chapter 7? Flashcards
All bills designed to raise revenue originate in
the HoR
The commerce clause
regulating foreign and interstate commerce
Who can ratify constitutional amendments
congress and state governments
Which Article is the longest
Article I because of importance
In the Civil Rights Act of 1964, what part of the Constitution is used to make discrimination in public facilities illegal?
commerce clause
expressed power
listed in the Constitution
The War Powers Act was created after which of the following events?
vietnam war
The difference between an appropriations bill and an authorization bill is appropriations bills
proposes to authorize money and second actually allocates the money
One way Congress can encourage spending and business expansion is by
increase taxes??
Who does congress over see
the executive branch
The power of the purse is important in oversight because it allows Congress to
Review, and possibly modify, agency budgets
How is legislative oversight typically different from Congressional investigation?
Investigation involves the executive branch whereas oversight involves the legislature
After a two-year investigation into investment banks’ role in the economic meltdown of 2008, which of the following is an appropriate action that Congress did in response to the 2008 economic crisis?
passed a major banking reform bill
Legislative oversight is an example of checks and balances because
Congress can see if the executive branch is carrying out a law as it is intended
The Supreme Court case of Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha ruled what concept was unconstitutional because it violated the concept of separation of powers?
Legislative Veto
Legislative Veto
provision in a law that lets congress review and cancel actions of an executive agency
The president can provide a check on Congress’s power to create legislation by
vetoing a bill
in a divided government, power stuggles can occur because
one party controls the white house and the other controls congress
what event in US history is credited with shifting power source of legislation to the pres
civil war
while the pres proposes the national budget, who must aprove it
congress
impoundment
pres refuses to spend money that congress has authorized and appropiated
tension between the pres and congress
occurs as each works to protect its power
line item veto
allows the pres to reject only part of a bill
extra powers
given to pres during war time to make decision making faster
who has more control over the federal budget
congress
what does divided government do to legislative process
it slows
legislative veto
congress could in theory review and cancel actions of executive agencies (violates separation of powers)
implied power
power that congress has obtained through the elastic clause
5 times we’ve declared war
-the war of 1812
-WWI
-WWII
-Spanish American
-Mexican American
Patent
the exclusive right to sell something
ex post facto laws
unable to pass because
war powers act
it wanted to limit the pres’s ability to commit troops abroad without congressional approval
what was the main reason congress passed the congressional budget and impoundment control act
keep the pres from stopping the funding of programs
veto
the executive branch’s check of power on the legislative branch
copyright
the exclusive right to publish and sell a literary or musical work
immunity
freedom from prosecution
why did the founders decide that revenue bills should originate in the house
representation in the house is based on pop
in what way are political parties most powerful in checking the power of different branches of gov
the gov is divided
whats a power given to congress in the constituation in terms of engaging in conflict
declare war
which scenario do patents on inventions such as technological innovations help the economy
how did marshal expand congress powers
providing a very broad interpretation of the necessary and proper clause
National Emergencies Act
requires pres to tell congress when they plan to declare a national emergency
why amending power is limited
states must ratify any approved amendments
congress checking executive
oversee executive agencies
civil rights act of 1964
legislation that used the commerce clause to combat racial descrimination
appropiations bill
law proposed by congress to authorize spending money
legislative oversight
allows congress to review executive branch
