Examples of the legislative branch Flashcards
The % of Us citizens being immigrants 2019
14%
What are the 3 members of the squad
Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and rashida Tlaib- They were 3 progressivly forward congresswomen in the 116th congress.
The % of women in the 117th congress
27%
The % of hispanics in the 117th congress
9%
The number of gays in the 117th congress
11
The average age of people in the 117th congress
59
Example of a filibuster
Southern Democrats attempted to block the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by filibustering for 75 hours
Example of a controversial appointment
In 2017 Trump elected an education secretary Billionaire Betsy DeVos, who knew fuck all about education
Example of an impeachment
Nixon in 1974 was tried and was the main reason for his impeachment.
Examples of treaties senate has been
Treaty of versailles 1920
The convention of the rights of person with disabilities a 2012 UN treaty.
Example of a government shut down
In the 2018-19 season, trumps budget caused a shutdown for 35 days. This cost the US 2.3 Billion DOLLARs
How much of the federal budget was the national debt in oct 2022
48 million or 12% of the budget
Example of congressional caucuses
House republican caucus - all republicans in the house
Senate republican caucus - all republicans in the senate
Vice versa for the demorats
Example of a smaller caucus
Bipartisan Heroin and opium task force
Who is the current speaker and why is she important
Nancy pelosi - The first FEMALE speaker of the house and was the force that pushed for trumps impeachment.
Example of senator voting against party lines
Mitt Romney was the only republican to vote against trump in the 2019 impeachment attempt
How many competitive districts in 1997 to 2020
164 1997
91 2020
What caucus was made in 2017 to promote bipartisanship
The problem solves caucus
Example of a standing committee
in 2016 the senate judiciary committee support mcarthy in not holding hearings for merec garland
Example of a select committee
the house select committee on benghazi was set up in 2014 to investigate a terrorist attack on the US embassy in libya. Spent 2 years and 7 million investigating it. The republicans done this so they could throw shade at a presidential democrat candidate
Example of a chairmen of a house rules committee who used it to push his agenda
Republican pete sessions used it to recieve millions in donations and to push his agenda to opposite marijuana on a federal level
Example of a chairmen of a house rules committee who used it to push his agenda
Republican pete sessions used it to receive millions in donations and to push his agenda to opposite marijuana on a federal level
Example of how members of congress used committees to help constituents
from 2015-2020 The chair of the senate agriculture committee was Pat Roberts, senator of kansas. He steered a bipartisan farm bill through congress with help from kansas agriculture groups. The agriculture improvement act 2018 gave farmers billions of funding to farmers.
Example of pork barreling
The bridge to nowhere was a 400 million project that was supposed to build a bridge form alaska to a small island which was never built.
The amount spent on pork barreling in 2018 and 19
15 billion per year
What is the average percent of re election in the house
90%
Past president’s that have been in the senate
JFK, Obama, Biden
Vice presidents been in the senate
Harris, Biden, Al Gore, Quayle
Example of supreme court overruling congress
In 1996 congress made the defence of marriage act which made it so gay marriage wasn’t accepted as official.
This was overturned by 2 supreme court cases- Us vs Windsor and Obergefell Vs hodges
