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Chapter 5 Congress Flashcards

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interest groupos

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represent individuals and businesses in many different districts and states

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Constituents

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the people that reside in the congressional district

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nation

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what’s best for the country

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House of Representatives reflects

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the ethnic makeup of minorities, the constituency still mostly white males

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senate is mostly made up of

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white males, fewer percentage minority memebers

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House of Representatives number of memebers

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435

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House of Representatives

representation per term

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HOR

length of term

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2 years

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HOR number of terms

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Unlimited

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Senate

number of members

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100

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Senate

representation per state

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2 people

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senate

length of term

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6 years

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Senate of terms

number of terms

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unlimited

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power of the purse

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congress cutting off funding for projects they don’t agree with

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the power of advice and consent

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the senate approves every presidential appointees

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Financing Powers

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  1. taxing and spending
  2. Raise money (by levying taxes or borrowing money to pay off debts, provide for the common defense and the general welfare)
  3. 16th Ammendment(1913) allowed congress to tax income
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commerce powers

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  1. the right to regulate foreign and interstate trade
  2. commerce means all production, buying, selling and transportation
  3. can make laws even if commerce isn’t the main issue
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Defense- related powers

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  • declare war
  • create army and navy
  • able to send troops into battle whenever wanted
  • cut off funding if president sends troops in without congress okay
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Expressed powers given to Congress

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coin and print money
postal service
copyright and patent laws
weights and measurements
bankruptcy laws
naturalize citizens
establish federal courts
Can establish time, place and manner of electing members
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Formal Qualifications for House of Representatives

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  • Must be at least 25 years old
  • must live in state he or she represents
  • must have been a U.S. citizen for at least 7 years
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Informal Qualifications

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  • Appeal to voters in their district (varies by district)

- Raise money for campaigns

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Expulsion in the House of Representatives

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-Any member of the House can be expelled for any reason with 2/3 vote

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Formal Qualifications for Senate

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  • At least 30 years old
  • Must live in the state represent
  • must have a U.S. citizen at least 9 years
  • can only appeal to voters in their state
  • tend to be fewer minorities more moderate
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Election of Senators

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Originally chosen by state legislators

-very corrupt

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Reapportionment

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  • Every ten years
  • federal cencus
  • redistricting
  • 435 members in the house (numbers wont increase)
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Gerrymandering

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-The district created by members of the Governor Elbrige Gerry’s party closely resembled a salamander

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Speaker of the House

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John boehner

  • Assigns bills to committees
  • schedules debates and votes
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Majority Leader

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Eric cantor

  • Assists the speaker
  • Helps manage their party
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Vice President

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Joe Biden

Elected by electoral college

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President Pro Tempore

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Patrick j Leany

Most senior member of majority party

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Senate Majority Leader

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Harry Reid

Most powerful senator selects committee members

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Filibuster

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When an opponents of a measure to take a floor of the senate and refuse to stop talking to prevent the measure up for a vote

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Standing Committees

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  • Permanent
  • Categorical
    • Each standing committee has 4-13 subcommittees
    • most bills are sent to committees to be worked on
  • Researched
    • Marked up
    • Oversight of president and execute agencies
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Standing Committees for the house

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  • 20 standing committees
  • more powerful than the senate
  • only people who can add riders to bills
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standing committees to the senate

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  • 16 committees

- less influential amendments can be added during debate

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Select committees

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  • carry out tasks not covered by standing committees

- only exist for a limited time

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Joint committees

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  • broad issues that affect both chambers

- permanent, but less influential than standing committees

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Introducing a bill

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Ideas of a bill may come form many differnt sources (constituents, interest groups, political parties, or congressional members) but they can only be introduced by a member of the chamber of congress

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hopper

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wooden box

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introducing a bill House

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bills are dropped into the hopper and are assigned the letter “H.R” with a number

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Introducing a bill Senate

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Bills are handed to the clerk and are assigned the letter “S” with a number

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When are bills private?

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Bills may be private (only effect a person or family) or public (affecting a society at large). Most bills are public bills

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Joint Resolutions

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similar to bills (must pass both chambers and be signed by the president) but are used for out of the ordinary circumstances
ex: invading Iraq in 2002

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Riders

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are small bills attached to a larger , more important bill and generally has very little to nothing to do with the larger bills

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Who do most riders generally benefit

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one particular state or congressional district

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What is the “poison pill”

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some riders that are attached to a bill for the sole purpose of making the bill unattractive to pass

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subcommittee hearings

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-Sub-committees
	Holds hearings
	research facts
	mark up bill
		makes changes
		adds riders
If bill passes a sub-committee bill votee is sent back to the full committee
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Committee hearings

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” “

  • If bill passes a full committee vote it is sent to the HOuse or senate floor
  • committee can either ignore the bill or send it to a sub-committee
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subcommittee report

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  • when a report is deemed favorable, unfavoable, or without comment
  • based on votes of members
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Markup Process

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  • meeting of full committee
  • committee hears sub-committee issues
  • debates bill and considers Amendment to the bill
  • committee votes on how to report the bill to full chamber
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How things are debated in the house

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  • colanders (decide)
    • debate
    • vote
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How things are debated in the Senate

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  • Introduced to floor by a member
    • Filibuster
    • cloture rule- an end to debate need 2/3 vote
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Conference committee

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  • Bills muse be identical to each other
  • Generally bills are changed during the markup process
  • Both chambers send representatives (usually committee members) to the conference committee to work out the differences in the bill
  • Bills are brought back to the floor of each chamber and debated, but no amendments can be added and a final vote is taken
  • if the bill passes both chamber, it is sent to the President
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when the president approves the bill

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  • sign the bill

- ignore the bill for 10 days and if congress still is in the session at the end of 10 days, the bill becomes law

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when the president rejects the bill

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-veto the bill: with a message that lists the specific objections

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Pocket Veto

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ignore the bill for ten days, and if congress ends its session during the ten days the bill is rejected

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Minority leader house

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Nancy pelosi

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Minority leader senate

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Mitch MConnel

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Majority leader house

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Eric Cantor

  • assists the speaker
  • helps manage their party
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Writ of Habeas Corpus

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Requires the government to show a prisoner before a judge

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Bill of attainder

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A law that is directed towards a specific person or group of people

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Pork barrel spending

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Spending on projects that target a small constituency but all tax payers fund

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