chap.6.surysadai Flashcards
apportionment
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
bicameral legislature
A legislature divided into two houses; the U.S. Congress and the state legislatures are bicameral
Nebraska is unicameral and not bicameral
bill
A proposed law.
there are many bills to proetect citizens
cloture
Mechanism requiring sixty senators to vote to cut off debate.
cloture is closure
majority party
The political party in each house of Congress with the most members.
majority part is majority people
conference committee
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
speaker of the house
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
joint committee
Committee that includes members from both houses of Congress to conduct investigations or special studies.
joint committee combines the two
majority leader
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
congressional review
A process whereby Congress can nullify agency regulations by a joint resolution of legislative disapproval.
reviewed by congress is important
delegate
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
discharge petition
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
divided government
The political condition in which different political parties control the White House and Congress.
people have seperate jobs in the divided goveenment
standing committee
Committee to which proposed bills are referred; continues from one Congress to the next.
standing committee has nothing to do with standing
filibuster
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
incumbency
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
logrolling
Vote trading; voting to support a colleague’s bill in return for a promise of future support.
logrolling is like commerce
markup
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
hold
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.
pork
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
seniority
Time of continuous service on a committee.
think og seniot when you hear seniority
pocket veto
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.
veto
Formal constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of the legislative body
veto was used in friends
committee of the whole
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.
senatorial courtesy
A process by which presidents, when selecting district court judges
senatorial includes senates oppinion.
congressional budget act of 1974
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
congressional budget office
spending programs and to provide information on the cost of proposed policies.
THe congressional budget office then lead to the act
congressional research service
Created in 1914 to respond to congressional requests for information.
the congressional research service keeps major bills
emund burke
Emund was an irish statesman
Burke was part of the whig party
gerrymandering
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
government accountablity office
The Government Accountability Office is a legislative branch government agency that provides auditing,
There are 3350 employees in the government accountability
hillary Clinton
American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. She served as the 67th United States Secretary of State.
i wish my girl hilary won the election
house committee on rules
The Committee on Rules, or more commonly, the Rules Committee, is a committee of the United States House of Representatives.
impeachment
president taken out of office
i wish trump was trump was impeached
minority leader
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
minority party
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.
party caucus
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
politico
a politician or person with strong political views.
an opponent of trendy left politicos
president tempore
The current President pro tempore of the Senate is Iowa Republican Charles Grassley.
The President pro tempore of the United States Senate
programatic requests
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
reconciliation
restore friendly relations between
we wanted to reconcile with korea
redistricting
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
richard m. nixon
37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974
Nixon was the only president to resign office
select committee
Congressional committee appointed for a limited time period and purpose.
Select committee is a short time committee
trustee
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
unified government
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
war powers resolution
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
whip
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
