AP Gov Ch. 6 Chris Bauder

Question 1

bicameral legislature

Answer 1

a two-house legislature

The framers of America created the bicameral legislature

Question 2

apportionment

Answer 2

the process of allotting congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of the population, following the decennial census

The process of apportionment adjusts the number of seats allotted to each state.

Question 3

bill

Answer 3

a proposed law

The bill was not passed because it did not have the approval of both houses.

Question 4

impeachment

Answer 4

the power delegated to the house of representatives in the constitution to charge the president, vice president, or other civil officers, including federal judges, with treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

When Bill clinton was president, he was impeached for lying under oath.

Question 5

Edmund Burke

Answer 5

conservative british political philosopher of the 18th century who articulated the view that elected representatives should act as “trustees” and use their own best judgement when voting.

Back in the old days, Edmund Burke was a conservative british philosopher.

Question 6

trustee

Answer 6

role played by an elected representative who listens to constituents would want, regardless or personal opinions: may refer to an elected representative to congress or a representative to the party convention

The representative was a trustee of another government official.

Question 7

delegate

Answer 7

role played by a representative who votes the way his or her constituent would want, regardless or personal opinions; may refer to an elected representative to the party convention

Delegates are people that vote for what their party tells them to vote for.

Question 8

politico

Answer 8

an elected representative who acts as a trustee or as a delegate

The manager of the mayor’s campaign is politico.

Question 9

incumbency

Answer 9

already holding an office

Incumbency is what officials use to help hold their office.

Question 10

redistricting

Answer 10

the process of redrawing congressional districts to reflect increases or decreases in seats allotted to the states, as well as population shifts within a state

Redistricting is the process of redrawing congressional districts to show changes of seats allotted to the states.

Question 11

gerrymandering

Answer 11

the drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district

Gerrymandering gives political parties an advantage over another group.

Question 12

majority leader

Answer 12

the head of the party controlling the most seats in the house of representatives or the senate; is second in authority to the speaker of the house

The majority leader represents the head of the party controlling the most seats.

Question 13

minority leader

Answer 13

the head of the party with the second highest number of elected representatives in the house of representatives or the senate

The minority leader helps the speaker schedule proposed legislation for debate.

Question 14

whip

Answer 14

party leader who keeps close contact with all members of his or her party, takes vote counts on key legislation, prepares summaries of ills, and acts as a communications link within a party

A whip is always in the know of what’s going on in his political party.

Question 15

redistricting

Answer 15

the process of redrawing congressional districts to reflect increases or decreases in seats allotted to the states, as well as population shifts within a state

Redistricting is the process of redrawing congressional seats to be counted.

Question 16

president pro tempore

Answer 16

the official chair of the senate; usually the most senior member of the majority party

Mitch McConnell is the president pro tempore.

Question 17

standing committee

Answer 17

committee to which proposed bills are referred; continues from one congress to the next

Standing committees are bills referred to for consideration.

Question 18

joint committee

Answer 18

standing committee that includes members from both houses of congress set up to conduct investigations or special studies

The joint committee is the standing committee that includes members from both houses of congress.

Question 19

conference committee

Answer 19

special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the house and senate

A Conference committee comprises members from the house and the senate.

Question 20

select (or special) committee

Answer 20

temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose

A special committee was organized for the investigation of 9/11.

Question 21

hillary clinton

Answer 21

first female major party candidate for president of the united states, a democrat, who ran against president donald j. trump in 2016

Hillary Clinton was formerly the first lady of the united states.

Question 22

house committee on rules

Answer 22

the influential “rules committee” determines the scheduling and conditions, such as length of debate and type of allowable amendments, for all bills in the house of representatives

The house committee on rules plays a very important role in the law making process.

Question 23

discharge petition

Answer 23

petition that gives a majority of the house of representatives the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction

If a discharge bill is signed by a majority of 218 can force bills out of a house committee.

Question 24

seniority

Answer 24

time of continuous service on a committee

The president pro tempore most likely always holds seniority.

Question 25

markup

Answer 25

a session in which committee members often changes to a bill before it goes to the floor

The committee may reject a bill during a markup.

