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Congress (Ch 9) Flashcards

1
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What is the minimum age to run for the House?

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25 years

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What is the minimum age to run for the Senate?

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30 years

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How many years must the person be a US citizen to run for the House?

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At least 7 years

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How many years must the person be a US citizen to run for the Senate?

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At least 9 years

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5
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What is the term length of a House Representative?

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2 years

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What is the term length of a Senator?

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6 years

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How many House Representatives do each state get?

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1-53 members (Depending on state)

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How many Senate Members do each state get?

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2 per state

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9
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How does Congress get shit done?

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House Representatives tend to specialize in a committee

Senators are generalists and need to represent their respective state

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10
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Agency representation

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Representatives has electoral incentive to act on constituent interests

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Sociological representation

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Shares demographic traits, experiences, and interests with constituents

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Trustee model of representation

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Members of Congress choose through their own conscience on how to vote

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13
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Instructed delegate model

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The idea that legislators will represent their people’s views, even if it goes against their personal views

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14
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Constituency services

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Where parliamentarians do serve and represent their constituents

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15
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Franking privilege

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Members of Congress can send mail wherever their hearts content

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16
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Pork barrel spending

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A member trying to rake in the most dough for their district

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17
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Apportionment

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The number of representative each state gets is redone every 10 years
The number of representatives will equal 435

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18
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Gerrymandering

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District line are drawn in a person’s favor

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19
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Redistricting

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District lines are redrawn every 10 years

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20
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Seventeenth Amendment

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Shifted the choosing of Senators to the people than state legislators

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21
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Who chooses the Speaker of the House?

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The majority party in the house

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22
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Which parties elect the majority and minority leader?

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Both parties elect both leaders

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23
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How are members of committees chosen?

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Parties determine which of their members sits in each of the committees

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24
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How rules the Senate?

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The Vice Nigga

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25
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What are select committees?

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They are formed temporarily to focus on a specific issue

They cannot present bills to the chamber

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26
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What are joint committees?

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They are formed by members of both chambers

They gather information and cover the issues internal to Congress

27
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What is eating the pig?

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The Baby Boomers have a decisive reperesentation in the electorate and can only be counteracted by more youth vote

28
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What are conference committees?

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Committees the form the final wording of a bill that has been passed through the Senate and the State

29
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What are the Rules Committee?

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The committee that decides the length of debates and the scope of the amendments that will be allowed on the bill

30
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How do members of the Senate agree on terms of debate?

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Unanimous consent of all members

31
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Filibuster

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A procedural move that attempts to halt passage of the bill

32
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How many days does the President have to veto the law?

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10 days

33
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How can a bill be passed without the President’s signature?

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The president’s veto must be overridden by a two-thirds vote

34
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Pocket Veto

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With 10 days left in the congressional calendar, the bill dies and must go through the next session from the beginning

35
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What has Congress partisan look like?

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Congress partisanship has been increasing since 1990s

36
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What is Congress suppose to do to the executive branch?

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Congress is suppose to oversee the activities of the executive branch
Makes sure funding is spent where it is suppose to be

37
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What is impeachment?

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The removal of a high official for high crimes
House acts as grand jury
Senate conducts the actual trial through the chief justice

38
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California Prop 14 (2010)

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Open primary with the top two candidates going on to the general election

39
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California Prop 11 (2008)

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Allows district lines to be drawn by the Citizens Redistricting Commission instead of the state legislature

40
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What are some differences from the California Congress and US Congress?

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Term limits, line item veto (can veto certain parts of bill), large legislative districts due to small size of Assembly and Senate, lower media visibility, senate doesn’t confirm judicial appointments, no filibuster, initiative process gives leverage over to content of legislation, seniority plays a smaller role.

41
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A two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress is necessary to

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override a Presidential veto.

42
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Appropriations are the

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amounts of money, approved by Congress in statutes, that each unit or agency can spend.

43
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Congress is a bicameral legislature, which means that its members are divided between the

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House of Representatives and Senate.

44
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Historically, the most important arenas of congressional policy making have been

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standing committees.

45
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How can a bill become a law without the signature of the president?

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if the House and Senate override the president’s veto through a two-thirds majority

46
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If the House and Senate pass different versions of a piece of legislation, the differences will be resolved

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in a conference committee.

47
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In Congress, seniority—the length of time one has served in the House or Senate—usually determines

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committee chairs.

48
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In recent years, the use of the filibuster and cloture in the U.S. Senate

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has increased to record levels.

49
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Members of the House of Representatives that are making voting decisions are most likely to listen to the interest groups that

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are connected to the constituents in the member’s district.

50
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Pork barrel legislation is a form of ____ in which Members of Congress ____.

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patronage; secure direct benefits for their districts or states

51
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Presidential power to make treaties and to appoint top executive officers, ambassadors, and federal judges is subject to

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the Senate’s advice and consent power.

52
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The Speaker of the House is the

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leader of the majority party.

53
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The president pro tempore (a position of primarily ceremonial leadership) in the Senate is ____ the majority and minority leaders.

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less powerful than

54
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The process of redrawing legislative district boundary lines to provide political advantage or disadvantage is known as

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gerrymandering.

55
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What is a reason that House members are more attuned to the legislative needs of local interest groups than members of the Senate?

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House members need to seek re-election more frequently

56
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What is the primary concern of the majority of private bills introduced in Congress?

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obtaining citizenship for foreign nationals

57
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What is the purpose of select committees?

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to highlight or investigate a particular issue

58
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What was decided by the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission?

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It allowed outside groups and individuals to spend unlimited amounts of money on elections.

59
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What would be the closest Senate counterpart to the House Ways and Means Committee?

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the Senate Finance Committee

60
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What is one truthful statement about congressional polarization?

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The Republican Party has experienced the greatest ideological shift in recent years.

61
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Which type of representation occurs when representatives have the same racial, ethnic, religious, or educational backgrounds as their constituents?

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sociological

62
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Who holds the “power of recognition” in the Senate?

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the majority leader

63
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____ is the formal charge by the House of Representatives that a government official has committed “Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

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Impeachment

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