Civics Chapter 5 Flashcards
Who has the ability to declare war
Congress
Nancy Pelosi holds which title currently
Speaker of the house
- Lobbyist are hired by private groups to influence who?
Decision makers
Steve Scalise currently holds what title.
House Minority Whip
- Gerrymandering is forming an oddly shaped what to increase voting strength for a particular group?
Voting District
Implied Powers is defined as powers not explicitly stated in the constitution which is known as what within the Constitution.
Elastic clause
Cloture stops what when 3/5ths of the Senate agrees to do so.
Filibuster
Rules committee is a powerful House Committee that limits the debates of what
bills
Pork Barrel, projects are government projects that promiarily benefit who.
Home district or state
These bills must originate in the house of representatives
Money Bills
This Senate holds what power with presidential appointees.
the ability to approve or reject
The conference committee helps the house and senate agree on what
details of a bill
Seniority is the tradition of making the longest serving members of Congress what.
chairperson
Interns are congressional staffers that help with what.
Research and office duties
Pigeonhole is when a committee ignores a bill until what
it dies
Filibuster is tactic that amounts to what phrase.
talking a bill the death
A joint committee contains members from where.
Both houses of congress
- Franking Privilege is a privilege where Congress members send job related mail without having to do what?
Paying postage
A standing committee can be defined as what type of committee.
a permanent one
special interest groups try to influence what
Government decisions
Constituents are people represented by a member of what.
congress
A president pro tempore would fill in for who to preside over the senate.
Vice president
A select committee is a committee created to do what for a limited time.
A special job
A census is a population count how often
Every 10 years
Private bills are bills that are submitted to congress that concern who
Individual people or individual groups
Would a member of congress generally send a court case to the supreme courts.
No
