2.1-2.2 Vocab

Question 1

Politico

Answer 1

a politician who balances their decision making between what their constituents want and what their parties want

Question 2

trustee

Answer 2

a politician who makes decision based on their own best judgement

Question 3

delegate

Answer 3

a politician who votes the way that their constituents want

Question 4

bipartisanship

Answer 4

when both parties agree or work together

Question 5

filibuster

Answer 5

when you talk a bill to death (debating a bill to death)

Question 6

cloture

Answer 6

taking a vote to end debate (ends the filibuster)

Question 7

gridlock

Answer 7

when both parties disagree so nothing is able to happen

Question 8

standing committee

Answer 8

divided by policy area,, this is where most work gets done

Question 9

conference committee

Answer 9

where committee iron out the differences in a bill

Question 10

discretionary spending

Answer 10

money we choose to spend ie) education, energy, or transportation

Question 11

mandatory spending

Answer 11

Medicare and social security,, money that has to be spent in the budget every year (60% of the budget)

Question 12

incrementalism

Answer 12

the best predictor of next years budget is this years budget

Question 13

16th amendment

Answer 13

established a progressive income tax,, and the IRS