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What are the two important evolutionary powers?
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1) Oversight of the budget
2) Investigation |
1) Congress reviews and restricts the annual budget prepared by the executive branch. After the law's being passed, Congress must pass an authorization bill. 2) Congress investigates both issues, the warrant study and the wrong doings by public officials.
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What are some powers given to the House of Representatives by the Constitution?
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1) Revenue bills
2) Impeachment power |
1) Must originate in the House of Representatives.
2) Authority to charge the president, vice precident, and other 'civil officers' with 'high crimes and misdemeanors.' |
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What are some exclusive powers given to the Senate?
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1) Major presidential appointments
2) Treaties with other nations |
1) Confirmed by the Senate. They offer "advice and consent" to the president.
2) Must be approved by 2/3 vote of the Senate. |
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What are the four types of committees?
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1)Standing
2)Select 3)Joint 4)Conference |
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What do standing committees do and how many are there?
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They handle bills in different policy areas, thus shaping legistation at a very critical point. Senate: 16 House: 19
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What do select committees do?
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They are formed for specific purposes and are usually temporary, even though they can become standing committees..
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What are joint committees?
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They consist of members from both the House and Senate. They are set up to cunduct business between the houses and to help focus public attention on major issues.
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Why are conference committees formed?
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Consist of members from both the House and Senate, but they are formed exclusively to hammer out differences between House and Senate versions of similar bills.
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Waht is to pigeonholed a bill?
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To forget the bil, for weeks or forever, and never make it out of committee.
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What are the Committee Chairmen?
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The most important shapers of the committee agenda.
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What key does the Rules Committee plays in the House of Representatives and who is it controlled by?
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They play a key role in shaping legistation because it sets very impotant rules for debate when the bill is presented to the House after it leaves the committee. Its controlled by the Speaker.
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What is a closed rule?
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It sets strict time limits on debates and forbids amendments from the floor< except those from the presenting committee.
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Members not on the committee have little choise but to vote for or against the bill as it is.
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What is an Open Rule?
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It permits amendments and often has less strict time limits, allowing for input from other members.
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What is the informal network of 'caucuses' and how many are there?
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It groups members of Congress sharing the same interest or points of view. Currently, more than 70 groups.
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Who is more likely to be in Congress?
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Well educated white males, with an upper income background.
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What two probelms emerges from single districting?
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1)Malapportionment
2)Gerrymandering |
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Why has Congress been criticized for inefficiency?
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Because many people believe they slow the legislative process.
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Why is Congress sometimes criticized?
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Do to inefficiency, term-limit debates, and pork-barrel legislation/logrolling.
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When does logrolling occurs?
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When a member of Congress supports another member's pet project in return for support for his or her own project.
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This "cooperation" occurs in congress in the form of "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours."
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How does a bill get introduced?
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It must be introduced in the House and Senate by a member of that body. House bills bear the prefix "H.R.", and Senate bills begin with the prefix "S." If a bill does not pass by both houses and signed by the president within the life of onc Congress, it is dead and must by presidented again during the next Congress.
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What are the types of resolutions passed by Congress?
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1)Simple resolution
2)Concurrent resolution 3)Joint resolution |
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What is a simple resolution?
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Is passed by either the House or the Senate, and usually establishes rules, regulations, or practices that do not have the force of law.
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What is a concurrent resolution?
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It comes from both houses, and often settles housekeeping and procedural matters that affect both houses.
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What is a joint resolution?
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It requires the approval of both houses and the signature of the president, and is essentially the same as a law.
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According to what procedures do House members have to go through to vote?
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1)teller vote
2)voice vote 3)division vote 4)roll call vote 5)electronic vote |
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