JASMINE ELIZALDE- CHAPTER 6 VOCAB

Question 1

Bicameral legislature

Answer 1

A two house legislature.

=The Framers created a bicameral legislature.

Question 2

Apportionment

Answer 2

The process of allotting congregational seats to each state according to its proportion of the population, following the decennial census.
=The apportionment came after the US census.

Question 3

Bill

Answer 3

A proposed law.

=A bill is created when the two houses agree.

Question 4

Impeachment

Answer 4

The power delegated to the House of Representatives in the Constitution to or other ̈civil officers ̈, including federal judges, with ̈Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors ̈. This is the first constitutional process of removing government officials from office.
=Donald Trump has put himself in positions where impeachment is brought into mind.

Question 5

Edmund Burke

Answer 5

Conservative British political philosopher of the eighteenth century who articulated the view that elected representative should act as ̈̈trustees̈ and use their own best judgement when voting.
=E.Burke reasoned that elected officials were obligated to vote.

Question 6

Trustee

Answer 6

Role played by an elected representative who listens to constituents ́ opinions and then uses his or her best judgement to make a final decision.
=A trustee will probably be the most trusted person for judgments.

Question 7

Delegate

Answer 7

Role played by a representative who votes the way his or her constituents would want, regardless of personal opinions; may refer to an elected representative to Congress or a representative to the party convention.
=A delegate is a second theory representative.

Question 8

Politico

Answer 8

An elected representative who acts as a trustee or as a delegate, depending on the issue.
=Politico alternately dons the hat of a trustee or delegate.

Question 9

Incumbency

Answer 9

Already holding an office.

=Incumbency has probably ruined the US by keeping some delegates.

Question 10

Redistricting

Answer 10

The process of redrawing congressional districts to reflect increases or decreases in seats allotted to the states, as well as population shifts within a state.
=Redistricting is a largely political process.

Question 11

Gerrymandering

Answer 11

The drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district.
=the redistricting process involves gerrymandering.

Question 12

Majority party

Answer 12

The political party in each house of Congress with the most members.
=the majority party is believed to have the most power.

Question 13

Minority Party

Answer 13

The political party in each house of congress with the second most members
=the minority party probably has less power.

Question 14

Party Caucus

Answer 14

a formal gathering of all party members

=the party caucus happens at the beginning of a new congress.

Question 15

Speaker of the house

Answer 15

The only offer of the house of representatives specifically mentioned in the constitution; the chambers most powerful position; traditionally a member of the majority party.
=the speaker of the house becomes president when both the president and the vice president die.

Question 16

Majority leader

Answer 16

The head of the party controlling the most seats in the house of representatives or the senate; is second most authority to the speaker of the house and in the senate is regarded as its most powerful member.
=the majority leader is the leader of the biggest party.

Question 17

Minority leader

Answer 17

the head if the party with the second highest number of elected representatives in the House of Representatives or the senate.
=the minority leader is the leader of the smallest party.

Question 18

Whip

Answer 18

Party leader who keeps close contact with all members of his or her party takes vote counts on key legislation prepare summaries of bills and acts like a communications link within party
=the whip will be like the peacemaker between different teams.

Question 19

Presidential pro tempore

Answer 19

The official chair of the Senate usually the most senior member of the majority party
=the p.pro tempore is the official chair.

Question 20

Standing committee

Answer 20

Committee to which proposed bills are referred continue someone Congress to the next
=standing committe is a type of committee.

Question 21

Joint committee

Answer 21

Standing committee that includes members from both houses of Congress set up to conduct investigations or special study
=joint committee is a type of committee.

Question 22

Conference committee

Answer 22

Special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the house and the senate
=conference committee is a type of committee.

Question 23

Select committee

Answer 23

Temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose

=select committee is a type of committee.

Question 24

Hillary Clinton

Answer 24

First female major party candidate for president of the United States, a democrat, who ran against president Donald J Trump in 2016. Secretary of state from 2009 to 2013; new York senator from 2001 to 2009; former first lady
=Technically Clinton won the vote with the people.

Question 25

House Committee on Rules

Answer 25

• the influential “Rules Committee” determines the scheduling and conditions, such as length of debate and type of allowable amendments for all bills in the House of Representatives
  =There are rules for everything even House of committee on rules.

