Final Flashcards
1
Q
Important joint committee
A
Conference committee
2
Q
Significant incumbent advantage
A
Incumbency
3
Q
Most powerful person in Congress
A
Speaker of the house
4
Q
Talking a bill to death
A
Filibuster
5
Q
Vote to end a senate debate
A
Cloture
6
Q
Presidential power often misused
A
Pardon power
7
Q
Law to limit powers of commander & chief
A
War powers resolution
8
Q
Most important presidential appointment
A
Chief of state
9
Q
A mini treaty
A
Dètente
10
Q
More open access to the Oval Office
A
The wheel
11
Q
This organization does investigative work for Congress
A
GAO
12
Q
This man abused his bureaucratic authority
A
JE Hoover
13
Q
Law that makes bureaucratic documents more open
A
Freedom of info act
14
Q
EPA & Sierra Club
A
Issue network
15
Q
Special power enjoyed by the Supreme Court
A
Judicial review
