Chapter 4

Question 1

Pork barrel spending

Answer 1

Legislation that directly funds projects in states/distircts

Question 2

Logrolling

Answer 2

trading votes with other members to get thier own earmarks passed though

Question 3

Oversight

Answer 3

a way for congress to make sure officals are not doing any wrong through their actions and congressional goals

Question 4

Constituency

Answer 4

a body of voters in a certain place that elect a rep. or a senator

Question 5

apportionment

Answer 5

the process of figuring out how many represenatives for each state with the
results of a census

Question 6

redistricting

Answer 6

redrawing the boudaries of an electoral district,
also using a cencus

Question 7

Gerrymandering

Answer 7

using redistricting to
benifit voters or speatic groups of people

Question 8

Partisan gerrymandering

Answer 8

drawing boundaries in a cool way to win over citizens to a political party

Question 9

Majority-minority district

Answer 9

voters of a minority ethnicity have an electoral majority in the electoral district

Question 10

incumbency

Answer 10

being in office already, also can be going for re-election

Question 11

malapportionment

Answer 11

population in a legslative district that is uneveny divided

Question 12

Incumbency Advantage

Answer 12

advantages for those already in office have trying to fend off opponents

Question 13

Speaker of the House

Answer 13

Leader of the house that is chosen buy a vote of the members

Question 14

Political action commitee
PAC

Answer 14

A committee that raises money for campaigns and that of the members candidates can use

Question 15

Whip

Answer 15

A member from congress that is chosen to help party unity& disipline in the political party

Question 16

Minority leader

Answer 16

Head of the political party chosen by their party members

Question 17

Senate Majority Leader

Answer 17

Most powerful in the senate & head of party with the most seats

Question 18

Commitee chair

Answer 18

Leader of congressional committee who has authority over the agenda

Question 19

Hold

Answer 19

Pausing a debate of bill to object it

Question 20

Discharge petition

Answer 20

Taking a bill off the hands of an unkind commitee, straight to the floor for voting

Question 21

Commitee of the whole

Answer 21

When all members of the House meet at the house floor with different rules to consider legislation

Question 22

House Rules Committee

Answer 22

Commitee that controls the basic rules of the bill when it comes to the House floor

Question 23

Filibuster

Answer 23

A tactic a senator can use to talk on & on to delay time or why the object the bill

Question 24

Unanimous consent agreement

Answer 24

An agreement to consider a bill in the Senate

Question 25

Veto

Answer 25

A president refusing to sign a bill into law

Question 26

Cloture

Answer 26

A group vote that needs 60 senator votes to end the debate of a bill

Question 27

Office management & budget

Answer 27

An office in the executive branch that assists the president with setting the federal budget

Question 28

Entitlement program

Answer 28

A program with benefits for those who qualify the requirements no mater the income

Question 29

Mandatory spending

Answer 29

spending that must be done because it’s “Locked in” its budget

Question 30

discretionary spending

Answer 30

Spending done for programs & policies with permission from Congress & President

Question 31

Budget deficit

Answer 31

When the government takes less money than what they use (they short fall)

Question 32

Budget surplus

Answer 32

When government takes more money than they use

Question 33

National debt

Answer 33

Certain amount of money that the federal government owns

Question 34

Delegate role

Answer 34

The concept that Congress’ main goal is to carry out the people’s wants

Question 35

Trustee

Answer 35

Concept that members of Congress make decisions using their knowledge and judgment

Question 36

Politicol role

Answer 36

Members of Congress being able to balance the interests of constituents and their political party

Question 37

Bipartisan ship

Answer 37

The corporation for both parties to work together in Congress

Question 38

Gridlock

Answer 38

The slow down or inability for Congress to overcome disagreements

Question 39

Lame duck period

Answer 39

During the last term of the Pres. where Congress may also block the opposing party, president initiatives, and nominees

Question 40

Divided government

Answer 40

Under presidents control and 1 or both houses of Congress splitting into separate parties