APGOVCH.6.Cecilia.Martinez

Question 1

Bicameral Legislature

Answer 1

A two-house legislature

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

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 Jefferson Method avoids the problem of an apportionment resulting in a surplus or a deficit of House seats by using a divisor that will result in the correct number of seats being apportioned.

Question 3

Bill

Answer 3

A proposed law

A Bill starts either in the House of Representatives or in the Senate.

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 presidents”, including federal judges, with “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors”. This is the first step in the constitution process pf removing government officials from office.

The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Question 5

Edmund Burke

Answer 5

Conservative british political philosopher of the eighteenth century who articulated the view that elected representatives should act as “trusties” and use their own best judgement when voting.

First, Edmund Burke was a Christian, despite the doubts that critics have expressed about his faith.

Question 6

trustee

Answer 6

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

The most important aspect of a trustee’s duties is its fiduciary character.

Question 7

delegate

Answer 7

Role played by a representative who votes the way his or her constituents would want, regardless of personal opinions; may refer to an elected representative to congress or a representative to the party convention.

Delegates can be used to implement callback notification. Delegates permit execution of a method on a secondary thread in an asynchronous manner.

Question 8

Politico

Answer 8

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

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Question 9

Incumbency

Answer 9

Already holding an office

János Áder was the incumbent, because he had been the president in the term before the term for which the election sought to determine the president.

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.

A good redistricting process will be open and transparent, allowing communities to ask questions and give input.

Question 11

Gerrymandering

Answer 11

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

The resulting district is known as a gerrymander; however, that word is also a verb for the process.

Question 12

Majority party

Answer 12

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

The current party leaders are: Majority (Republican) Leader Kevin McCarthy, Majority (Republican) Whip Steve Scalise, Minority (Democratic) Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Minority (Democratic) Whip Steny Hoyer.

Question 13

minority party

Answer 13

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

There will be differences between minority and mainstream parties in terms of membership total, donations and the number of candidates they are able to produce in elections.

Question 14

Party causus (or conference)

Answer 14

A formal gathering of all party members.

Members of each major party in the United States Congress meet regularly in closed sessions known as party conferences (Republicans) or party caucuses (Democrats).

Question 15

Speaker of the house

Answer 15

The only officer of the House of representatives specially mentioned in the constitution; the chamber’s most powerful position; traditionally a member of the majority party.

The current House Speaker, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California, was elected to the office on January 3, 2019.

Question 16

Majority 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.

In 1919, following the example set by Republican Leader Frank Mondell of Wyoming in the 66th Congress (1919–1921), Majority Leaders more or less stopped.

Question 17

Minority leader

Answer 17

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

The current Minority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, serves as floor leader of the opposition party, and is the counterpart to the Majority Leader.

Question 18

whip

Answer 18

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.

The current party leaders are: Majority (Republican) Leader Kevin McCarthy, Majority (Republican) Whip Steve Scalise, Minority (Democratic) Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Minority (Democratic) Whip Steny Hoyer.

Question 19

president pro tempore

Answer 19

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

The president pro tempore designates other senators to preside in his absence, generally new members of the majority party.

Question 20

Standing committee

Answer 20

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

The House’s committees consider bills and issues and oversee agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdictions.

Question 21

Joint committee

Answer 21

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

An example of a joint committee is the Joint Committee on the Library.

Question 22

Conference committee

Answer 22

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

Several select committees are treated as standing committees by House and Senate rules, and are permanent fixtures in both bodies continuing from one congress to the next.

Question 23

Select (or special) committee

Answer 23

Temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose.

Several select committees are treated as standing committees by House and Senate rules, and are permanent fixtures in both bodies continuing from one congress to the next.

Question 24

Hillary Clinton

Answer 24

First female majority candidate for president of the United States, a Democrat, who ran against President Donald Trump in 2016, secretary of the state, New York senator, and former first lady.

