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Ch 4 Flashcards

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STUDY TIP:
bicameral Congress made to represent different constituencies. Know differences between:
- membership
- powers
- rules
of HoR and Senate

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HoR:
- reflects constituent wishes
- 1 district = 1 rep
- more rules, formality, ldrship pwr
Senate:
- reflects federal wishes
- entire state
- less rules, formality, more indvdl power

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STUDY TIP:
Differences btwn selection process + term lengths of HoR and Senate are highly important — may appear on exam

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HoR:
- shorter term (2 years)
- at least 25 (younger)
Senate
- longer term (6 years)
- at least 30 (older)

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STUDY TIP:
Know the constitutional powers of congress

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lawmaking
- economic
- national
- foreign
budgeting
- sets fed budget
- oversees agency budgets
oversight of bureaucracy + other officials
- make sure everyone is acting legally
- can conduct hearings + investigatns

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4
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STUDY TIP:
Know how Congress can check executive, judicial, bureaucracy
Know Constitutional + informal powers Congress can use to influence branches

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STUDY TIP:
Incumbency advantage is important
- Why does it exist?
- Why is advantage better for HoR than for senators

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6
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How many reps make up the HoR?

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435

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7
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How many years does HoR serve?

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2 years

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HoR: District or Entire State

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District

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9
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How old does HoR have to be

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25 y.o.

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Senate: District or Entire State

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Entire State

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Both Senate and HoR have to live in the states they represent

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true!!!!

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How many years does Senate serve?

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6 years (1/3 of house changes every 2 years. staggered)

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13
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How is HoR apportioned?

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census

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14
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What does the census track? (2 things)

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  • how many people are in the U.S.
  • where those people live
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Enumerated Congress powers (5)

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  • Passing federal budget
  • raising revenue (taxes) (HoR)
  • coining money
  • declaring war
  • raise + maintain armed forces
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Speaker of the House
What is it responsible for?

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  • decides who talks or not in debates
  • counts votes
  • appoints people to committee
17
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Speaker of the Senate

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  • VP
  • really only breaks ties
18
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Standing Committee
+ house and senate example

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always remains
Senate: Approporiations (federal funds)
House: Ways and Means (taxation)

19
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Joint committee

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Members from both house + senate
- Joint of Library
- Joint of Printing
Usually persist, but can also be short term

20
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Select committee

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Committee only banded together for a specific purpose (temporary)

21
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Conference committee

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hamemrs out differences between bills

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House rules committee

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  • Gatekeeps all legislation!!!
  • decides when voting
  • assigns bills to committees
23
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House - committee of the whole

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bill amendments are debated quicker

24
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House - discharge petition

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maj vote - bill brought out of committe for a vote

25
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Senate - Filibuster

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Stalling bill

26
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Senate - cloture rule

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3/5 senate agrees to SHUT UP FILIBUSTERS!

27
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Senate - unanimous consent

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can restrict some privileges to get work done faster

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Bill

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  1. sponsored
  2. changes (provisions)
    - pork barrel spending (funds for a specific district)
  3. Floor for vote
    - logrolling (vote trading)
29
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Mandatory Spending

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required by law
Medicare + Medicaid

30
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Discretionary Spending

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left over
- fed employees
-

31
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Deficit spending

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us spends too much.. oopsie doodle
either borrow/raise taxes

32
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partisanship vs bipartisanship

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  1. leaning towards 1 party
  2. collaborate parties
33
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delegate vs trustee vs politico

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  1. appeals to people
  2. votes based on judgement
  3. does both when necessary
34
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gridlock

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legis process goes into standstill bc of disagreement

35
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polarization

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parties go to extreme ideologies

36
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divided govt

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pres and congress are from 2 different parties
- can lead to gridlock

37
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OMB
which brqanch is it part of?
who does it help?

A

Office of Management and Budget
- part of Exec branch
- helps pres make budget

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