11&12 Vocab

Question 0

A government charge levied aid to pay for public needs

Answer 0

Tax

Question 1

Ability of government to take private property for public use

Answer 1

Imminent domain

Question 2

All money borrowed by the government

Answer 2

National debt

Question 3

Borrowing money to pay for government costs

Answer 3

Deficit spending

Question 4

Lying under oath

Answer 4

Perjury

Question 5

Legal order to appear in a court or produce documents to it

Answer 5

Subpoena

Question 6

Stated in black-and-white in the constitution

Answer 6

Expressed powers

Question 7

Can be reasonably assumed from what is in the Constitution

Answer 7

Implied powers

Question 8

Belong to the federal government because it is sovereign

Answer 8

Inherent powers

Question 9

Gives the government implied powers

Answer 9

Delegated powers

Question 10

Government should interpret the Constitution broadly

Answer 10

Liberal constructionism

Question 11

Government should stay as close to what is written in the Constitution as possible

Answer 11

Conservative

Question 12

Oversight, perpose constitutional amendments, decide disputed presidential elections, investigate ratify treaties, confirm appointments, impeach and try public officials

Answer 12

Non-legislative powers of Congress; ISEE

Question 13

Assistant floor leaders

Answer 13

Whips

Question 14

Party leaders in Congress

Answer 14

Majority and minority parties

Question 15

Most powerful person in house

Answer 15

Speaker

Question 16

Constitutional head of state

Answer 16

Vice president

Question 17

Constitutional head of Senate

Answer 17

Vice President

Question 18

Senior your majority leader who presides in absence of president in senate

Answer 18

President pro tempore

Question 19

Head of power centers in Congress

Answer 19

Committee chair persons

Question 20

Private party meeting to plan or elect leaders

Answer 20

Party cacus

Question 21

Constitutionally required information from the president to Congress – now in annual speech

Answer 21

State of the union

Question 22

More experienced members of Congress getting leadership positions

Answer 22

Seniority rule

Question 23

With 218 signatures, a bill can be forced out of committees

Answer 23

Discharge petition

Question 24

Small part of a standing committee

Answer 24

Sub-committee

Question 25

permanent, issue oriented committee

Answer 25

Standing committee

Question 26

Temporary, issue oriented committee

Answer 26

Special or select committee

Question 27

Traffic cop in house

Answer 27

Rules committee

Question 28

Used only in the house to speed up work – needs 100

Answer 28

Committee whole

Question 29

Joint committee to iron out the differences in bills

Answer 29

Conference committee

Question 30

Proposed law

Answer 30

Bill

Question 31

Action involving just one house

Answer 31

Resolution

Question 32

Added to Bill in hopes it will slip through

Answer 32

A rider

Question 33

Involves both houses, can have the force of law, constitutional amendments are proposed this way

Answer 33

Joint resolutions

Question 34

Minimum number needed to do business

Answer 34

Corum

Question 35

stalling a bill, usually to defeat it

Answer 35

Filibuster

Question 36

Way to end the stall – takes 3/5

Answer 36

Cloture

Question 37

Bill in its final form

Answer 37

Law

Question 38

Voting for someone else’s bill so they will vote for yours

Answer 38

Log-rolling

Question 39

Funds set aside in a bill for “pet projects” – usually are riders

Answer 39

Ear-markers

Question 40

Bills or parts of bills that bring money to a district or state

Answer 40

Pork

Question 41

Presidential rejection of a bill

Answer 41

Veto

Question 42

10 working day rejection of a Bill

Answer 42

Pocket veto