Congress

Question 1

Bicameral Legislature

Answer 1

A two-house legislature

The United States of America has a bicameral legislature.

Question 2

Appointment

Answer 2

The process of allotting congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of the population ,following the decennial census

California got more appointments because they have a bigger population.

Question 3

Bill

Answer 3

A proposed law

The president is trying to pass a new bill

Question 4

Impeachment

Answer 4

The power delegated to the House of Representatives in the Constitution to charge the president, vice president, or other “civil officers,” including federal judges, with “Treason, Bribery, or other high crimes and Misdemeanors”. This is the first step in the constitutional process of removing governmental officials from office.

The president is facing Impeachment because he has upset the public.

Question 5

Edmund Burke

Answer 5

Conservative British political philosopher of the eighteenth century who articulated the view that elected representatives should act as “trustees” and use their own best judgement when voting.

Edmund Burke’s philosophy played a big part in shaping America’s political system.

Question 6

Trustee

Answer 6

Role played by an elected representative who listens to the constituents opinions and then uses his or her best judgement to make a final decision.

The trustee had to make the vote on behave of the whole club.

Question 7

Delegate

Answer 7

Role played by a representative who votes the way his or her constituents would want, regardless of personal opinions; may refer to an elected representative to congress or a representative to the party convention.

The delegates from the electoral college make the decisions for their state

Question 8

Politico

Answer 8

An elected representative who acts as a trustee or as a delegate, depending on the issue.

The politico was chosen by the people in the club to be the trustee.

Question 9

Incumbency

Answer 9

Already holding office.

During his incumbency the congressman made many important decisions for the country.

Question 10

Redistricting

Answer 10

The process of redrawing congressional districts to reflect increases or decreases in seats allotted to the states, as well as population shifts.

The congressman loss votes because of the redistricting at the end of the year.

Question 11

Gerrymandering

Answer 11

The drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district.

The congressman liked gerrymandering because it was able to get them more votes

Question 12

Majority party

Answer 12

The political party in each house of Congress with the most members.

The majority party in congress at the moment is the Democrats

Question 13

Minority party

Answer 13

The political party in each house of Congress with the second most members

The minority party in congress at the moment is the Republicans

Question 14

Party cause (or conference)

Answer 14

A formal gathering of all party members

The party conference is planned to happen at the end of May.

Question 15

Speaker of the House

Answer 15

The only officer of the House of Representatives specially mentioned in the constitution; the chamber’s most powerful position; traditionally a member of the majority party

The speaker of the house is given a speech at 4 p.m. today.

Question 16

Majority leader

Answer 16

The head of the party controlling the most seats in the House of Representatives or the Senate; is second in authority to the speaker of the House and in the Senate is regarded as its most powerful member.

The majority leader and the speaker of the house work closely together.

Question 17

Minority leader

Answer 17

The head of the party with the second highest number of elected representatives in the House of Representatives or the Senate.

Mitch McConnell is the current minority leader for the senate.

Question 18

Whip

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Party leader who keeps close contact with all members of his or her party takes vote counts on key legislation, prepares summaries of bills, and acts as a communications link within party.

The whip of the democratic party has a lot of responsibility and make sure everything is connected

Question 19

President pro tempore

Answer 19

The official chair of the senate; usually the most senior member of the majority party.

Charles Grassley is the current president pro tempore of the United states.

Question 20

Standing Committee

Answer 20

Committee to which proposed bills are referred; continues from one congress to the next.

The citizens went to propose a bill to the standing committee

Question 21

Joint Committee

Answer 21

Standing committee that includes members from both houses of congress set up to conduct investigations or special studies.

The joint committee was created to investigate into the current scandal.

Question 22

Conference Committee

Answer 22

Special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate.

The conference committee was called in because the House and Senate could not reach an agreement on the new bill.

Question 23

Select (or special) committee

Answer 23

Temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose.

The select committee was formed to make a decision regarding the payment for the roads.

Question 24

Hillary Clinton

Answer 24

First female major party candidate for president of the United States, a Democrat, who ran against President Donald Trump in 2016. Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013; New York senator from 2001 to 2009; former first lady.

Hillary Clinton was the first women to make it so far in a presidential election.

Question 25

House Committee on Rule

Answer 25

The influential "Rule Committee" determines the scheduling and conditions, such as length of debates and type of allowable amendments, for all bills in the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Rule decided that the next presidential debate would only be sixty minutes.