Hillary Clinton believes that every child, no matter his or her background, should be guaranteed a high-quality education.

Question 25

House committee on Rules

Answer 25

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 Committee on Rules is amongst the oldest standing committees in the House, having been first formally constituted on April 2, 1789.

Question 26

Discharge petition

Answer 26

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.

In United States parliamentary procedure, a discharge petition is a means of bringing a bill out.

Question 27

seniority

Answer 27

Time of continuous service on a committee.

Seniority can bring higher status, rank, or precedence to an employee who has served for a longer period of time.

Question 28

Markup

Answer 28

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

If the cost is known and the percentage markup is known, the sale price is the original cost plus the amount of markup.

Question 29

Committee of the whole

Answer 29

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

The committee includes all members of the assembly, except that some officers may be replaced.

Question 30

Hold

Answer 30

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 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 31

filibuster

Answer 31

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

A filibuster can be stopped when the Senate invokes cloture.

Question 32

Cloture

Answer 32

Mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate.

To invoke cloture to end debate over changing the Senate rules, the original version of the rule (two-thirds of those Senators “present and voting”) still applies.

Question 33

veto

Answer 33

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.

An example of to veto is President George W. Bush refusing to sign the State Children’s Health Insurance bill.

Question 34

pocket veto

Answer 34

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.

In the US, either a state governor or the president can attempt to use a pocket veto.

Question 35

Richard M. Nixon

Answer 35

The thirty-seventh president, a Republican, who served from 1969 through 1974. Nixon advocated detente during the Cold War and resigned rather than face impeachment and likely removal from office due to the Watergate scandal.

The 37th U.S. president, is best remembered as the only president ever to resign from office. Nixon stepped down in 1974, halfway.

Question 36

Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Answer 36

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 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act modified the role of Congress in the federal budgetary process.

Question 37

Reconciliation

Answer 37

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

Reconciliation is an accounting process that proves and documents that account balances are in agreement.

Question 38

Pork

Answer 38

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

Pork barrel spending and the intersection of money and politics extend back more than a hundred years in U.S. politics.

Question 39

Programmatic Requests

Answer 39

Federal funds designated for special projects within a state or congressional district.Also referred to as earmarks.

Programmatic requests function in lieu of earmark requests ever since the outright ban on earmarks in 2011.

Question 40

Divided Government

Answer 40

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

In the United States, divided government describes a situation in which one party controls the executive branch while another party controls one or both houses of the legislative branch.

Question 41

War powers resolution

Answer 41

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.

The War Powers Resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, without a Congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) .

Question 42

Congressional review

Answer 42

A process whereby Congress can nullify agency regulations within a 60-day window by passing a joint resolution of legislative disapproval. The president’s approval of the resolution or a two-thirds majority vote in both houses to overrule a presidential veto is also required.

The law empowers Congress to review, by means of an expedited legislative process, new federal regulations issued by government agencies and, by passage of a joint resolution, to overrule a regulation.

Question 43

Senatorial Courtesy

Answer 43

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.

Technically, “senatorial courtesy” refers to a tacit agreement among senators not to vote for any presidential nominee who is opposed by the senators

Question 44

Unified Government

Answer 44

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

An example of unified government is what we have at present, with the Republican Party controlling both the executive and legislative branches.

Question 45

Logrolling

Answer 45

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

Logrolling is really nothing more than the trading of votes, usually among legislative representatives, to ensure a favorable outcome of two more decisions or issues.

Question 46

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

Answer 46

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

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members .

Question 47

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Answer 47

Established in 1912,the GAO is an independent regulatory agency for the purpose of auditing the financial expenditures of the executive branch and federal agencies; until 2004, the GAO was known as the General Accounting Office.

Founded in 1921, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) is an independent, nonpartisan agency that studies how the federal government spends taxpayer money.

Question 48

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Answer 48

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.

Each year, the agency releases reports and cost estimates for proposed legislation, without issuing any policy recommendations.