ApGovChapter6AyashaHussain Flashcards
Apportionment
The process of allotting congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of the population, following the decennial census.
Sentence : The system of apportionment and the franchise qualifications were worked out to meet the needs of a group of agricultural communities.
bicameral legislature
A legislative assembly composed of two separate houses, such as the U.S. Congress, which consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Sentence: The adoption of a bicameral system made it possible to give due recognition to both principles.
bill
applies to entire nation
Sentence : All the bills are passed by the congress
Cloture
mechanism requiring the vote of 60 senators to cut off debate. once passed, members may spend 30 additional hours debating the legislation at issue
Sentence : The cloture get to decide what bill pasees and what didnt .
Committee of the whole
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.
Sentence: the committee of the whole allows the bill to pass that they think will benefit the committee.
conference committee
a special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by house and Senate
Sentence: The conference committee gets together and decides wheater the rule passed as right or wrong.
Congressional Budget Act of 1974
an 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
Sentence: The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was an act to control the budget.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Created in 1974 to advise Congress on the economic effects of spending programs and to provide information on the cost of proposed policies.
sentence: The CBO sends money to the programs in need.
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Created in 1914 to respond to congressional requests for information. It also keeps track of every major bill and produces summaries of legislation for members of Congress.
sentence: The CRS is the service that tracks every major rule
Congressional review
the process whereby Congress can nullify agency regulations by a joint resolution of legislative disapproval
sentence: The congressional review is a meeting to review stuff related to the Congress
delegate
the role played by an elected representative who votes the way his or her constituents would want regardless of personal opinions
Sentence: Someone in the Congress would be a delegate
discharge petition
petition gives a majority of the house of reps the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction
Sentence: A discharge petition would be to the house of representatives.
divided government
political condition in which different political parties control the presidency and Congress
Sentence: Congress would be the divided government.
Edmund Burke
A conservative leader who was deeply troubled by the aroused spirit of reform. In 1790, he published Reforms on The Revolution in France
Sentence: The single greatest critic of the British Empire, Edmund Burke, was an archconservative who saw imperialism as an essentially radical project.
Filibuster
formal way of halting Senate action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate
Sentence: A filibuster at the end of the 65th Congress caused the Senate to adjourn without confirming the appointment, but the President made him a “ recess “ appointee.
gerrymandering
drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district
Sentence: By limiting the redesign of districts, state officials hope to prevent efforts to gerrymander.
Governmental Accountability Office (GAO)
helps Congress perform its oversight functions by reviewing activities of the executive branch to see if it’s following congressional intent of laws and efficiency and effectiveness of policy implementation. also sets government standards for accounting, provides legal opinions, and settles claims against gov.
Sentence: The GOA sets government standards for accounting, provides legal opinions and etc.
Hillary Clinton
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.
Sentence: Hillary Clinton is an American politician.
hold
procedure by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill or nomination is brought to the floor
Sentence : The senate holds the right to pass the bill .