Last Test Review Flashcards
Examples of independent executive agencies
NASA, The federal reserve, NSF, etc
Examples of govt corporations
AmTrak, united states postal service
Regulation
Govt changes private sector practices
Pendleton Service Act
Civil service exams
Department of the interior
Controls natural resources and national parks
Plum book
Book of the top bureaucratic organizations
Oversees stock market
Securities and exchanges commissiob
Oversees biggest administration in the USA
Social securities adminstration
Hatch act
Bureaucracy employees can’t work in govt
President who didn’t get voted in as president or vice president
Gerald Ford
House whips
Hoyer and McCarthy
Clinton v New York
No line item veto for president
1 term presidents
Quincy Adams, JFK
Conference committee
For when house and senate have different versions of a bill
Amount needed in either chamber to operate
Quorum - 1/2 of total
Select committee
Investigates
Majority leader
Harry Reid
Minority leader
Mitch McConnell
Why is it harder to run for senate than house?
- Visible challengers
- must appeal to whole state
- less personal contact
- costs more
- challengers have more money
16th amendment
Graduated income tax
Writ of cert
To go to higher court