Jeopardy- Branches of Government Flashcards
Groups of members of Congress who are responsible for different policy topics
What is a standing committee
The state run process to alter the boundaries of Congressional districts
What is redistricting
The group of representatives and Senators that meet to reconcile the differences in a House and Senate versions of a bill
What is a conference committee
Speaker of House, majority and minority of the House and Senate
What are congressional leaders
Senate procedural tactic for stopping all action on a bill
What is the filibuster
A key and rarely used presidential check on the congressional legislation
What is the veto
The heads of the different departments who are among the president’s key advisors
What is the Cabinet
A presidential action that directs the bureaucracy to do something absent of congressional legislation
What is an executive order
A presidential check on the judiciary
What is a pardon
An example of the president’s legislative role and an attempt to set the legislative agenda
What is the State of the Union
Cabinet departments, independent agencies, government corporations, regulatory commissions
What are the different types of bureaucracies
The process to create regulations
What is the rule making process
The process by which Congress and the president monitor bureaucratic actions
What is oversight
The freedom to use their own expertise and experience to interpret and implement congressional legislation
What is bureaucratic discretion
The process for hiring bureaucrats and determining a salary that emphasizes expertise and independence from politicians
What is the civil service
Reliance on, and guidance by, previous court decisions
What is precedents
The act of interpreting acts of Congress and the president as constitutional or not
What is judicial review
The term for the cases a court hears; or, the cases the Supreme Court chooses to hear.
What is a docket
A petition for a Court to hear cases
What is a writ of certiorari
The reason why the Supreme Court here’s some cases first, i.e. not on appeal
What is original jurisdiction
The person who breaks a tie both in the US Senate
Who is the Vice President
The process for reallocating the number of districts each state has in the House of Representatives; occurs every 10 years after the census is taken
What is reapportionment
The term for presidential power that comes from the presidents individual skills at bargaining
What is the power to persuade
The committee, in the House only, not in the Senate, that determines the specific debate details for each bill
What is the Rules Committee
The process for stopping a filibuster
What is cloture
