government ch4
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| Define constituencies. | show 🗑
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| Define reapportion. | show 🗑
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| show | A trustee believes that each issue should be decided on based on its merits and conscience.
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| Three formal qualifications for a member of the House | show 🗑
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| show | 30+ years of age
U.S. citizen for 9+ years
Inhabitant of the State from which s(he) is selected
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| List three informal qualifications for a member of Congress. | show 🗑
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| Define prorogue. | show 🗑
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| Why is the Senate called the continuous body? | show 🗑
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| How does a member of Congress act as a partisan? | show 🗑
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| show | 2 years
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| show | 6 years
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| How long is a term in Congress and when does it begin? | show 🗑
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| show | Congress sets its own compensation but it does not kick in until the next congress takes session
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| show | A politico attempts to combine the elements of a delegate, trustee, and partisan.
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| Explain the role of the Speaker of the House. | show 🗑
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| show | A bill is read three times.
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| show | They both control the order of business on the floor in his or her chamber.
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| Who is the current President of the Senate? | show 🗑
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| show | Mike Crapo
James Risch
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| show | Two people chosen on opening day in the House are a Speaker of the House and its Clerk
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| show | The main goal of the standing committee is to sift through all the bills referred to them, and only admitting those they find prudent for floor consideration.
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| show | A stalling tactic in which senators monopolize the Senate floor with talk and other delays so a bill cannot be brought to a vote
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| Define pigeonhole. | show 🗑
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| show | An unpopular provision added to an important bill certain to pass so it will “ride” through the legislative process
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| Define quorum. | show 🗑
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| show | The Speaker of the House is a member of the House, the Speaker of the House is elected and is often a member of the majority party
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| Define joint resolution and does it have the force of law? | show 🗑
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| show | A filibuster can be stopped by involving the Cloture Rule that limits debate.
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| Is the President of the Senate a member of the Senate? | show 🗑
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| show | Enables members to force a bill that has remained in committee 30 days onto the floor for consideration.
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| What is the purpose of a conference committee? | show 🗑
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| Who are Idaho’s two U.S. representatives? | show 🗑
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| Explain a pocket veto | show 🗑
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| How is debating different in the House and the Senate? | show 🗑
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| Explain the role of the President of the Senate. | show 🗑
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| show | Implied, expressed, inherent
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| What is the purpose of the House Rules Committee? | show 🗑
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| show | Whips
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| show | Only to break ties
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| show | The president pro tempore
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| Who is the current Speaker of the House? | show 🗑
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