chap.6.surysadai

Question 1

apportionment

Answer 1

The process of allotting congressional seats to each state following the decennial census according to their proportion of the population.

apportionment is like divided seating

Question 2

bicameral legislature

Answer 2

A legislature divided into two houses; the U.S. Congress and the state legislatures are bicameral

Nebraska is unicameral and not bicameral

Question 3

bill

Answer 3

A proposed law.

there are many bills to proetect citizens

Question 4

cloture

Answer 4

Mechanism requiring sixty senators to vote to cut off debate.

cloture is closure

Question 5

majority party

Answer 5

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

majority part is majority people

Question 6

conference committee

Answer 6

Special joint committee created to iron out differences between Senate and House versions of a specific piece of legislation

conference is another type of joint committee

Question 7

speaker of the house

Answer 7

The only officer of the House of Representatives specifically mentioned in the Constitution; elected at the beginning of each new Congress by the entire House; traditionally a member of the majority party.

i am the speaker of our house

Question 8

joint committee

Answer 8

Committee that includes members from both houses of Congress to conduct investigations or special studies.

joint committee combines the two

Question 9

majority leader

Answer 9

The elected leader 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.

majority leader is the main person

Question 10

congressional review

Answer 10

A process whereby Congress can nullify agency regulations by a joint resolution of legislative disapproval.

reviewed by congress is important

Question 11

delegate

Answer 11

Role played by elected representatives who vote the way their constituents would want them to, regardless of their own opinions.

normal people dont vote for delegates

Question 12

discharge petition

Answer 12

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.

discharge is talked among everyone

Question 13

divided government

Answer 13

The political condition in which different political parties control the White House and Congress.

people have seperate jobs in the divided goveenment

Question 14

standing committee

Answer 14

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

standing committee has nothing to do with standing

Question 15

filibuster

Answer 15

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

filibuster is like an argument

Question 16

incumbency

Answer 16

The fact that being in office helps a person stay in office because of a variety of benefits that go with the position.

inumbency is a positive thing

Question 17

logrolling

Answer 17

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

logrolling is like commerce

Question 18

markup

Answer 18

A process in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor in either house for a vote.

the bill is marked up

Question 19

hold

Answer 19

A tactic by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill is brought to the floor.

This allows the senator to stop the bill from coming to the floor until the hold is removed.

Question 20

pork

Answer 20

Legislation that allows representatives to bring home the bacon to their districts in the form of public works programs,

has nothing to do with actual pork

Question 21

seniority

Answer 21

Time of continuous service on a committee.

think og seniot when you hear seniority

Question 22

pocket veto

Answer 22

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.

Question 23

veto

Answer 23

Formal constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of the legislative body

veto was used in friends

Question 24

committee of the whole

Answer 24

A device used in the House of Representatives to expedite the passage of legislation

The committee cannot itself pass legislation but may debate and propose amendments.

Question 25

senatorial courtesy

Answer 25

A process by which presidents, when selecting district court judges

senatorial includes senates oppinion.

Question 26

congressional budget act of 1974

Answer 26

Created in 1974 to advise Congress on the economic effects of spending programs and to provide information on the cost of proposed policies.

the congressional act deals with money

Question 27

congressional budget office

Answer 27

spending programs and to provide information on the cost of proposed policies.

THe congressional budget office then lead to the act

Question 28

congressional research service

Answer 28

Created in 1914 to respond to congressional requests for information.

the congressional research service keeps major bills

Question 29

emund burke

Answer 29

Emund was an irish statesman

Burke was part of the whig party

Question 30

gerrymandering

Answer 30

Drawing congressional district lines in a bizarre or unusual shape to make it easy for a candidate of one party to win elections in that district.

gerrymandering seperates the candidates of the parties

Question 31

government accountablity office

Answer 31

The Government Accountability Office is a legislative branch government agency that provides auditing,

There are 3350 employees in the government accountability

Question 32

hillary Clinton

Answer 32

American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. She served as the 67th United States Secretary of State.

i wish my girl hilary won the election

Question 33

house committee on rules

Answer 33

The Committee on Rules, or more commonly, the Rules Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives.

Question 34

impeachment

Answer 34

president taken out of office

i wish trump was trump was impeached

Question 35

minority leader

Answer 35

The head of the minority party in each house of Congress chosen by the caucus of the minority party. This person formulates the minority party’s strategy and program.

the minority leaders are smaller groups

Question 36

minority party

Answer 36

A minority party is a political party with a smaller role than the mainstream parties in a country’s politics and elections.

There will be differences between minority and mainstream parties in terms of membership total.

Question 37

party caucus

Answer 37

Party Caucus refers to a meeting that party members attend to decide policies and choose candidates to run for office.

THe party caucus could be out at dinner

Question 38

politico

Answer 38

a politician or person with strong political views.

an opponent of trendy left politicos

Question 39

president tempore

Answer 39

The current President pro tempore of the Senate is Iowa Republican Charles Grassley.

The President pro tempore of the United States Senate

Question 40

programatic requests

Answer 40

A programmatic request, sometimes referred to as a Member request, is guidance solicited by the House and Senate appropriations subcommittees from Members of Congress.

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

Question 41

reconciliation

Answer 41

restore friendly relations between

we wanted to reconcile with korea

Question 42

redistricting

Answer 42

divide or organize (an area) into new political or school districts

he made no secret about his intent to redistrict the state to the advantage of his party

Question 43

richard m. nixon

Answer 43

37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974

Nixon was the only president to resign office

Question 44

select committee

Answer 44

Congressional committee appointed for a limited time period and purpose.

Select committee is a short time committee

Question 45

trustee

Answer 45

an individual person or member of a board given control or powers of administration of property in trust with a legal obligation to administer it solely for the purposes specified.

A trustee is basically who is trusted

Question 46

unified government

Answer 46

Government in which one party controls the white house and another party controls one or both houses of Congress

people in the unified government work together

Question 47

war powers resolution

Answer 47

a federal law intended to check the president’s power to commit the United States to an armed conflict without the consent of the U.S. Congress.

war powers resolution resolves conflicts

Question 48

whip

Answer 48

A member of the party leadership in each house who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking

The whips encourages members when votes are to be taken