Question 26

Discharge Petition

Answer 26

Petition that gives a majority of the House of Representatives the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction. The congresswomen decided to start a discharge petition so she could present her new issue.

Question 27

Seniority

Answer 27

Time of continuous service on a committee John has the most seniority of members on the committee so we listen to what he says

Question 28

Markup

Answer 28

A session in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor. Mike made a markup to the bill that was being present to congress in less than an hour.

Question 29

Committee of the Whole

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A procedure that allows the House of Representatives to deliberate with a lower quorum and to expedite consideration and amendment of a bill. The committee of the whole is meeting on Thursday to discuss the new bill.

Question 30

Hold

Answer 30

A procedure by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill or nomination is brought to the floor. This request signals leadership that a member may have objections to the bill and should be consulted before further action is taken Senator Cale ask for a hold so he can decide if supports the bill or not

Question 31

Filibuster

Answer 31

A formal way of halting Senate action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate. Mellie did not like the way the Senate was voting so she started a filibuster.

Question 32

Cloture

Answer 32

Mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate The debate was going for so long that one of the senators called a cloture.

Question 33

Veto

Answer 33

The formal constitutional authority of the president to rejects bills passed by both house of Congress, thus preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action The president decided to veto the law that congress tried to pass

Question 34

Pocket Veto

Answer 34

If congress adjourns during the ten days the president has to consider a bill passed by both houses of congress, the bill is considered vetoed without the president signature. The congress decided to meet again three days after since they passed the bill so their bill got a pocket veto.

Question 35

Richard M Nixon

Answer 35

The 37th president, a Republican, who served from 1969 through 1974. Nixon advocated detente during the Cold War and resigned rather than face impeachment and likely removal from office due to Watergate scandal Richard Nixon was one of the worst presidents in American history.

Question 36

Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Answer 36

Act that established the congressional budgetary process by laying out a plan for congressional action on the annual budget resolution, appropriations, reconciliation , and any other revenue bill. The Congressional Budget Act lays out a plan for how congress will spend it's money.

Question 37

Reconciliation

Answer 37

A procedure that allows consideration of controversial issue affecting the budget by limiting debate to twenty hours, thereby ending threat of a filibuster. A reconciliation was called because the congressman did not like the plan to spend their money on schools

Question 38

Pork

Answer 38

Legislation that allows representatives to bring money and jobs to their districts in the form of public works programs military bases, or programs. The pork is what allowed the Congressman to give hundreds of jobs to the people in his district.

Question 39

Programmatic request

Answer 39

Federal funds designated for special projects within a state or congressional district. Also referred to as earmarks. The programmatic request allowed the Mayor to pay to fix the roads.

Question 40

Divided Government

Answer 40

The political condition in which different political parties control the presidency and at least one house of congress Right now in America we have a divided Government.

Question 41

War Powers Resolution

Answer 41

Passed by congress in 1973; the president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a sixty day period in peacetime unless congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period. Because of the War Powers Resolution the president had to remove troops from Syria.

Question 42

Congressional review

Answer 42

A process whereby congress can nullify agency regulation within the 60-day period window by passing a joint resolution of legislature disapproval. The presidents approval of the resolution or a two-thirds majority vote in both houses to overrule a presidential vote is also required. The bill went before congress for a congressional review at the start of April

Question 43

Senatorial Courtesy

Answer 43

A process by which presidents generally allow senators from the state in which a judicial vacancy occurs to block a nomination by simply registering their objections. The president held a Senatorial Courtesy at the end of the month.

Question 44

Unified Government

Answer 44

The political condition in which the same political party controls the presidency and Congress More laws get passed with a unified Government.

Question 45

Logrolling

Answer 45

Vote trading;vote to support a colleague's bill in return for a promise of future support a colleagues bill in return for a promise of future support. The congressmen practice logrolling so that their ideas can have support.

Question 46

Congressional Research Service

Answer 46

Created in 1914, the non-partisan CRS provides information, studies, and research in support of the work of congress, and prepares summaries and tracks the progress of all bill. The congressional research service is an important part of the way congress works.

Question 47

Government Accountability Office

Answer 47

Established in 1921, the GAO is an independent regularity agency for the purpose of auditing the financial expenditures of the executive branch and federal agencies; until 2004, in GOA was known as the General Accounting Office. The Government Accountability office helps controls the finances of the government.

Question 48

Congressional Budget Office

Answer 48

Created in 1974, the CBO provides Congress with evaluations of the potential economic effects of proposed spending policies and also analyzes the president's budget and economic projections. The congressional budget office helps control what the congress spends.