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Attitudinal View

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the theory of congressional voting behavior which assumed that members vote on the basis of their own beliefs because the array of conflicting pressures on members cancel out one another

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Bicameral Legislature

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a legislative assembly composed of two seperate houses such as the US Congress, which consists of the HoR and Senate

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Closed Rule

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Order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on a debate and forbids a bill from being amended on the floor

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Cloture Rule

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rule used by the senate to end or limit debate

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Committee on Committees

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assigns senators to standing committees

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Concurrent Resolution

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an expression of opinion without the force of law that requires the approval of both the House and the Senate but not the president

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Congressional Caucus

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an association for members of Congress created to advocate a political ideology or a regional or economic interest

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Conservation Coalition

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An alliance of conservative Democrats with the Republicans for voting purposes

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Discharge Petition

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a means by which the House can remove a bill stalled in committee

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Filibuster

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a means by which senators can extend debate on a bill in order to prevent or delay its consideration

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House Rules Committee

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the group that decides what business comes up for a vote and what the limitations on debate should be

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Joint Resolution

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Resolution that is essentially the same as a law and is used to propose constitutional amendments

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Marginal Districts

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districts in which the winner got less than 55% of the vote

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Markup

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committee revisions of a bill

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Millionares club

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a traditional pejorative name for the united states senate

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Multiple Referral

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the process through which a bill is reffered to several committees that simultaneously consider it in whole or in part

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Organizational View

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rxplanation of congressional voting which suggests members of Congress respond primarily to cues provided by their colleagues

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Parliament

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an assembly of party representatives that chooses a government and discusses major national issues

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Party Caucus

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A meeting of the members of apolitical party to decide questions of policy

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Party Polarization

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indicated by votes in which a majority of voting Democrats oppose a majority of voting Republicans

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Party Vote

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the extent to which members of a party vote together in the House or Senate

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Party Whip

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han individual who assists the party leader in staying abreast of the concerns and voting voting intentions of the party members

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Representational View

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explanation of congressional voting that is based on the assumption that members want to get reelected and vote to please their constituents

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Restrictive Rule

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a rule issued by the RUles Committee that permits some amendments to a bill but not to others

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Riders

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unrelated amendments added to a bill

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Safe districts

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districts in which the winner got more than 55% of the votes

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Seniority

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the system under which committee chairs are awarded to members that have the longest continuous service on the Committee

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Sequential referall

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the process through which a bill is reffered to second committee after the first is finished

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simple resolution

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resolution used for matters such as establishing the rules under which each body will operate

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Steering Committe

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assigns Democrats to standing committees in the senate

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Christmas Tree Bill

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a bill that has many riders to increase its chances of being passed

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Conference Committee

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a joint committee appointed to resolve differences in the senate and the House versions of the same bill

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Division Vote

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a congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted

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Double Tracking

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a procedure to keep the senate going during a fillibuster whereby disputed bill is temporarily shelved so that the senate can go on with other other business

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Franking Privilege

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the ability of members to mail letters to their constituents free of charge by substituting their own personal purchases for postage

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Joint Committee

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committees on which both senators and representatives serve

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Majority Leader

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principle partisan ally of the speaker of the house who schedules bills influences committee assignments and round up votes on behalf of the party’s legislature positions

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Majority Leader

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legislative leader elected by party members holding a majority of seats in the house of the seat

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Open Rule

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An order from the house rules committee that permits a bill to be connected on the floor

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Pork Barrel Legislation

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Legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hope of winning their votes in return

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Private Bill

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a legislative bill that deals only with private personal or local matters

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Quorum Call

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a roll call neither House of Congress to see whether the minimum number of representatives required to conduct business is present

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Roll Call Vote

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a congressional voting procedure that consists of members answering yea or nay when their names are called

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Select Committee

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Permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject

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Standing Committees

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Separate subject-matter committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas.

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Teller Vote

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a congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers first the yeas then the nays

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Voice Vote

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a congressional voting procedure used in both houses in which members vote by shouting yea or nay

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A person ordinarily becomes a candidate for representative or senator how?

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Run in a primary election

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Whereas the principle work of a parliament is debate, that of a congress is what?

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Representation and action

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Contemporary critics of Congress disagree with the Framers vision of Congress in that critics wish to do what?

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They wish to end political gridlock by making Congress capable of speedily adopting sweeping changes in national policy

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In the twentieth century, the trend in congressional decision making has been toward what?

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Decentrailization (not a single body making decisions, multiple groups)

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Which Amendment changed the manner in which US Senators are selected?

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17th (direct election of representatives)

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The typical representative or senator is what?

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White, male, protestant, lawyer

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Until 1913 Senators were picked by

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state legislatures

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Which amendment changed the way Senators are chosen?

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17th

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In 1994, Native American Ben Nighthorse Campbell

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Was elected to the senate

57
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Serving in congress later because a career in

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1950s

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Political Scientists define safe district as one where incumbents receive ____ percent of the vote

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55

59
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A new converse convensary every ____ years

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2

60
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Studies show correlation between constituency opinion and congressional roll call votes

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related to civil rights

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For years Congress defended the manner in which it exempted itself from many of its own laws by

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separation of powers

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The process of “doubletracking” allows what

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senate to focus on other business during a filibuster

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Bills which contain a large number of “riders” are known as “____ bills”

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christmas tree

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the practical advantage of the “Committee of a whole” is that it

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requires a much smaller number of members to hold quorum

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The committee of a whole refers to

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member of the house that are on the floor during discussion

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In the house, a stalled Bill can be extracted from a committee and brought to the floor by

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a discharge petition

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Which of the following is signed by the president and has the force of law?

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joint resolution

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Originally, fillibusters were 16th century

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pirates

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When a state attempted to impose term limits on its own members of congress

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supreme court struck down the effort

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According to the text, most categories of pork spending in the last ten to fifteen years have

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decreased

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