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Yates Chp 6/7
Yates 6/7 Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Legal protection | immunity |
| influences on members of Congress | personal beliefs, constituent interests, party loyalty, interest groups, President |
| time limit on debate | cloture |
| example of checks and balances | legislative oversight |
| reasons for congressional investigations | ethics violations, agency tactics, illegal activities |
| Congress checking on how executive is administering the law | legislative oversight |
| special powers of congress | impeachment, approving treaties & appointments, deciding elections |
| created in 1978 to make sure Congressional agencies were conducted fairly. expired in 1990's | Independent Council |
| amendments can be added to proposed bills | open debate |
| amendments cannot be added to proposed bills | closed debate |
| Senate approves treaty by how much | 2/3 vote |
| Senate approves appointments by how much | simple majority |
| Bills are referred by ______________ in the House | Speaker |
| Bills are referred by ____________ in the Senate | Presiding Officer |
| Historians believe checks and balances causes | gridlock |
| a legal order to appear in court | subpoena |
| interest groups that donate money to candidates | PACS |
| lying under oath | perjury |
| president's refusal to spend money | impoundment |
| representatives of interest groups that work to influence Congress | lobbyist |
| financial plan | budget |
| law that applies to an action that took place before the law was passed | ex post facto law |
| sessions where people testify about a bill | committee hearing |
| the process of going line by line through a bill to determine wording | mark-up |
| sending a bill to one committee versus another | referral |
| debating a bill on the House or Senate floor | floor consideration |
| ironing out differences in legislation between House & Senate | conference committee |
| 4 actions president can take on a bill | sign it, veto it, keep for 10 days without signing, pocket veto, |
| refusal to act on bill the last 10 days Congress is in session | pocket veto |
| proposed law | bill |
| delaying tactic to hold up a vote | filibuster |
| voting along party lines has _________________ in recent years | increased |
| partisan differences halt legislation | gridlock |
| refusing to testify in court | contempt |
| six stages of a bill to become law | referral, hearings, mark-up, floor consideration, conference committee, presidential action |
| freedom from prosecution | immunity |
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