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Unit 1 Gov Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| incumbent | an individual who already holds office; in congressional elections, incumbents usually win |
| pork barrel spending | federal projects, grants, and contracts available to state or local governments, businesses, colleges, and other institutions in a specific congressional district |
| whips | party leaders who work with the majority leader or minority leader to count votes and lean on waverers whose votes could be crucial to the passage of a bill |
| bill | a proposed piece of legislation |
| standing committees | committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas |
| conference committees | Congressional committees formed when the House and Senate pass a particular bill in different forms; party leadership appoints members to iron out the differences and come back with a single bill. |
| legislative oversight | AKA adminstrative oversight: Congress' monitoring of the executive branch bureaucracy and its administration of policy |
| filibuster | A strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a bill use their right to unlimited debate to prevent a vote from happening. |
| impeachment | the political equivalent of an indictment in criminal law |
| executive orders | regulations originating in the executive branch that have the weight of law; one method a president can use to control the bureaucracy |
| cabinet | a group of presidential advisers not mentioned in the Constitution, though every president has had one |
| veto | power of the president to send a bill back to Congress with reasons for rejecting it; a two-thirds vote in each chamber can override a veto |
| pocket veto | a type of veto occurring when Congress adjourns within ten days of submitting a bill; the president lets the bill die by not signing or vetoing it |
| War Powers Resolution | a law passed in 1973 requiring presidents to consult with Congress whenever possible prior to using military force, and withdraw troops deployed for emergency purposes after 60 days unless Congress grants an extension. |
| entitlements | policies for which Congress has obligated itself to pay X level of benefits to Y number of recipients; social security is an example |
| appropriations bill | an act of Congress that actually funds programs within limits established by authorization bills |
| authorization bill | an act of Congress that establishes, continues, or changes a discretionary government program or entitlement |
| discretionary spending | government spending implemented through an appropriations bill; this spending is an optional part of fiscal policy, in contrast to entitlement programs for which funding is mandatory and determined by the number of eligible recipients. |
| patronage | a job, promotion, or contract given for political reasons |
| Hatch Act | federal law forbidding government employees from engaging in partisan politics while on duty, or for employees in sensitive positions at any time |
| uncontrollable spending | the portion of the federal budget that is spent on programs, such as Social Security, that the president and Congress are unwilling to cut. |
| deregulation | the lifting of government restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities |
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