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Casework

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Activities a member of Congress to help constituents as individuals practically by cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get

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What percentage of incumbents win in the house of representatives

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60n

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Coattails

of predidents

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When voters support congressional candidates because of their support for the president

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Credit Claiming

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Enhancing their standings with constituents through service to individuals and the district can be by
pork or serving the constituency

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Porkbarrel

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Federal project that’s available to state and local government and other institutions and congressional districts usually passed through a bill

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What are some main ways to defeat incumbents

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Have a scandal
change in voting districts
a major political title wave

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Bicameral legislature

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Divided into two houses the Congress and the slate legislator are all bicamerial except nebraska

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with bicameral Congress what are the checks and balances

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Thinking of Bill needs both the House and the Senate and body can Veto a bill

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House rules committee definition

3 main rules

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House of Representatives that reviews most of the bills coming from a house committee before they go to the full house
Rules on debate scheduling and investments

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Filibuster

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Astrology unique to the Senate where opponents of a piece of registration can use their right of unlimited debate to prevent a bill ever Senate from voting on a bill

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How many senators have to vote for closure

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60

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What is a closure

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Closing on a filibuster

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Who appoints the members of the House rules committee

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Speaker of the house

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What are some problems with filibusters

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Can be used by the minority to defeat the majority

causes gridlock

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How many times the senator filibuster of single bill

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6

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Speaker of the house

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Office mandated by the constitution chosen by the majority party has both formal and informal power

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Why can’t the majority prevent filibuster

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It would need 2/3 of the vote –hard to get

And the fear that they will sometime be in the minority

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Who eleccts the speaker of the house and how far they away from presidency

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Majority party

Second in line after the vice president

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Substantive representation

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The interest groups of which themselves are not members

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What is the speaker of the house’s formal responsibilities

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1Per side of the house and he is in session
2plays a major role in making committees
3assigning party legislative leaders
4exercises substantial control over which bills get assigned to which committees

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What are the speaker of the house in formal responsibility

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Spokesperson of the house

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Majority leader

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The principal Parmesan alley of the speaker of the house or the parties manager in the Senate

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Minority leader responsibilities

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Scheduling Billess rounding up votes on behalf of parties position

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Whips

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Party leaders who work with majority leaders or minority leaders to make sure people are voting with party platform

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Why is the house more productive in recent years then the senate

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It has more centralized power example the speaker that can sign bills and members to committee and have an extended clip system to advance the agenda

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Standing committees

And number in each house

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Have a legislative jurisdiction and permanent subject matters
House 20 to senate 16

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Joint committees

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Made up of members from both houses typically to oversee certain functions of the government

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Descriptive representation

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Representant constituents by mirroring can bring their personal political relevant characteristics

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Conference committees

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Third house of Congress with members from both houses the house that pass particular bill in different forms

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Conference committees are used when

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Each the house and the senate need to iron out the differences of similar bills to make it a single bill

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Select committees

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Congressional committees appointed to a specific purpose TEMPORARY
Does not introduce legislation
Usually investigation or oversight

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What is the main thing all committees do

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They control the Congressional a general legislation

and oversee the executive branch

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Legislative oversight

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Congress monitoring the bureaucracy and it’s administrative policy performed mainly through hearings

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What is a process for new bill to be proposed in either house

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Usually goes through a Subcommittee then a regularcommitee usually rewritten most stepsy

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What are some reasons for lack of oversight

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seemingly Uneventful action - might not be elected by constituents
fragmentation of committees
The majority party in the house of representatives of the president party

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What are the three things members seek committees to to help them achieve

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Reelection influence in Congress and the opportunity to create in areas is important

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Committee chairs

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Most important influences of congressional agenda they played on that rolled in scheduling hearings hiring staff appointing subcommittee bills they are brought before a full house

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Seniority system

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Until the 1970s the committee chair was always the most senior member of maj party

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Congressional caucus

how many

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A group of members of Congress Sharing some interest or characteristic can be composed of members of both parties for both houses
500

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What are the difference between interest groups and congressional caucuses

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Interest groups are outsiders looking in caucuses are the policymakers already that can easily make changes

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bill

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Proposed law drafted and legalism which only a member of the House of Representatives or the senate can submit a bill for consideration

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Confessional research service CRS

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Administered by Library of Congress composed of researchers with highly develop expertise they are who you cool if you need information or nonpartisan studies they also track the progression of major bills and prepare summaries

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Government accountability office GAO

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It helps Congress perform oversight by reviewing the activites of the executive branch and investigating policy information they set government standards for accounting legal options and claims against

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What are 4 types of ways congressman can cast their vote

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Trustees delegates Partisans politicos

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Trustee voting way
delegates voting way
partisans voting way
politicos voting way

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Vote based on my opinion
Vote based on constituents wants
vote based on party preferences
all three combined

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What committees handle oversight or housekeeping responsibilities

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Select and joint

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What are the sePacific 4 things the House committee can request or do

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Discharge petition
restriction rule
Closed or open rule

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What are Germane amendments

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Amendment that must pertain to the bill

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What is opens rule (House rules committee)

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Amendments can be made

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Discharge petition

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Bills to be released from commitee to be voted on of by floor

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Close rule

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Set time limits on debate and amendments

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What is a simple resolution

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So they can be signed without the president and potato only to the house OR senate

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Concurrent resolution definition

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affects both the House and the Senate voted on by both doesn’t need a president signature

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Joint resolution definition

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Needs prez signature to solve a certain problem or a procedure of the bill

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Presidential action for bills

4

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Sign ,veto
pocket veto leave it for 10 days without congress in session so it will die
pocket signature leaves it for 10 days with Congress is in session bill passes without president signature

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Warpower resolution

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1 prez cant declare war
2must regualy consult congres about war
3 if congress doen’t declare war warmest submit report to Congress with in 48 hours of troop deployment
4 pres. must remove troops after 90 days Congress has not declared war

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For Congress Powers

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commerce law
tax
coin money
borriw money

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Limitations on taxation

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Churches exports cant tax for private benefit

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What are 5 fringe benefits for congressman

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Deduction of taxes travel allowance healthcare offices and Franking

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Oversight committee

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Legislative overseas executive branch can cut budgets and refined existing policy by reimbursements it reviews bureaucracy

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presient pro tempore

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Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president.

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