Chapter 7

Question 1

legislation (law making), representation, and oversight

Answer 1

LRO(basic legislative functions, lecture)

Question 2

the privilege of free mail service provided to members of congress

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Franking Privilege

Question 3

a reallocation of congressional seats among the states every then years, following the census

Answer 3

Reapportionment

Question 4

redistricting to benefit a particular group

Answer 4

Gerrymandering

Question 5

decides the rule for the camber, leadership positions (speaker of the house), majority leader for senate, easier to get the bills passed, member advancement.

Answer 5

Party (role of life in Congress)

Question 6

1 Speaker, 2 Majority leader, and then 3 Minority leader.

Answer 6

Leadership structure

Question 7

the accumulation of power and authority in conjunction with the length of time spent in office

Answer 7

Seniority system

Question 8

congresses way of dividing work among smaller groups within congress, allowing members to specialize in certain areas of policy and thus bills to be considered more efficiently

Answer 8

Committee system

Question 9

1. Drafting & Introduction of Legislation 2. Committee Examination and Debate 3. Floor debate/Amendment/Passage 4. Conference Committee 5. Filibuster

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Legislating

Question 10

publicly recorded votes on bills and amendments on the floor of the House or Senate

Answer 10

Roll call voting

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the tendency for the presidential party to lose congressional seats in off-year elections

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Midterm loss

Question 12

when districts are drawn with unequal populations

Answer 12

Malapportionment

Question 13

made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate; bicameral

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Basic structure of Congress

Question 14

public work projects and grants for specific districts paid for by general revenues

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Pork barrel

Question 15

process of dividing states into legislative districts

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Redistricting

Question 16

Senate = superior white inherited wealth advanced degrees. House = more diverse.

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Congressional demographics

Question 17

when differences between parties become great and ideologies within those separate parties harmonize

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Polarization in Congress

Question 18

the leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives

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Speaker of the House

Question 19

to be able to make people see things your way by any means.

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Senate majority leader (“the treatment”)

Question 20

permanent committees responsible for legislation in particular policy areas

Answer 20

Standing committees

Question 21

reversal of a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both houses of congress

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veto override

Question 22

practice of legislators becoming experts and taking leadership roles in specific policy areas

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Policy entrepreneurship

Question 23

legislative work on behalf of individual constituents to solve their problems with government agencies and programs

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Casework Representation

Question 24

congressional work to advance the issues and ideological preferences of constituents

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Policy Representation

Question 25

congressional work to secure projects, services, and funds for the represented district

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Allocative Representation

Question 26

efforts of members of congress to stand for American ideas or identify with common constituency values

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symbolic representation

Question 27

redistricting to enhance or reduce the chances that a racial or an ethnic group will elect members to the legislature

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Racial Gerrymandering

Question 28

the process in a particular state legislature whereby the majority party draws districts to maximize the number of house seats their party can win.

Answer 28

Partisan Gerrymandering

Question 29

“off-year” elections, those congressional elections that fall between the parties and increased ideological consensus within the parties.

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Midterm elections

Question 30

1. Min. Age: House= 25 yrs; Senate= 30 yrs 2. U.S. Citizen: House= 7 yrs; Senate= 9 yrs 3. Length of Term: House= 2 yrs; Senate= 6 yrs 4. #Rep. Each State: House= 1-53 per state (depends on pop.); Senate= 2 per state 5. House= local; Senate= local and national

Answer 30

House v. Senate