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Great Compromise

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Connecticut Compromise; Bicameral; modeled off Great Britains Lords and Commons

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Senate

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upper house; lords; bigger deal; 30 years, 9 years citizenship, 6 year office; 1/3 for reelection

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House

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lower house; commons, 25, 7 year citizenship, all reelection every 2 year 1/1 for reelection

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Powers of House

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revenue bills, impeaches, picks president with no majority

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Powers of Senate

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“picks” VP, Ratify Treaties, Approve Presidential Nominee, Trials for Impeachment

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Article 1, Section 8

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expressed powers of congress; limited government(only can do what const. says); Elastic Clause

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Expressed Powers

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powers directly listed in constitution; 27

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Elastic Clause

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necessary and proper; implied powers

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Implied Powers

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powers not explicitly stated in the constitution; McCulloch v Maryland

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McCulloch v Maryland

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congress has implied powers

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Federalist 51

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checks and balances

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10th amendment

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rights reserved to states; Reserved Powers

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Reserved Powers

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rights to given to federal gov, automatically given to states

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Article 1, Section 10

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says what’s states can’t do; limits there power; fears article of confederation

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Concurrent Powers

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powers shared by national and state government

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Inherent Powers

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gov has power bc there the gov; Imminent Domain

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Imminent Domain

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Gov can buy private property; you have to sell

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Congress non-legislative power

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Declare War; Advising Consent(Candidate Approval); Amendment Process

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Amendment Process

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2/3 proposal; represents federalism- congress proposes and states ratify

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Executive Order

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President goes over congress

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Strict Constructionist

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limits power of federal government to only what’s expressively stated in constitution

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Loose Constructionist

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“reading between the lines”- living and changing

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Re/Apportionment

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legislative seats are distributed based on population

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Baker v Carr

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guiding principle, one man one vote

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Reno v Shaw

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race can’t be a factor

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Reynolds v Shaw

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voting rights and equal representation

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Gerrymandering

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manipulate boundaries for party/class; legal

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Majority-Miniority District

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minority class makes up majority

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Marginal/Swing District

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doen’t get more than 55% for one candidate

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Majority/Safe District

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candidate wins more than 55%

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Continuous Body

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senate; only 1/3 are reelected

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Constituents

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people you represent

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Senator Dies

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governor of state appoints someone to fill position until next election

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Incumbency Advantage

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those already in office get reelected more easily, name recognition, raising money; works better in house

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Constituent Service

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resolves constituents problems; they had a problem I fixed it

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Parts of Incumbency Advantage

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Constituent Service; Pork Barrel; Franking

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Pork Barrel Bill

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creates jobs and benefits for a particular group

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Franking

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sending business related mail for free

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FECA

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PACs have to donated for IG

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Casework

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provide assistants to constituents

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Credit Claiming

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Casework, Pork Barrel

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Speaker of the House

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powerful and influential; determines party strategy; determines which bills will be presented; assisted by majority leader

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Majority/Floor Leader

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ally to speaker; schedule billings; announce agenda; responds to member opinions on agenda

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Minority Leader

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negotiates with majority; leads floor for minority;

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Whip

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keep score of party votes; focus on people on the fence; asks how floor is going to vote; minority and majority

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Standing Committees

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permanent;
oversee specific responsibilities; evaluate bills to kill them or pass; jurisdiction over a certain area; multiple subcommittees

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Joint Committee

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members of both chambers;
Issue of interest in both houses
Limited jurisdiction

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Selective Committee

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limited- specific purpose; no legislative authority; temporary

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subcommittee

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deals with specified issues and reports back to large committees

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Conference Committee

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joint and select- bill passes in both so come together to compromise; temporary

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House Rules Committee

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most powerful standing committee; closed rule

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Closed Rule

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limits debate; bill can’t be amended on floor

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President of Senate

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VP; breaks ties; presides over counting ballots

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President Pro Tempore

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fills in for VP

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Congressional Caucus

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closed meeting to develop party strategy; gathers people together

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Quorum

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number of people for meeting to count; majority

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Committee of the Hole

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reduces quorum to 100; can’t vote but speeds it up; debate period

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Mark up

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happens/assigned in standing committee; evaluates merit of bill; makes edits

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Pigeon Hole

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speaker doesn’t have to assign bill to committee; set aside and ideally forgotten

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Discharge Petition

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motion to force bill out of committee; gets it out of pigeon hole

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Clotcher

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ends filibuster/debate; rare

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Filibuster

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stalling so that nothing gets done

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Log Rolling

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trading votes

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Rider

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doesn’t pass by itself so it attaches to another bill

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Christmas Tree Bill

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Rider bills hanging on the “tree”

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Engrossed

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printed in final form

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Hold

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senator temporarily blocks bill

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Appropriation Bill

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congress response to presidents budget

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Authorization Bill

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authorization for federal agencies

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Budget Resolution

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blueprint guide to congressional action on beget related legislation

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Continuing Resolution

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can’t reach agreement on appropriations so agencies get budget from year before

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Incrementalism

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small changes to programs rather than large; over large periods of time

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Reconciliation

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tax or revenue adjustments to achieve required savings

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Trustee

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vote in best interest- trust yourself

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Delegate

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vote the way constituents want

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Partisan

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do what the party wants

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Politico

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pick based on an issue

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Work with president

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Work closely with president; determined by president approval

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Senate are…

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Generalists

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House members are…

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Specialists

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Staff

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keep records of phone calls; congressman can’t be everywhere so fill there place

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