Question 26

committee of the whole

Answer 26

a procedure that allows the house of representatives to deliberate with a lower quorum and to expedite consideration and amendment of a bill

The house has the option to form a committee of the whole to deliberate with only 100 members.

Question 27

hold

Answer 27

a procedure by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill or nomination is brought to the floor.

A senator can ask for a hold to be informed on a particular bill.

Question 28

filibuster

Answer 28

a formal way of halting senate action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate

The filibuster is a tactic that is used in U.S. senate to delay or block a bill from passing.

Question 29

cloture

Answer 29

mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate

Sixty three members of the senate voted to end the filibuster, which was a cloture.

Question 30

veto

Answer 30

the formal, constitutional authority of the president

The president was able to veto the bill and stop it from being passed.

Question 31

pocket veto

Answer 31

if congress adjourns during the ten days the president has to consider a bill passed by both houses of congress, the bill is considered vetoed without the president’s signature

A pocket veto is congress’ equivalent to a president’s veto.

Question 32

Richard M. Nixon

Answer 32

the 37th president, a republican, who served from 1969 through 1974. Nixon advocated detente during the cold war and resigned rather than face impeachment.

Richard Nixon resigned after his involvement in the watergate scandal was exposed.

Question 33

Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Answer 33

act that established the congressional budgetary process by laying out a plan for congressional action on the annual budget resolution, appropriations, reconciliation, and any other revenue bills

The congressional budget act of 1974 established the congressional budgetary process in use today.

Question 34

reconciliation

Answer 34

a procedure that allows consideration of controversial issues affecting the budget by limiting debate to twenty hours, thereby ending threat of a filibuster

The procedure of reconciliation could help prevent a filibuster from occurring.

Question 35

pork

Answer 35

legislation that allows representatives to bring money and jobs to their districts in the form of public works programs, military bases, or other programs

Representatives often seek to win an election using the legislation’s known as pork.

Question 36

programmatic requests

Answer 36

federal funds designated for special projects within a state or congressional district

Programmatic requests were once known as earmarks, and are funds for a specific project.

Question 37

divided government

Answer 37

the political condition in which different political parties control the presidency and at least one house of congress.

Our congress right now suffers from a divided government.

Question 38

war powers resolution

Answer 38

passed by congress in 1973; the president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a sixty-day period in peacetime unless congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period

Congress passed the war powers resolution when Lyndon B. Johnson was president.

Question 39

congressional review

Answer 39

a process whereby congress can nullify agency regulations within a 60-day window bu passing a joint resolution

The process of congressional review allows the house and senate to nullify actions of using the oversight power.

Question 40

senatorial courtesy

Answer 40

a process by which presidents generally allow senators from the state in which a judicial vacancy occurs to block a nomination by simply registering their objection

Senators often have considerable say in the nomination of judges from their states through senatorial courtesy.

Question 41

unified government

Answer 41

the political condition in which the same political party controls the presidency and congress

In times of unified government, the president and congress are in control by the same political party.

Question 42

logrolling

Answer 42

vote trading; voting to support a colleague’s bill in return for a promise of future support

Logrolling often occurs when issues are presented to a legislator that have little to no interest to them.

Question 43

congressional research service

Answer 43

created in 1914, the non partisan CRS provides information, studies, and research in support of the work of congress, and prepares summaries and tracks the progress of all bills.

The congressional research service is also known as congress’ think tank.

Question 44

government accountability office

Answer 44

established in 1921, the GAO is an independent regulatory agency for the purpose of auditing the financial expenditures of the executive branch federal agencies; until 2004, the GAO was known as the general accounting office

The government accountability office is a legislative branch that provides evaluation for congress.

Question 45

congressional budget office

Answer 45

created in 1974, the CBO provides congress with evaluations of the potential economic effects of proposed spending policies and also analyzes the president’s budget and economic projections

The congressional budget office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the government that provides economic information to congress.

Question 46

majority party

Answer 46

the political party in each house of congress with the most members

The majority party is a political party that holds influence in a country’s politics.

Question 47

minority party

Answer 47

the political party in each house of congress with the second most members

The minority party plays more minor influence on elections.

Question 48

party caucus

Answer 48

a formal gathering of all party members

A party caucus occurs when all party members meet up to decide policies.