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| How many members in House? | 435
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| Congress' 3 roles | authroise fed gov. to do something: bill or appropriation (give $ to do what they authorize), oversight-look @ all fed. programs to see if done correctly, investigations- deals w/ nat. problems not realating to gov.
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| cloture votre | vote to end fillibuster
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| adhoc committee | temorary committee
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| closed rule | can't be changed
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| standing committee | meets all the time- backbone of congress, meets whenever Congress meets
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| jobs of standing committees | authorization, oversight, investigation
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| select committees | acting, ethics, indian affairs, intellegence (only meets when there is a problem)
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| minor committees | rules and administration, small business, veterans' affairs
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| major committees | finance, judiciary, agriculture
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| standing committees of the house | appropriations(determine amount of $ every fed. program gets on an annual basis), rules (sets conditions for bill on House floor), ways and means (all tax bills and social security bills)
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| any member may serve on how many major standing committees? | 1
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| How do you get on standing committees? | senate must be on 2-3 committees (no limit, that is the norm)
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| House can be on how many committees? | 2 (one major, one minor OR 2 minors)
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| caucus | group of people with the same interest
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| How many cauci in the house? | 4 (H. Rep. H. Dem. S. Rep. S. Dem.)
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| Who determines how many are representatives? | House
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| All committes must have | the same % of people
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| Where do REpublicans send their resume | to committees on committees
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| What is on the resume? | years in house (seniority),what is in your state that you need to cover
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| What does the whip do? | gives messcages from backbenchers to majorite leaver, says political agenda of the party
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| Who elects leadership positions? | caucus
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| What must House minority leavers do? | be a compromiser, look good on TV, be articulate
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| backbenchers | people with little seniority
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| What is the order of the gov. jobs? | speaker, majority leader, whip
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| What power does the gatekeeper have? | none
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| who is the president of the senate? | the v.p.
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| President pro tempore | the person who takes over gatekeepers job what they are not there
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| Overall have there been more minorities and females elected to the Senate or the House? | House
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| Since the 1970s which of the first 3 catergories listed is represented the most in the senate? | female
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| what occupation is represented the most in the house? | law
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| What occupation is represented the most in this senate? | law
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| During what decade, did the number of congrssional workers dramatically increase? | 70s
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| When did the staff of the House committees take a dramatic turn in the overall trend of this chart? | after republicans come in- 1995
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| What has been the overall trend in private bills going through congress? | decreasing
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| What generalization can you develop about the 104th congress about the number of bills they dealt with? | they wre less dealt with
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| What is the overall trend in party unity starting in the 1980s and going through 2000? | the amount of party unity is increasing
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| In which decate was it hardest to achieve a party vote of 90% of it's members? | 70s
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| Republicans did what to the number of committees | reduced them
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| OMS | office of management and budget
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| appropriations process | to get all gov. agenices to say how much $ they need for the year
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| president looks at what in appropriations process? | the total budget # to increase or decrease spending
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| budget resolution | total amount of $ you want to spend next year by the fed. gov.
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| How many parts is the budget divided into? | 13
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| reconciliation bill | if spending is more than taxes(revenue)
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| 96 budget battle | stops gov. because did not meet oct. 1st deadline
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| continuing resolution | short term spending blls, allows each week
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