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Gov't
Legislative branch
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| official population count every 10 years | census |
| creating district lines that favor one political party more that another | gerrymandering |
| separate political branches of interest groups that attempt to influence govt and give money to candidates; have something that they want to get done | political action committees |
| formally accused | impeached |
| residents of a Congress member's state or district | constituents |
| law that applies to an action that occurred before the law was passed | ex post facto law |
| to distribute | apportion |
| allows Congress members to send official mail free of charges | franking privilege |
| punishes people who have not been convicted in a court of law | bill of attainder |
| special legal protection for members of Congress | immunity |
| court order requiring police to bring a person accused of a crime to court and to show sufficient reason to keep that person in jail; have to be charged to be in jail | writ of habeas corpus |
| contains two members from each state | Senate |
| consists of House of Rep and the Senate | Congress |
| conducting investigations of agency programs and actions | oversight |
| people acting together to accomplish mutual political goals | interest groups |
| Congress's salary | $174,000 |
| each state's _____ usually decides the boundaries of its congressional districts; party in power going to drive decision | Legislature |
| Constitution's framers wanted the _____ to be closer to citizens that the Senate | House |
| Pay increases of members of Congress can't occur until after the next _______ election | Congressional |
| if a representative dies or resigns before his or her term's conclusion, the governor of the rep's state calls a special _____ to fill the seat | election |
| in Davis v Bandemer, the Supreme Court decided that if an extreme case of political ______ is harmful to a political minority, it violates the Constitution | gerrymandering |
| another term for district or state | locality |
| ____ suggests legislation to congress members, supply info about issues, and support legislation favorable to them | interest groups |
| each state is entitled to at least one ___ regardless of its population size | representative |
| congress members receive more than 200 million pieces of _____ each year; most of it destroyed | |
| in the 1964 Supreme Court case Wesberry v Sanders, the court decided that ____ with significantly unequal populations must be banned | districts |
| to protect congress member's freedom of speech, no one can ___ them for something they say while doing congressional business | sue |
| ______ investigations usually concern scandals and abuses in govt programs | oversight |
| Framers of the Constitution wanted the ____ to contain people who were wiser and older that members of the House | Senate |
| the size of the ____ is determined by Congress, not Constitution | House |
| Every senator represents his or her entire ____ | state |
| the number of senators | 100 |
| ____ was so significant to the framers that it was the first branch of govt they addressed in the constitution | Congress |
| Congress members consider at all times how policies affect their ____ as well as the country as a whole | constituents |
| political scientists have labeled congressional ____ Congress's "neglected function" | oversight |
| members of the house frequently run for an office in the ______ later in their careers | Senate |
| the larger a state's population, the larger its representation in the _____ | house |
| ______ are legal limits on the amount of time a congress member can serve | term limits |
| the leadership of Congress is organized according to the _____ to which members belong | parties |
| the ____ controls the floor debates and has strong influence on the flow of legislation | speaker of the house |
| strong disciplinary measure against a congressperson | centure |
| congressional _____ occur every even numbered year in Nov | elections |
| every congressional ____ forcuses on an area of public policy, such as health or education | committee |
| Committee members with the most ____ often become the chairs of the committees | seniority |
| committees that are concerned with special issues not covered by standing committees; deal with hunger, drugs, small businesses | select committees |
| congresspersons who were not re-elected were eliminated by the 20th amendment | lame ducks |
| some congresspersons have resigned due to the threat of ____ | expulsion |
| a ____ is a majority of members necessary for business to be conducted; 217 for house | Quorum |
| Supreme court ruled in 1995 that neither Congress nor the states can institute term limits for congress members without a constitutional ______ | amendment |
| Congressional Budget Office and the Library of Congress are two _____ that help congress members do their work | agencies |
| voters usually re-elect _____ | incombents |
| proposed legislation | bill |
| committee chairs and presiding officers of Congress always are members of the ____ party | majority |
| each house just has one ____ committee but many authorization committees | appropiations |
| the rules for presidential votes are set by | Constitution |
| in congressional ____, legislation is evaluated by groups that are smaller and more expert on a subject than the house or senate | committees |
| process of deciding the exact language of a bill | markup |
| subcommittees and committee hearings are usually open to the media and ____ | public |
| government acency called _____ watches over the spending of funds appropriated by congress | General Accounting Office |
| an attempt by one or more senators to delay final vote on a bill; only can happen in senate | fillibuster |
| standing committees are divided into smaller, more specialized groups called | subcommittees |
| in the house, bill referral decisions are made by the speaker, and in the senate they are made by _____ | president pro tempore |
| allows the president authority to reject part of spending bill without rejecting the entire bill | line item veto |
| formally removes a congressmen from office | expulision |
| contain members of both senate and house | joint committees |
| those who hold public office | incumbents |
| funds put aside for specific purposes | appropriations |
| political group with the fewest seats in the house of congress | minority party |
| used for a critical bill and every congress member is called on | role call vote |
| current speaker of house | John Boehner |
| deal with broad areas of legislation such as fiance and foreign policy | standing committees |
| president holds bill without signing it; after 10 days and congress not in session | pocket veto |
| giving unnecessary grants and projects from the govt to a congress person's locality | pork barrel spending |
| presiding officer in senate | VP |
| must pass through a number of steps before becoming a law | bill |
| 2 parts of congressional term | sessions |
| lasts two years | congressional term |
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