AP. Gov Ch.6 Raquel Acosta

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 state of California’s apportionment has 53 congressional states.

Question 2

bicameral legislature

Answer 2

A two-house legislature

-The United States Congress is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Question 3

bill

Answer 3

A proposed law

-Donald Trump signed a bill called ¨GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2017¨.

Question 4

cloture

Answer 4

Mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate

• Cloture was used for the first time on November 15, 1919, during the 66th Congress, to end a filibuster on the Treaty of Versailles.

Question 5

conference committee

Answer 5

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

-Conference committees are usually convened to resolve bicameral differences on major or controversial legislation.

Question 6

congressional budget act of 1974

Answer 6

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.

• Before the congressional budget act of 1974, the government didn’t properly know how to budget their money.

Question 7

delegate

Answer 7

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

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Question 8

congressional budget office office (CBO)

Answer 8

created in 1921, the CBO provides congress with evaluation of the potential economic effects of proposed spending policies and also analyzes the president budget and economic projections

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Question 9

congressional research service ( CRS)

Answer 9

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 a bill

Question 10

filibuster

Answer 10

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

Question 11

gerrymandering

Answer 11

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

-A total freedom to gerrymander the results they want.

Question 12

hold

Answer 12

A procedure by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill or nomination is brought to the floor. This request signals leadership that a member may have objections to the bill (or nomination) and should be consulted before further action is taken

Question 13

incumbency

Answer 13

Already holding an office

-During his incumbency he established an epidemic warning system.

Question 14

joint committee

Answer 14

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

• According to Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation, corporate tax breaks in the 1995 fiscal year might reach 60 billion.

Question 15

logrolling

Answer 15

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

-The concept of logrolling, the community will always be insisted on that develop into a logrolling of learning the platform.

Question 16

major leader

Answer 16

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 and in the Senate is regarded as its most powerful member

Question 17

majority party

Answer 17

The political party in each house of Congress with the most member

-Westbrook has been a major party contributor, and he chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 1993-1994.

Question 18

markup

Answer 18

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

-It is easier to produce your own draft agreement than to work from and mark-up some one else’s.

Question 19

minority leader

Answer 19

The head of the party with the second highest number of elected representatives in the House of Representatives or the Senate.

Question 20

minority party

Answer 20

The political party in each house of Congress with the second most members

Question 21

party caucus

Answer 21

A formal gathering of all party members

Question 22

pocket veto

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

politico

Answer 23

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

Question 24

pork

Answer 24

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

Question 25

president pro tempore

Answer 25

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

Question 26

programmatic request

Answer 26

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

Question 27

reconciliation

Answer 27

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

Question 28

redistricting

Answer 28

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

Question 29

select (or special) committee

Answer 29

Temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose.

Question 30

senatorial courtesy

Answer 30

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.

Question 31

seniority

Answer 31

Time of continuous service on a committee.

Question 32

Speaker of the House

Answer 32

The only officer of the House of Representatives specifically mentioned in the Constitution; the chamber’s most powerful position; traditionally a member of the majority party.

Question 33

standing committee

Answer 33

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

Question 34

trustee

Answer 34

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

Question 35

unified government

Answer 35

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

Question 36

veto

Answer 36

The 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

Question 37

war powers resolution

Answer 37

Passed by Congress in 1973; the president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a sixty-day period in peacetime (which can be extended for an extra thirty days to permit withdrawal) unless Congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period

Question 38

whip

Answer 38

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

Question 39

discharge petition

Answer 39

when the House calls a vote to pool a bill out of committee

Question 40

divided government

Answer 40

when parties each have control of one of the chambers/branches

-A divide government exists when the presidency is controlled by one party (Democrats), and Congress is controlled by another party (Republicans).

Question 41

Edmund Burke

Answer 41

A conservative leader who was deeply troubled by the aroused spirit of reform. In 1790, he published Reforms on The Revolution in France

-Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman born in Dublin, as well as an author, orator, political theorist and philosopher.

Question 42

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Answer 42

General Accounting Office-Audits Executive money spent

-The government accountability office, monitors the operating results, financial positions, and accounting systems used by the various governmental agencies and conducts routine audits on all branches of government.

Question 43

Hillary Clinton

Answer 43

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. She served as the 67th United States Secretary of State. A former U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, before that she was the First Lady of the United States

-Hillary Clinton ran for president in the 2016 election.

Question 44

House Committee on Rules

Answer 44

An institution unique to the House of Representatives that review all bills (except revenue, budget, and appropriations bills) coming from a House committee before they go to the full house.

-The House Committee on rules, also reviews, adopts and schedules consideration of floor resolutions.

Question 45

impeachment

Answer 45

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.” This is the first step in the constitutional process of removing government officials from office.

• Presidents Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, but acquitted by the Senate.

Question 46

Richard Nixon

Answer 46

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974, the only president to resign the office. He had previously served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that as both a U.S. Representative and Senator from California

-Richard Nixon is known for corruption and the Watergate scandal which resulted in the public losing trust in him and his resignation.

Question 47

committee of the whole

Answer 47

A device used in the House of Representatives to expedite the passage of legislation. The quorum is reduced from 218 members to 100, and the Speaker appoints a member of the majority party as chair. Time allotted for debating the bill in question is split equally between its proponents and opponents. The committee cannot itself pass legislation but may debate and propose amendments.

-The committee of the whole, is governed by different rules of procedure than the House meeting as itself.

Question 48

congressional review

Answer 48

a process whereby congress can nullify agency regulations by a joint resolution of legislative disapproval