AP Gov ch.6 Mariana Sanchez-Monke

Question 1

Apportionment

Answer 1

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

The Ohio Apportionment Board draws state legislative district lines in Ohio.

Question 2

Bicameral Legislature

Answer 2

A two-house legislature

A bicameral legislature consisted of a representatives, apportioned by population of each county.

Question 3

Bill

Answer 3

A proposed law

He has championed civil rights bills and blocked gun control measures.

Question 4

Cloture

Answer 4

Mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate

Cloture was filed on his nomination on May 6, 2014.

Question 5

Committee of the Whole

Answer 5

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

Alternatively, the bill may be recommitted for consideration by the Committee of the Whole.

Question 6

Conference Committee

Answer 6

Special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House of Senate

They feared opponents on the conference committee would have stonewalled the legislation.

Question 7

Congressional budget act of 1974

Answer 7

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

The genesis of baseline budget projections can be found in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

Question 8

Congressional Budget Office

Answer 8

Created in 1974, CBO provides Congress with evaluations of the potential economic effects proposed spending policies and also analyzes the presidents budget and economic projections

The Congressional Budget Office continues to analyze proposed Senate and House bills.

Question 9

Congressional Research Office

Answer 9

Provides information, studies and research in support of the work of congress and prepares summaries and tracks the progress of all bill

Question 10

Congressional Review

Answer 10

A process whereby Congress can nullify agency regulations within 60-day window by passing a joint resolution of legislative approval

Question 11

Delegate

Answer 11

Role played by representative who votes the way his or her constituents would want, regardless of personal opinions

Volunteering means telephoning, committee meetings, and “ delegating.

Question 12

Discharge Petition

Answer 12

Petition that gives a majority of the H.O.R the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction

The discharge petition was not successfully used again until 2015.

Question 13

Divided Government

Answer 13

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

In divided government, congressional majorities are frustrated by the president’s veto power

Question 14

Edmund Burke

Answer 14

Conservative British political philosopher who articulated the view that elected representatives should act as “trustees” and use their own best judgement when voting

This was Edmund Burke’s paternalistic doctrine that colonial government was a trust.

Question 15

Filibuster

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A former way of halting Senate action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate

Filibusters and super-majorities are antithetical to orderly representative government.

Question 16

Gerrymandering

Answer 16

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

Gerrymandering has made it easier for incumbents to keep their seats.

Question 17

Government Accountability Office

Answer 17

Independent regulatory agency for the purpose of auditing the financial expenditures of the executive branch and federal agencies

The Government Accountability Office found that many estimated figures were unreliable.

Question 18

Hillary Clinton

Answer 18

First female major party candidate for president of the United States, A democrat who ran against president D. Trump

Hillary Clinton was a running candidate against Donald Trump.

Question 19

Hold

Answer 19

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

A hold is almost like a filibuster, where it holds back a bill from moving forward an/or considered.

Question 20

House Committee on rules

Answer 20

Determines the scheduling and conditions, such as the length of debate and type of allowable amendments, for all bills in the H.O.R

It is the House Committee on Rules, not the subcommittee on rules and organizations.

Question 21

Impeachment

Answer 21

The power delegated to the H.O.R in the constitution to charge the president, V.P or other civil officers including federal judges with “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” First step to removing government officials from office.

Clinton did not mention the impeachment question in the radio speech.

Question 22

Incumbency

Answer 22

Already holding and office

Male incumbency has historically posed an insurmountable barrier for women challengers.

Question 23

Joint Committee

Answer 23

Includes members from both houses of congress set up to conduct investigations or special studies

The Joint Committee on Reconstruction was not revived in the next Congress.

Question 24

Logrolling

Answer 24

Vote Trading; voting to support a colleagues bill in return for a promise of future support

This kind of interdivisional logrolling has been the status quo for some time.

Question 25

Majority Leader

Answer 25

Head of the party controlling most seats in the H.O.R or the senate; is second in authority to the speaker of the house and in the senate is regarded as its most powerful member

A true majority party in America reaches out to all Americans.

Question 26

Majority Party

Answer 26

Political party in each house of congress with the most members

A true majority party in America reaches out to all Americans.

Question 27

Markup

Answer 27

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

It’s not the kind of environment that invites markups.

Question 28

Minority Leader

Answer 28

Head of the party with the second highest number of elected representatives in the H.O.R or the senate

NAFTA works, no matter what House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt claims.

Question 29

Minority party

Answer 29

Political party in each house of Congress with the second most members

The Labor opposition can combine with minority parties to block legislation.

Question 30

Party Caucus

Answer 30

A formal Gathering of all party members

The party caucuses in Parliament also have been formally declaring themselves.

Question 31

Pocket Veto

Answer 31

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

He has no line-item veto authority, and the pocket veto was ruled unconstitutional.

Question 32

Politico

Answer 32

An elected representative who acts as a trustee or as a delegate, depending on the issue

Must be willing to be buffeted about unmercifully by clueless politicos.

Question 33

Pork

Answer 33

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

I love Pork.

Question 34

President pro tempore

Answer 34

The official chair of the Senate; usually the most senior member of the majority party

In 1887 Ingalls was elected President pro tempore of the Senate.

Question 35

Programmatic Requests

Answer 35

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

A programmatic request, sometimes referred to as a Member request, is guidance solicited by the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees from Members of Congress.

Question 36

Reconciliation

Answer 36

A procedure that allows consideration of controversial issues affecting the budget by limiting debate to twenty hours

No to violence, no to vengeance, yes to reconciliation.

Question 37

Redistricting

Answer 37

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

Philadelphia is an example of the implications of sampling for redistricting.

Question 38

Richard M. Nixon

Answer 38

The 37th president, a republican who served from 1969 through 1974. Advocated detente during the Cold War and resigned rather than face impeachment and likely removal from office due to Watergate scandal

Richard M. Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States (1969-1974) after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from California.

Question 39

Select Committee

Answer 39

Temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose

Currently on Committee on National Security and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Question 40

Senatorial Courtesy

Answer 40

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

It is a means through which the practice of senatorial courtesy is carried out.

Question 41

Seniority

Answer 41

Time of continuous service on a committee

The union wants workers to keep their jobs based on seniority.

Question 42

Speaker of the House

Answer 42

Only officer of H.O.R specifically mentioned in the constitution’ the chambers most powerful position; traditionally a member of majority party

He served as the House majority leader, not speaker of the House.

Question 43

Standing Committee

Answer 43

Committee to which proposed bills are referred; continue from one Congress to the next

The jurisdiction of each standing committee is specified in the House Rules.

Question 44

Trustee

Answer 44

Role played by an elected representative who listens to constituents opinions and then uses his or her best judgement to make a final decision

He appointed Clifford, an old friend, as a trustee.

Question 45

Unified Government

Answer 45

The political condition in which the same political party controls the presidency and Congress

A stable, unified government must emerge from the present conflict.

Question 46

Veto

Answer 46

Formal constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, thus preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action

Republican strategists know that a veto fight is hard to win.

Question 47

War Powers Resolution

Answer 47

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

These powers are in ongoing conflict, as seen by the War Powers Resolution of 1973.

Question 48

Whip

Answer 48

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

Labour indicated there would be little meaningful sanction against those who defied the party whip on Cooper on Tuesday night.