Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
GOPO Unit4 Congress
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Appropriation | Money that Congress has allocated to be spent. |
| Appropriations Committee | Congressional committee that deals with federal spending |
| Bureaucracy | Departments, agencies, bureas, and commissions in the executive branch of government. |
| Casework | Personal work done by a member of Congress for his constituents. |
| Closed Rule | Rules Committee rule that bans amendments to a bill |
| Cloture | Sentate motion to end a filibuster that requires a 3/5 vote |
| Conference Committee | Works out a compromise between differing House and Senate versions of a bill |
| Constituents | The people who are represented by elected officers |
| Discharge Petition | A motion to force a bill to the House floor that has been bottled up in committee |
| Filibuster | Nonstop Senate debate that prevents a bil from coming to a vote |
| Finance Committee | Senate Committee that handles tax bills |
| Franking Privilege | Allows members of Congress to send mail postage free |
| Gerrymandering | Redrawing district lines to favor one party at the expense of the other |
| Hold | Senate maneuver that allows a Senator to stop or delay consideration of a bill or presidential appointment |
| Impeachment | House action that formally charges an official with wrongdoing. Conviction requires 2/3 vote from the Senate |
| Legislative Veto | Process in which Congress overturned rules and regulations proposed by executive branch agencies. Struck down in 1983. |
| Line Item Veto | Power of most governors (and President Clinton fro only a few years) to delete or reduce funding in a bill on a line by line basis |
| Logrolling | When two members of Congress agree to vote for each other’s bill |
| Mark Up | Committee action to amend a proposed bill |
| Merit System | System of hiring federal workers based upon competitive exams |
| Open rule | House Rules Committee rule that allows amendments to a bill |
| Pocket Veto | Presidential killing of a bill by inaction after Congress adjourns |
| Political Appointees | Those who have received presidential appointments to office. Contrast with Civil Service employees, who recieve federal jobs by competitive exams. |
| Pork Barrel | Wasteful congressional spending, e.g. funding for a Lawrence Walk museum in North Dakota |
| Quorum | Minimum number of members needed for the House or Senate to meet |
| Reapportionment | Reallocation of House seats to the states on the basis of changes in state populations, as determined by the census |
| Redistricting | Redrawing of congressional district boundaries by the party in power of the state legislature |
| Red Tape | Complex rules and procedures required by bureauctatic agencies |
| Rider | Amendment to a bill that has little to do with that bill. (aka nongermane amendment) |
| Rules Committee | The “traffic cop” of the House that sets teh legislative calendar and issues rules for debate on a bill |
| Senatorial Complex | Tradition in which the President consults with the senators within a state in which an appointment is to be made |
| Seniority System | Tradition in which the Senator from the majority party with the most years of service on a committee becomes the chairman of that committee |
| Spoils System | see Patronage |
| Standing Committee | The permanent congressional committees that handle legislation |
| Sunset laws | Laws that automatically expire after a given time |
| Ways and Means Committee | House committee that handles the tax bills |
| Whistleblower | An employee who exposes unethical or illegal conduct within the federal government or one of its contractors |
Created by:
100001591095713
Popular American Government sets