Legislative Branch

Question 0

Appropriations Bills

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A proposed law to authorise spending money

Question 1

17th Amendment

Answer 1

Gives right to elect senators given to states

Question 2

Conference Committees

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A temporary joint committee set up when the house and the senate have passed different versions of the same bill

Question 3

Congressional Budget Office

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Coordinates the budget-making work of congress, studies the budget proposals put forward by the president each year

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Constituents

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A person whom a member of congress has been elected to represent

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Filibuster

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A method of defeating a bill in the senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote

Question 6

Gerrymandering

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To draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections

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House Rules Commitee

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.

Question 8

Impeachment

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A formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public offical

Question 9

Incumbent

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Elected official that is already in office

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Interest Group

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A group of people with common goals who organise to influence government

Question 11

Joint Commitees

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A committee of the house and the senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the House and the senate

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Lobbyist

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Interest group representative

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Majority Leader

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The speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the house

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Minority Leader

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The leader of the minority in congress

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PAC

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Political action committee

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President Pro-Tempore

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The senate member, elected by the senate, who stands in as president of the senate in the absence of the vice president

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Reapportionment

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The process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census

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Redistricting

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To set up new district lines after reapportionment is complete

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Select Committees

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A temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report it’s findings to the senate or house

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Seniority System

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A system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee

Question 21

Speaker of the House

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The presiding officer of the house and its most powerful leader

Question 22

Standing Committee

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A permanent committee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues

Question 23

Subcommittee

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A group within a standing committee that specialises in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsability

Question 24

Ways and Means Committee

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Only members could have a direct hand in writing a tax bill