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