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Question 1

435 reps - population

Answer 1

House

Question 2

100 senators, 2 per state

Answer 2

Senate

Question 3

Drawing boundaries of a district to adv. one party over another. redrawn every decade. results in few and more safe seats

Answer 3

Gerrymanderong

Question 4

leads majority party by delegating tasks to committees, preside over the House

Answer 4

Speaker of the House

Question 5

Lead their party, keep order, speak for their party

Answer 5

Leader

Question 6

Counts votes and enforces party discipline

Answer 6

Whip

Question 7

Core legislative groups of the house - 20 and the Senate - 16

Answer 7

Standing committees

Question 8

Control budget, determine schedule, whether a committee will consider a bill, impact committee membership

Answer 8

Committee chairs

Question 9

Representative makes decisions as constituents would make

Answer 9

Delegate

Question 10

A representative seeks to make the best decision ind.

Answer 10

Trustee

Question 11

Sees that the executive branch carries out laws faithfully, funding renewal is a typ. crime for accountability, congress has investigative powers - hearings (subpoena power)

Answer 11

Oversight

Question 12

Compete for money, endorsements, media, little advertising

Answer 12

invisible primary

Question 13

intro of the candidate, selection of VP, no rebuttal, celebration of the party, adoption of the platform - states the parties position, pop. results in bump

Answer 13

Party conventions

Question 14

where candidates go more often for their party

Answer 14

swing states

Question 15

given to candidates for anything, strict limits, $6600 ind. donation limit

Answer 15

Hard money

Question 16

Used directly for cand., mostly advertising, unlimited

Answer 16

Soft money

Question 17

No coordination with politicians, public records of donors

Answer 17

Super PAC

Question 18

no electioneering; secret donors

Answer 18

501(c)4

Question 19

matching funds/ spending limits, now rejected by many since 2008

Answer 19

public funding

Question 20

Removes spending limits on corporations in elections

Answer 20

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Question 21

elected, formal powers preside over the senate, casts a tie breaking vote, takes over for pres if needed, informal powers determined by the pres and have increased over time

Answer 21

Vice president

Question 22

Command center

Answer 22

Executive office of the pres

Question 23

President’s personal advisors

Answer 23

White House office

Question 24

Come up with the budget and oversee bureaucracy

Answer 24

Office of management and budget

Question 25

Advises pres on foreign and military affairs

Answer 25

National Security Council

Question 26

Heads of major departments - defense, treasury, agric.

Answer 26

Cabinet Secretaries

Question 27

historical circumstances, great depression and new deal, JFK assassination, civil rights movement and reagans tax cuts and spending reforms

Answer 27

Political time

Question 28

more successful, can act alone, congress support likely

Answer 28

foreign policy

Question 29

less successful, less power, stronger partisan opposition

Answer 29

Domestic policy

Question 30

high public support leads to congressional support for pres and can appear directly through tv

Answer 30

Public Support

Question 31

removal from office, charge by the HoR (majority) and 2/3 senate for treason, bribery high crime, misdemeanor, never done, close with A Johnson, B Clinton, Trump x2 through the house but not the senate

Answer 31

Impeachment

Question 32

94, 1 judge sometimes called a trial court, hear witnesses

Answer 32

US District courts

Question 33

13, hear cases on appeal, make decisions based on written records, presided over by a 3 judge panel

Answer 33

US court of appeals

Question 34

1 chief justice and 8 associative justices, choose which cases to hear around 1%, must be for compelling reasons, serious legal issue with lower court disagreements, conflict with the SC decision. 3/4ths of decision reverse lower courts

Answer 34

Supreme Court

Question 35

Pres gets the opinion of senators from the same party on appts. esp. lower courts

Answer 35

Senatorial courtesy

Question 36

It is up to the SC to determine if a law is unconstitutional or not

Answer 36

Marbury v. madison

Question 37

interpreted as at the time it was written, critics say it is too rigid

Answer 37

Originalism theory

Question 38

adapt reading to present circumstances, critics say it is too flexible

Answer 38

living constitution theory

Question 39

Try to make narrow decisions and leave most issues to elected officials

Answer 39

Judicial Restraint

Question 40

Judges try to defend liberty and equality even if this means deciding political questions

Answer 40

Judicial activism