AP Government Chap 12 Congress
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| show | Those already holding office. In congressional elections, incumbents usually win.
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| casework | show 🗑
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| pork barrell | show 🗑
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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 | A strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation try to talk it to death, based on the tradition of unlimited debate. Today, 60 members present and voting can halt a filibuster.
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| show | An office mandated by the Constitution. The speaker is chosen in practice by the majority party, has both formal and informal powers, and is second in line to succeed to the presidency should that office become vacant.
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| show | Congress' monitoring of the bureaucracy and its administration of policy, performed mainly through hearings.
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| show | The most important influencers of the congressional agenda. They play dominant roles in scheduling hearings, hiring staff, appointing subcommittees, and managing committee bills when they are brought before the full house.
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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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