ________ system
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seniority
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What is one reform of the House Rules that Newt Gingrich instituted during the 104th Congress in the early 90s
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imposed term limits of 6 years for committee chairman
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Give 3 advantages of the seniority system
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1.Experience
2. Expertize 3. Stability |
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Give 3 criticisms of the committee system before the Decentralization reforms fo the 1970s
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1. dominerring chairman
2. less senior members given little power and authority 3. committees did their work behind closed doors |
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Give me four reforms of the Committee system during the decentralization of the 1970s
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1.Chairman elected by secret ballots
2.hearing opened to the public 3. Chairman had to share power 4. More subcommittee chairs for junior members. |
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To what committee would a tax bill most likely be sent in the House.
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ways and means
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To what committee would a spending bill most likely be sent in the Senate.
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appropriations
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Which committee is sometimes referred to as a third house of congress
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Conference committee
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What are the four types of committees found in our legislature
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standing, select, joint and conference
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Give three reason Congress is inefficient
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1. Many power centers
2. Partisanship 3. Excessive electioneeering 4. a bill needs many victories only one loss 5. Excessive fundraising |
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Give three reason Congress is unrepresentative
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1. geographic interests at expense of national interest.
2.Gerrymandering 3. unelected staff |
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Give two reasons why people like their own represetative or senator but disapprove of congress as a whole.
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1.geographic interests at expense of national interest.
2.can blame the rest of congress and not themselves |
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Give three reason Congress is unethical
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1. numerous scandals
2.unethical fundraising 3. PAC influence 4. Logrolling 5. Contributions from Corporations not in members district 6. junkets |
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Give three reason Congress is irresponsible
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1. Diffusion of power can blame the rest of congress and not themselves
2. Diffusion of Power causes compromise and watering down of bills |
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What was the purpose of the Gram, Rudman, Hollings Act
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to make congress automatically pass a balanced budget each year
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Why wasn't the Gram, Rudman, Hollings Act a success
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they get around the law by extending deadlines and excluding certain types of spending.
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