Chapter 12 Vocab

Question 0

The division of a legislature into two separate assemblies

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Bicameralism

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Determining which public policy questions will be debated or considered by congress

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Agenda Setting

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Personal work for constituents by members of congress

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Casework

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A method of close off debate and to bring the matter under consideration to a vote in the senate

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Cloture

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A special joint committee appointed to reconcile differences when bills pass the two chambers of congress in different forms

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Conference Committee

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An alliance of Republicans and southern Democrats that can form in the House or Senate to oppose liberal legislation and support conservative legislation

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Conservative Coalition

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One of the people represented by a legislator or other elected official or appointed official

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Constituent

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A temporary law that congress passed when an appropriations bill had not been decided by the beginning of the new fiscal year on October 1st

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Continuing Resolution

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An intraparty election in which the voters select the candidates who will run on the party’s ticket in the subsequent general election

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Direct Primary

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A procedure by which a bill in the House of Representatives may be forced out of a committee that has refused to report it for consideration by the House.

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Discharge Petition

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A power specifically granted to the national gov by the constitution

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Enumerated Power

Question 11

The budget prepared and submitted by the president to congress

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Executive Budget

Question 12

The time every year when, after reviving formal federal agency request for funding for the next fiscal year, they make changes and send it to the prez.

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Fall Review

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In the senate, unlimited debate to halt action on a particular bill

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Filibustering

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A resolution passed by congress in May that sets overall revenue and spending goals for the following year

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First Budget Resolution

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12 month period that is used for book keeping, or accounting, purposes

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Fiscal Year

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A policy that enables members of congress to send material through the mail by substituting their facsimile signature for postage

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Franking

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Dragon drawing that is used for obtaining partisan or factional advantage

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Gerrymandering

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A legislator who is an agent of the voters who elected him or her and who votes according to the views of constituents regardless of personal assessments

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Instructed Delegate

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A legislative committee composed of members from both chambers of congress

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Joint Committee

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A question that may be raised and reviewed in court

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Justiciable Question

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The process of deciding the legal rules that govern society

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Lawmaking

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A provision in a bill reserving to congress or to a congressional committee the power to reject an action by a majority vote

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Legislative Veto

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An arrangement in which two or more members of congress agree in advance to support each other’s bills

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Logrolling

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Chief spokesperson of the majority party in the senate, directs legislative

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Majority Floor Leader

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A legislative position held by an important party member in the House of Rep.

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Majority Leader of the House

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The party officer in the senate that commands the minority party’s opposition to the policies of the majority party and directs legislative program

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Minority Floor Leader

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The party leader elected by the minority party in the House

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Minority Leader of the House

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A person who hears and investigates complaints by private individuals against public official or agencies

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Ombudsperson

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The responsibility Congress has for following up on laws it has enacted to ensure that they are being enforced and administered in the way Congress intended

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Oversight

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A person who identifies with a political party

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Party identifier

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The temporary presiding officer of the Senate in the absence of the vice president

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President Pro Tempore

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The allocation of seats in the House of Representatives to each state after each census

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Reapportionment

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The redrawing of the boundaries of the congressional districts within each state

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Redistricting

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The function of members of Congress as elected officials in representing the views of their constituents

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Representation

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A standing committee of the house of representatives that provide special rules under which specific bills can be debated, amended, and considered by the House

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Rules committee

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A district returns the legislator with 55% of the vote or more

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Safe seat

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A resolution passed by Congress in September that sets “binding” limits on taxes and spending for the next fiscal year beginning October 1

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Second budget resolution

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A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose

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Select committee

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A custom followed in both chambers of Congress specifying that members with longer terms of continuous service will be given preference when committee chairpersons and holders of other significant post are selected

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Seniority system

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The presiding officer in the House of Representatives

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Speaker of the house

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The time every year when the office of management and budget requires federal agencies to review their programs, activities, and goals and submit the request for funding for the next fiscal year

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Spring review

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A permanent committee within the house or senate that considers bills within a certain subject area

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Standing committee

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One who acts according to her or his conscience in the broad interest of the entire society

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Trustee

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An assistant who aids the majority or minority leader of the house the Senate majority or minority floor leader

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Whip