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Government
Chapter 9: Congress
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bicameralism - | Having two houses in a legislature |
| Connecticut Compromise aka the Great Compromise - | Creates two houses in Congress: the House of Representatives (Virginia Plan - population) and the Senate (New Jersey Plan - equal representation) |
| How many years does a House representative serve in a term? | 2 years |
| How many years does a senator serve in a term? | 6 years |
| __________________ is more concerned with local issues and the people. | The House of Representatives |
| ________________ is more concerned with national concerns. | The Senate |
| Senators are elected by _____________. | At-large (state) elections |
| Representatives are elected by the ___________. | Districts |
| True or false - 2/3 of the senators are elected every 2 years. | False; 1/3 |
| What is the total number of representatives in the House? | 435 |
| What is the total number of senators in the Senate? | 100 |
| True or false - The Senate doesn't have much regulation as the House. | True |
| True or false - The Congress can overturn the president's veto with 1/3 majority vote. | False; 2/3 |
| Pork barrel or earmarks - | Spending government funds on programs that can help representatives get re-elected and benefit the constituents. |
| If a picture of a pork is shown, how does it relate to pork barrel? | Congress brings home bacon (goodies or money) that benefits the districts. |
| Log-rolling - | A Congress member supports another member's proposal or bill in exchange for the other member's support. (You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours) |
| Senator Joel proposed a bill that will give his African-Americans constituents more money for education. This is called _________. | Pork barrel |
| Senator Amidele supported Senator Johnson's Health Core Bill, and Senator Johnson supports Amidele's Gun Rights Bill. This is an example of ..... | Log-rolling |
| When standing committee chairman Joe Prescott blocks the passage of the Civil Rights bill, the committee member can overturn his block with _____________ and sign it by the majority. | Discharge petition |
| True or false - When members make a discharge petition, they WILL risk themselves as the chairman's target. | True |
| Standing committee - | Responsible for crafting the bill |
| Conference committee - | Blend both the House and the Senate versions of the bill |
| Filibuster - | Senator's way of killing a bill by holding the floor and speaking without restraint due to the Senate's rule of unlimited debate. |
| Senator George Jackberry spoke "Oh Sam I Am" to try to block the Health Tax Bill. This is called _________. | Filibuster |
| Discharge petition is for ________, while filibuster is for _________. | House of Representatives; Senate |
| What is the first step of the legislative process? | Introduce the bill in the House and the Senate |
| What is the second step of the legislative process? | Committee craft the bill, and floors in both the House and the Senate need to agree on their separate versions |
| What is the third step of the legislative process? | Conference committee blend both the House and the Senate versions of the bill |
| What is the fourth step of the legislative process? | If both the House and the Senate agrees on the conference version, the bill is sent to the president. |
| What is the fifth step of the legislative process? | The president signs the bill, and the bill becomes a law. If vetoed, the Congress can overturn it with 2/3 majority vote from both chambers. |
| What is the difference between the legislative process in the House and that of the Senate? | The House has to go through the rules committee, which made the rules of the debate, before taking the bill to the floor. The Senate doesn't have one. |
| Senator Jackberry's filibuster is disliked by the Senate. In order to stop it, the Senate needs a _________, requiring 60 votes (supermajority). | Cloture |
| Why isn't it easy to get a cloture? | Party differences |
| Reconciliation - | Bending the rules |
| The Democrats change the number of votes needed to pass a legislation from 60 to 51 in the Senate. This is an example of.... | Reconciliation |
| What are the 6 powers of the elected leadership in Congress? (Part 1) (Hint: Facilitate, Appoint, Control) | - Facilitate committee assignments - Appoint rules committee - Appoint committee chairmen |
| What are the 6 powers of the elected leadership in Congress? (Part 2) (Hint: Facilitate, Appoint, Control) | - Appoint conference chairmen - Control agenda - Control timing and scheduling of legislation |
| How the political party significant in Congress? | - Allow people to work together as a team to reach their goals - Keep people in place with their parties with whips |
| Whips are ______ _______. | Party enforcers |
| Leadership creates _______ committee | Steering |
| Steering committees - | Assigns members to committee based on majority party |
| Congress members's #1 factor that help determine what they vote for is _____________. | Desire for re-election |
| House changes every ______ years | 2 |
| Job of an Legislative oversight - | - Making sure that the implementation of the laws passed by Congress is done correctly - Investigate executive branch, uses supoena powers, and holds hearings |
| Does the legislative oversight give the legislative branch more power? | Yes |
| What are the 5 roles of committee (Part 1)? | - Divides the labor - Credit claiming - Benefit the district's interest |
| What are the 5 roles of committee (Part 2)? | - Meet the majority party's policy needs - Increases expertise (decrease uncertainty) |
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