Question 26

Discharge petition

Answer 26

petition that gives a majority of the House of Representatives the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction
=the discharge petition can force bills out of the house of committee.

Question 27

Seniority

Answer 27

time of continuous service on a committee

=the seniority is one of the committee chairs.

Question 28

Markup

Answer 28

a session in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor
=the markup is the place where the bill returns.

Question 29

Committee of the Whole

Answer 29

a procedure that allows the House of Representatives to deliberate with a lower quorum and to expedite cosidetaio and amendment of a bill.
=committee of a whole is a step in the floor debate.

Question 30

Hold

Answer 30

a procedure by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill or nomination is brought to the floor. This request signals leadership that a member may have objections to the bill and should be consulted before further action is taken
=hold is a step in the floor debate.

Question 31

Filibuster

Answer 31

a formal way of halting senate action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate.
=filibuster is a step in the floor debate.

Question 32

Cloture

Answer 32

mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate.
=cloture is a step in the floor debate.

Question 33

Veto

Answer 33

the formal constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, thus preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action.
=Presidents can veto bills if they do not like them.

Question 34

Pocket veto

Answer 34

if Congress adjourns during the ten days the president has to consider a bill passed by both houses of congress, the bill is considered vetoed without the president’s signature.
=even though presidents can veto bills that does not mean they have all power.

Question 35

Richard M. Nixon

Answer 35

the 37th president a republican, who served from 1969-1974. Nixon advocated detente during the Cold War and resigned rather than face impeachment and likely removal from office due to the Watergate scandal.
=Nixon passed the congressional budget act of 1974.

Question 36

Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Answer 36

act that established the congressional budgetary process by laying out a plan for congressional action on the annual budget resolution, appropriations, reconciliation, and any other revenue bills.
=the congressional budget act of 1974 was passed by richard m nixon.

Question 37

Reconciliation

Answer 37

a procedure that allows consideration of controversial issues affecting the budget by limiting debate to twenty hours, thereby ending threat of a filibuster.
=it is a special process where the act went through.

Question 38

Pork

Answer 38

Legislation that allows representatives to bring money and jobs to their districts in the form of public works programs, military bases, or other programs.
=Pork is not only a meat that comes from pigs.

Question 39

Programmatic requests

Answer 39

Federal funds designated for special projects within a state or congressional district. Also referred to as earmarks.

Question 40

Divided government

Answer 40

the political condition in which different political parties control the presidency and at least one house of congress.

Question 41

War Powers Resolution

Answer 41

Passed by congress in 1973; the president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a sixty-day period in peacetime unless Congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period.
=when war ends there is a period where things are getting figured out.

Question 42

Congressional review

Answer 42

a process whereby Congress can nullify agency regulations within 60-day window by passing a joint resolution of legislative approval. The president’s approval of the resolution or a two-thirds majority vote in both houses to overrule a presidential veto is also required.
=the congressional review is a long process.

Question 43

Senatorial courtesy

Answer 43

a process by which presidents generally allow senators from the state in which a judicial vacancy occurs to block a nomination by simply registering their objection.
=senators often have considerable say in the nomination of judges from their states through senatorial courtesy..

Question 44

Unified government

Answer 44

the political condition in which the same political party controls the presidency and Congress.
=there are always divisions in our government so the term unified government is ironic.

Question 45

Logrolling

Answer 45

vote trading; voting to support a colleague’s bill in return for a promise of future support.
=logrolling is an issue of little interest.

Question 46

Congressional Research Service

Answer 46

Created in 1914, the non-partisan CRS provides information, studies, and research in support of the work of Congress, and prepares summaries and tracks the progress of all bill.
=the CRS is one of the many staff and support agencies.

Question 47

Government Accountability Office

Answer 47

Established in 1921, the GAO is an independent regulatory agency for the purpose of auditing the financial expenditures of the executive branch and federal agencies; until 2004, the GOA was known as the General Accounting Office…
=the GAO purpose was for financial expenditures.

Question 48

Congressional Budget Office

Answer 48

Created in 1974, the CBO provides Congress with evaluations of the potential economic effects of proposed spending policies and also analyzes the president’s budget and economic projections.
=the purpose of the CBO is to analyze budget and projections.