Frq Chapter 11-14 Flashcards
Explain how credit claiming and campaign finance contribute to incumbency advantage
Credit claiming-
Look at what I’ve done (people tend to vote for people who are experienced and do good things)
Campaign finance- buy more advertisement and get more awareness
Identify two factors that contribute to incumbency advantage
Credit claiming and campaign finance
Discuss one consequence of incumbency advantage for us political process
It becomes stagnant there is a lack of fresh ideas and there would be the same kind of policy with no change.
Discuss two reasons why the framers created bicameral legislature
To compromise between big states and small states, they wanted lawmaking to be a slow process and deliberate, and it is a check on majority tyranny
Identify one power unique to the House of Representatives and explain why the framers have it to them
Infinite spending bills, impeach officials in executive judicial court, choose president in electoral collage has no majority—> represents the people cause they are closely tied to them
Identify one power unique to the senate and explain why the framers gave it
Advice and consent, treaty ratification, hold trial of impeachments of officials
–> done by a group of people not closely tied to the people and by intrest of the states
Define congressional reapportionment and explain one reason why it is important to the state
Redistributing house seats to the number of seats state has in house of reps. ( gain seats more influence less seat less influence) and ( more electoral votes more seats and less electoral votes less seats )
Define congressional redistricting
Redrawing of boundaries of the congressional district with in states
Explain two goals o politicians when they gerrymander during redistricting
Increase minority to make it fair, make it eater for members of own party strength in the house by winning house seats
Describe to limits that the United States Supreme Court has placed on congressional redistricting
Each district must have same number of constituents as in any other state (equally populated)
No district is based sole on race or minority
Describe two advantages the majority party in the U.S. has in lawmaking
Majority party holds, and they have all the leaders of the committee seats
Describe two differences between house and senate rules that may make it likely that legislation may pass in one chamber but not in the other
Rules are strict and more formal in the house, while in the senate it is less stricter and less formal, senate can use filibusters and holds while the house when debating is limited
Explain how the differences identified in b can lead to the passage of a bill in one but not the other
Filibusters make it less likely to pass a bill in the senate and a hold will hold the bill in the senate and it will not get voted on while in the house of reps the vote on it weeks ahead
Specialization for congressional committee
It allows them to be experts on a given area, makes you less dependent on outside sources
Logrolling on congressional committees
Congress support each other’s bill, more likly to get majority vote in it
Party representation on committees
Reflects the actual division o seats in the chamber, you’d expect to have half o the committee seats
Identify two ways party leadership in congress influences legislative process
Enforce party (discipline) I'm going to take you out of your favorite committee Agenda setting through rules committee
Identify two characteristic of a valid scientific public opinion poll
Random sample, representative of general population, un bias
Fairly large sample
Small margin of error
Explain how public opinion effect congress voting
Strong public opinion
Influence how they vote because thy want to reflect the wishes of their constituents (instructed delegate(
Explain how public opinion effect congress voting
Competing re election
Tight race, vote toward public opinion might get vote from consitituent
Legislator voting record limit by public opinion
Didn’t want to be seen as a flip flipper and want to be consistent
Party leadership limit influence of public opinion
Loose party support or gain party super by voting for their constituents
Two factors that decrease presidential approval ratings
Scandel you loose respect
Unsuccessful war effort - people die for no reason
Identify two factors increase apricot ratings
Succesful war effort people gather around the flag
Good economy
Describe constitutional conflict between president and congress about deductions to go to war
Congress is the only one allowed to declare war
President is the cammander and chief of the military
Describe to provisions of the wars power act
President must notify congress 48 hours of committing troops and they are limited to 60 days unless said other wise
Other powers of congress in war making
Stop or on the funding for the wars
Treaty checking by senate
Impeach president in feel president overstepping bounds of power
Two problems of divided government poses for the president in make ing federal appoint ment
President is opposite of congress part it is harder to get the senate to confirm your nominees
Narrows the field of choice for nominees
Identify and explain two way president over comes appoint ment process form divided government
Bullet proof candidates like minority or women
Threatening to veto, deal maker with congress log rolling
Identify two formal constitutional powers of president makeing foreign. Policy
Sign forign treaty with other country, commander and chief of military, appoint. And receive ambassadors, grant and hold recognition
Two formal constitutional powers of congress to foreign policy
Declare war sore oval president ambassadors
Power of the purse
Regulate commerce with other country
Two informal powers president has over congress
Executive agreement with forign country, has more access to info then congress that they don’t have acces too
Environmental protection agency does what
They are an environment agency for clean air and water
They madate inspections of testing water for dirt water
Federal commissions fcc does what
Electronic media regulation
They fine people who fail to show desincy on teliviosion and sell licens
Federal reserve board does what
Monitory policy
They regulate money in circulation and set up bank intros rates
Stare decisis
Is when the court follows president
Which they will differ to older cars for current case
Judicial activism
More likely to strike down on laws and checking other the other two branches of government
Process of writ of certiorari
If 4 of the 9!judges want to accept the appeal the higher court will ask the lower court to send up record s for case review
