AP Government Chap 12 Congress
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| incumbents | show 🗑
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| show | Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals; cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get.
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| show | The mighty list of federal projects, grants, and contracts available to cities, businesses, colleges, and institutions available in a congessional district.
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| show | A legislature divided into two houses. The US Congress and every Amereican state legislature except Nebraska's are bicameral.
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| show | An institution unique to the House of Representatives that review all bills (except revenue, budget, and appropriations bills) coming from a House committee before they go to the full house.
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| filibuster | show 🗑
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| Speaker of the House | show 🗑
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| show | The principal partisan ally of the Speaker of the House or the party's manager in the Senate. The majority leader is responsible for scheduling bills, influencing committee assignments, & rounding up votes in behalf of the party's legislative positions
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| minority leader | show 🗑
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| show | Seperate subject-matter committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas.
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| show | Congressional committes on a few subect-matter areas with membeership drawn from both houses.
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| select committees | show 🗑
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| legislative oversight | show 🗑
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| show | A simple rule for picking committee chairs, in effect until the 1970s. The member who had served on the committee the longest and whose party controlled Congress became chair, regardless of party loyalty, mental state, or competence.
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| bill | show 🗑
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