exam 3 Flashcards
delegate
according to doctorine artculated by Edmund Burke an elected representative who acts in perfect accord with thewisheof his or her costituent.
Congress is what type of sytem?
Bicamperal
trustee
an elected representative who believes that his or her own judement, rather than constitutinal, should be used in making legislation decisions.
constituency
district of legislators.
constituent
citizen who lives in district of an elected official
incumbency factor
name recognition money franking privilage pork barrel constituent services
$300,000 tax payer money goes to?
Franking Privilege
free mailing
Money obtained by representative for special projects back home in their district
Constituent Services
receiving and responding to calls, emails, letters, etc, from ppl back home
Constituent Services
Reappointment
change (or reallocation) in the number of seats between states within the House after census
Redistricting
Redrawing of districts with a state
types of committees in congress
- standing
- select
- join
Standing
more permanent
select
investigative
they are selected to investigate selected topics
temporary
join
where mebers of house and senate work together
