Fisher Congress Flashcards
The 113th Congress, which ended in Dec 2014, set new records for partisan voting in its first session. Republicans in the House voted with their party on average …..% of the time.
94% of the time.
Following the 2016 elections, many Republicans called for the ban on earmarks to be lifted. The House speaker Paul Ryan said ……..
… that it was politically impossible so soon after Donald Trump ran on a promise to ‘drain the swamp’ and tackle corruption in Washington.
The Freedom Caucus was formed in ……..(year) with currently ……. (members).
The group represents the party’s most conservative members.
2015
40 members
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (2014) allocated $…………… to upgrade from M1 Abrams tanks to a different variant, even though the Army didn’t want to.
$90,000,000
In 2014, Republican House Majority Leader …………, lost his seat in a primary challenge to an unknown economics professor after the …….. Party rallied behind him.
Eric Cantor
Tea Party
In 2009 Several Democrats switched their opinion. dropping support for Obama’s ……………… ……. Act, after meeting constituents who oposed bills.
Affordable Care
111th congress was the oldest is history with an average age of …. in the house and …. in the senate.
57 in the house and 63 in the senate.
The non religious group is the worst represented in congress with 1 member compared to ……% of the US population.
20% of US population is non religious.
….% of congress is female compared to ….. of the population.
19% compared to 50.8% of population.
112th congress was the least productive in recent times:
……./12,299 bills became law.
284 bills made it to law.
In 2012 after the Benghazi, Libya terrorist attack there were …… committees in the house and ….. in the senate.
6 in the House
2 in the Senate
Conservative Democrats, like Congressman …….. …….. of Tennessee and Senator …… ………. of North Dakota often vote Republican.
Congressman Jim Cooper
Senator Heidi Heilkamp
Senator Robert Carlyle served for ……. years and …….months.
Retiring in 2010.
51 years and 5 months.
In 2008, Obama won Pennsylvania and ……… Democrat representatives won seats from this state.
In 2012, Obama won again, but only ……. democrats won House house elections as constituency boundaries changed hands as the governor belonged to the Republicans.
12 in 2008
5 in 2012
2013 …….. ……. non-stop filibuster for over ……hrs on the Affordable Care Act.
4th longest in Senate.
Ted Cruz
21hrs
Of the 139 Acts passed between Jan 2105 and march 2016, …….were passed merely to rename a local facility after some distinguished local citizen.
In addition a …. year term for the Librarian of Congress.
22 Acts passed.
10 tear term for the Librarian.
The House of Representatives has …….. members.
435 members.
In 2012 the senate rejected the … ……. …… …….
The treaty was supported by Obama and the rest of the executive.
UN Disability Rights Treaty
In 1980 there were …… Members of Congress that were part of the ideology overlap. Presently in 2018 that has reduced to …….
49 in 1980
0 in 2018
Congress brought and end to the Vietnam war by withdrawing funding through the passing of the …….. ……. ….. 1974
Foreign Assistance Act 1974
……. was impeached by the house but not removed firm office by the senate
Bill Clinton
In the …….the Congress only ….. bills which came through a conference committee became law.
112th Congress
Only 2 bills
In 2014 the Republicans launched a fillibuster to derail a Democrat proposal that would have mandated an across the board federal ……. ……of $ …….. Per hour
Minimum wage
$10.10
In a 2013 survey ……% of Representatives said staying in touch with constituents was their most important function.
95%
