APGOV.Ch.6.Arkane.Riahi

Question 1

Reconciliation

Answer 1

The reconciliation between monarch and people was assured.

Question 2

Pork

Answer 2

Trump’s government shut down is an example of pork barrel

Question 3

Programmatic Requests

Answer 3

We need to create a programmatic requests for the flint water crisis

Question 4

Divided Government

Answer 4

When Obama was in office, congress was republican and he was democratic, creating a divided government

Question 5

War Powers Resolution

Answer 5

The War Power Resolution help keep the president in check.

Question 6

Congressional review

Answer 6

The congressional review helps keep the three branches of government in check.

Question 7

Senatorial courtesy

Answer 7

Senatorial courtesy is a long-standing unwritten, unofficial, and nonbinding political custom in the United States describing the tendency of U.S. senators to support a Senate colleague in opposing the appointment to federal office of a presidential nominee from that Senator’s state

Question 8

Unified government

Answer 8

With a unified government, it will become easier to pass bills.

Question 9

Logrolling

Answer 9

they have gained leverage on Capitol Hill by a talent for political logrolling.

Question 10

Congressional Research Service

Answer 10

The Congressional Research Service is a public policy research arm of the United States Congress.

Question 11

Government Accountability Office

Answer 11

The Government Accountability Office is a legislative branch government agency that provides auditing, evaluation, and investigative services for the United States Congress.

Question 12

Congressional Budget Office

Answer 12

The Congressional Budget Office is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government that provides budget and economic information to Congress.

Question 13

Apportionment

Answer 13

an exercise in apportionment of blame.

Question 14

Bill

Answer 14

A bill must go through congress before passed.

Question 15

Impeachment

Answer 15

Richard Nixon is one of the presidents that have been impeached.

Question 16

Bicameral legislature

Answer 16

The British parliament is a bicameral legislature, made up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Question 17

Edmund Burke

Answer 17

Edumund Burke was part of the Whig party.

Question 18

Trustee

Answer 18

He did not regard himself merely as the trustee of the national resources.

Question 19

Delegate

Answer 19

In 1778 he was chosen a delegate to Congress, but declined to serve.

Question 20

Politico

Answer 20

Someone who’s involved in politics can be called a politico

Question 21

Incumbency

Answer 21

That’s what the PlayStation brings to the table in terms of incumbency.

Question 22

Redistricting

Answer 22

Redistricting is the period redrawing of legislative district boundaries.

Question 23

Gerrymandering

Answer 23

a total freedom to gerrymander the results they want

Question 24

Majority party

Answer 24

Depending on which party is in power, one serves as majority leader and the other as minority leader

Question 25

Minority Party

Answer 25

The political party in each house of congress with the second most members - Depending on which party is in power, one serves as majority leader and the other as minority leader

Question 26

Party Caucus

Answer 26

a formal gathering of all party members - Party Caucus refers to a meeting that party members attend to decide policies and choose candidates to run for office.

Question 27

Speaker of the house

Answer 27

The only offer of the house of representatives specifically mentioned in the constitution; the chambers most powerful position; traditionally a member of the majority party. - Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the house today.

Question 28

Majority leader

Answer 28

The head of the party controlling the most seats in the house of representatives or the senate; is second most authority to the speaker of the house and in the senate is regarded as its most powerful member. - the head of the majority party in a legislative body, especially the US Senate or House of Representatives.

Question 29

Minority leader

Answer 29

the head if the party with the second highest number of elected representatives in the House of Representatives or the senate. - the head of the minority party in a legislative body, especially the US Senate or House of Representatives.

Question 30

Whip

Answer 30

Party leader who keeps close contact with all members of his or her party takes vote counts on key legislation prepare summaries of bills and acts like a communications link within party - Whips often have close contact with all members.

Question 31

Presidential pro tempore

Answer 31

The official chair of the Senate usually the most senior member of the majority party - The current President pro tempore of the Senate is Iowa Republican Charles Grassley.

Question 32

Standing committee

Answer 32

Committee to which proposed bills are referred continue someone Congress to the next - Standing committees are the only committees that can actually recommend a bill.

Question 33

Joint committee

Answer 33

Standing committee that includes members from both houses of Congress set up to conduct investigations or special study - A joint committee is a committee made up of members of both chambers of a bicameral legislature.

Question 34

Conference committee

Answer 34

Special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the house and the senate - A conference committee is a temporary, ad hoc panel composed of House and Senate conferees formed for the purpose of reconciling differences in legislation that has passed both chambers.

Question 35

Select committee

Answer 35

Temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose - the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Question 36

Hillary Clinton

Answer 36

First female major party candidate for president of the United States, a democrat, who ran against president Donald J Trump in 2016. Secretary of state from 2009 to 2013; new york senator from 2001 to 2009; former first lady - Hillary Clinton lost against Donald trump in the 2016 election.

Question 37

House Committee on Rules

Answer 37

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 - Rather than being responsible for a specific area of policy, as most other committees are, it is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor.

Question 38

Discharge petition

Answer 38

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 - a discharge petition is a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution.

Question 39

Seniority

Answer 39

time of continuous service on a committee - Seniors in high school get seniority over freshman

Question 40

Markup

Answer 40

a session in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor - Markup is the ratio between the cost of a good or service and its selling price.

Question 41

Committee of the Whole

Answer 41

a procedure that allows the House of Representatives to deliberate with a lower quorum and to expedite consideration and amendment of a bill. - The Committee of the Whole House is a committee of the House on which all Representatives serve and which meets in the House Chamber for the consideration of measures from the Union calendar.

Question 42

Hold

Answer 42

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 and should be consulted before further action is taken - a hold is a parliamentary procedure permitted by the Standing Rules of the United States Senate which allows one or more Senators to prevent a motion from reaching a vote on the Senate floor.

Question 43

Filibuster

Answer 43

a formal way of halting senate action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate. - It was defeated by a Senate filibuster in June.

Question 44

Cloture

Answer 44

mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate. - The cloture procedure originated in the French National Assembly, from which the name is taken.

Question 45

Veto

Answer 45

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. - The legislature would have a veto over appointments to key posts.

Question 46

Pocket veto

Answer 46

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 a legislative maneuver that allows a president or other official with veto power to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action.

Question 47

Richard M. Nixon

Answer 47

the 37th president a republican, who served from 1969-1974. Nixon advocated detente during the Cold War and resigned rather than face impeachment and likely removal from office due to the Watergate scandal. - Richard Nixon was one of the presidents that have been impeached.

Question 48

Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Answer 48

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. - It created standing budget committees in both the House and the Senate, established the Congressional Budget Office.