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Pork-barrel spending

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Legislation that directs specifics funding to projects within districts and states

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Logrolling

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trading of votes on legislation by members of Congress to get their earmarks passed into legislation

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Oversight

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efforts by Congress to ensure that executive branch agencies, bureaus, and cabinet departments, as well as their officials, are acting legally and in accordance with congressional goals.

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constituency

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a body of voters in a given area who elect a representative or senator.

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Apportionment

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the process of determining the number of representatives for each state using census data.

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Redistricting

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states’ redrawing of boundaries of electoral districts following each census.

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Gerrymandering

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the intentional use of redistricting to benefit a specific interest or group of voters.

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Partisan gerrymandering

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drawing of district boundaries into strange shapes to benefit a political party.

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Majority-minority districts

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a district in which voters of a minority ethnicity constitute an electoral majority within that electoral district.

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Malapportionment

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the uneven distribution of the population among legislative districts.

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Incumbency

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being already in office as opposed to running for the first time

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Incumbency advantage

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institutional advantages held by those already in office who are trying to fend off challengers in an election.

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what is the two bodies Congress

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House of representatives, and the senate

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what happens when I congressman proposes a bill?


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The speaker of the house, or the majority leader gives a del thoma committee, which gives it to a subcommittee

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Who holds hearings to oversee the executive branch

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Congress

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Who has the power to create executive agencies
example of the clean air act 

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congress

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Who authorizes the flow of money

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congress

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what are the main powers of congress

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Authority to make it past federal laws
Control the money
regulate trade 
impeach and remove the president
declare war
proposing ratify amendments to the constitution


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what is the house of representatives also referred to? 

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lower house

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what number of representatives to each state get

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population

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Who is features numbers of the executive in judicial branch? 

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house of representatives

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How long do the representatives serve?

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2 years

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what is the rules committee

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determines whether bills have the close, the rule, or open rule 

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What does the speaker of the house to?

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They assign people to committees who assign other people to committees

25
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What is the Senate also referred to?

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The upper house

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How many senators does each state get?

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2

27
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What is the difference between the representatives and the senate in regards to impeachment?

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The representatives impeaches numbers, where is senators try the members

28
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How long do senators serve?

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6 years

29
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what are several senate responsibilities?

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confirms presidential appointments, nominees, ratify treaties, and confirming the budget
 what are the

30
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does the senate have a rule’s committee

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no, Debate is always unlimited

31
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What does senate filibuster mean?

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Because the date is unlimited, minority party can kill Bill by continuing to talk

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How do you end a debate and a filibuster in the senate?

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by a cloture a vote of
3/5 of the senate


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what is cloture

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3/5 votes in the Senate to end debate in a filibuster

34
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what is a rider in the senate

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irrelevant amendments to bills

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what is a standing committee

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permanent panel with full legislative functions in oversight responsibilities. The members become experts.


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what is a example of the standing committees in the House of Representa

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Appropriations

set specific expenditures for the federal government
rules, determines under what rules Bill comes to the floor 

37
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What are some senate examples of standing committee?

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armed services
overseas military defense for in relation provide forgisn policy leadership 

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What is a subcommittee?

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form to tackle specific task within standing committees 

39
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House examples of a house sub committee

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Livestock dairy in poultry subcommittee of agriculture

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What is an example of a senate subcommittee?

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Healthcare subcommittee subcommittee a finance committee

41
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what is a selected special committee

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temporary groups with limited purposes such as investigation

42
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what is an example of a house select your special

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Watergate committee

43
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What is an example of sensate it select or special committee

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Select Kennedy on Epix

44
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What is a joint committee

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Includes the members of both houses to perform housekeeping task of studies

45
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What is an example of a joint committee?

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Economic committee

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What is a conference committee?

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Special type of joint committee that reconciles senate and house versions of a bill

47
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what presidential powers are over the cabinet

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picks the heads of the 15 most important agencies
- department of defense
state
treasury

48
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what is the powers in office of management and budget

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writes budget

49
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what are the four informal powers of the president

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Executive orders -orders written by the president or the agency they have the weight of plan. But the president can resend it or congress dee, unconstitutional.

Executive privilege- he can keep certain documents private

agenda setting - he sets out the legislative he wants passed

Impoundment -ability to refuse to spend appropriated by congress (if this was ruled unconstitutional )

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51
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What are the serious debates between?

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federalist versus anti-federalist
north versus south
big states versus small states over new government 

52
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What is the north-south compromise?

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3/5 compromise in which slaves counted as 3/5 of a person to give yourself more representatives

53
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why did the anti-federalist oppose the constitution?

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They thought the national government would become tranney and take power away from the states

54
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What does federalist 10 state

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55
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What does federalist paper 51 State

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Written by Madison discusses importance of checks and balances in the separation of powers in the constitution

56
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which court case set the dogma of judicial review

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Marbury versus Madison

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