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HHS AP-Gov M7
Legislative branch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the 17th amendment address? | The senate is composed of 2 senators from each state, elected by the people |
| What does the 27th amendment address? | Congresses pay being raised |
| Who is the current speaker of the house? | John Boehner |
| What state does the speaker of the house represent? | Ohio |
| What does the speaker of the house do? | The senior figure in the house, The speaker can essentially decide which bill gets a passage through the house and which gets killed |
| Which party does the speaker of the house come from? | the majority party? |
| Does the speaker of the house get a vote in the house? | Yes |
| What are the speaker how the houses powers regarding committees? | He appoints committees and refers bills to the committees |
| In the term of presidential succession, the speaker of the house is the... | 3rd choice/ after the vice president |
| Who is the President of the senate? | The Vice president |
| What role does the president of the senate play? | He's a tie breaker |
| Who is the current President Pro Tempore of the Senate? | Leahy Patrick JR. |
| What role does the President Pro Tempore of the senate play? | He takes over the chamber if the Vice president/ President of the senate isn't there |
| How often does the census occur? | every ten years |
| What is an electoral district? | a sub division for holding separate elections for seats in a legislative body |
| what is redistricting? | The way in which we adjust the districts that determine who represent us |
| What is gerrymandering? | Drawing boundaries of electoral districts |
| define Legislator | Person who writes and passes laws |
| define committee | group of people assigned for a task |
| define Constituents | people within a district or state government official represents them |
| what is case work? | The response or services that members of congress provide to people who request assistance |
| what is congressional Session? | 2 years long, first two years guaranteed as house member |
| how long do members of the US house serve | 2, 1 year terms |
| are there term limits for members of the US house? | NO |
| HOW LONG DO MEMBERS OF THE US SENATE SERVE? | 6 year terms |
| prior to the 17th amendment, who selected US senators | The legislative, thinking state legislatures would cement their tie with the national government |
| Summary of the Gibbons vs. Ogden case | Steamboat case, Congress has the powers to regulate interstate commerce |
| WHICH AMENDMENT ESTABLISHED THE TAX ON INCOME? | 16th amendment |
| When gerrymandering occurs, it is preformed by...... | the state legislature. This impacts the US house |
| Which part of congress has the power to approve of reject presidential appointments | Senate |
| how does the process of treaty approval work? | a two thirds vote by the senate |
| Out representative in the US house, and his committees | Patrick Meehan, Homeland security, transportation, and infrastructure |
| Our representatives in the US senate | Bob casey, and Pat Toomey |
| what does the Ways and means committee do? | oversees taxing and spending legislation |
| What does the Rules committee do? | Passes a rule to accompany each bill |
| What does the Appropriations Committee do? | Congressional committee that deals with federal spending |
| What is a Discharge Petition? | A procedure by which a bill in the House of representatives may be forced out of a committee |
| When must congressional elections be held? | After the first monday in November in even number years |
| What committee decides when bills reach the floor of the house | the rules committee |
| How does a bill become a law | 1. A bill is introduced when the House is in session 2. The bill is then brought to the house's presiding officer 3. the bill clerk assigns the bill a number 4. the bill is then assigned to a committee 5. Congress post on website |
| where do most bills die | the house rules committee |
| where o filibusters occur | the Senate, because there's no time limit for debating |
| What is a filibuster | any attempt to delay or block senate action on a bill/ talking a bill to death |
| what does markup mean | committees/ sub committees debate, amend and rewrite proposed legislature |
| what does quorum mean? | If the majority is present, work can be done |
| What is the floor vote? | All members will vote if a bill makes it out of the committee |
| What is a Cloture? | Senate can vote to place a time limit on the filibuster |
| What is a standing committee? | a permeant committee |
| what is the speech and debate clause? | the house and senate shatt be privileged from arrest during their attendance at the session of their houses |
| what is reapportionment? | redistribution of representation in a legislative body |
| what are 2 big ideas of the reapportion act of 1929 | 1. establish a permanent method for apportionning the 435 seats of the house |
| what are the 3 requirements to serve on the US house | 25 years old a citizen for 7 years live in the state you are elected for |
| 3 requirements for the US senate | 30 years old a citizen for 9 years live in the state you are elected for |
| Why did the founding fathers establish a bicameral congress | they wanted an upper house to represent each state equally |
| define a term | the time period something lasts |
| define session | a continuous sitting of persons so assembled |
| define pigeonhole | to assign to a definite place in some orderly system |
| define continous body | a part of the senate that achieves stability by staggering the terms of members to prevent more |
| define constituents | a person who elects a represetative to office |
| define incumbent | the current holder of a political office |
| define rider | a condition or proviso added to something already said |
| define markup | process/ result of correcting text in preparation for printing |
| party whips | a legislator appointed by the party in order to enforce |
| define joint committee | made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature |
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