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CIVICS
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pork | appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district |
| appropriations | the act of setting aside money for a specific purpose |
| joint resolution | measure approved by both houses of the United States Congress and signed by the president |
| standing committee | a permanent committee that meets regularly. |
| joint committee | made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature. In other contexts, it refers to a committee with members from more than one organization. |
| conference committee | appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill |
| constituents | having power to frame or alter a political constitution or fundamental law, as distinguished from lawmaking power |
| formal qualification? | senators must be 30 years old and house members must be 25 |
| informal qualification? | white, men, upper class |
| apportionment | the proportional distribution of the seats in a legislative body, esp the House of Representatives, on the basis of population. |
| incumbent | holder of a political office |
| leadership roles in house | Speaker of the House or Assembly Majority Whip Minority Whip Speaker pro tem |
| leadership roles in senate | President of the Senate Majority Leader Minority Leader President pro tem of the Senate |
| What is the Speaker of the House? | The presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives |
| What is the President of the Senate? | vice president |
| What is the President pro tempore? | high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice president. |
| Who is the Speaker of the House? | John Boehner |
| Who is the President of the Senate? | Mike Pence |
| Who is the President pro tempore? | Orrin Hatch |
| Powers of Congress? | make laws, declare war. ( foregoing powers) |
| The Elastic Clause | granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers. |
| How Congress Checks the other Branches | Each branch is restrained by the other two in several ways. For example, the president may veto a law passed by Congress. Congress can override that veto with a vote of two-thirds of both houses. |
| Who are the congressmen of maine | Bruce poliquin and Chellie pingree |
| who are the senators of maine | angus king and susan collins |
| how long do congressmen/ senators serve | senators-6, congressmen-2 |
| how many total senators and congressmen | 100+435= 535 |
| how many senators and congressmen are needed to pass a bill | majority/ one more than half, 51 and 218 |
| how many senators and congressmen are needed to veto a bill | 2/3 ( 67 and 290) |
| Where do many congressmen begin their carriers | in local politics |
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Brooke Edgecomb
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