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Legislative Branch Flashcards

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Min age HOR

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Min age Senate

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How many years must you be a US citizen in the HOR

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How many years must you be a US citizen in the Senate

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formal qualifications for lawmakers at state and local level

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very lax

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Adding new seats to house

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  • every 10 years census to see whether there should be new reps added or lost
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delegate vs trustee

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delegate: lawmakers who act as they think the ppl want them to

trustee: exercise independent judgement

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4 incumbent advantages for lawmakers

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name recognition
office resources
campaign funds
bragging rights

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Leadership in the House

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Speaker of the House
Majority and minority leaders of parties
Majority and minority whips

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Leadership in the senate

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Pres of Senate (vice pres but only there to break a tie)
Pres of the Senate pro tempore: may preside when vice isn’t there but usually doesn’t deal with day-to-day
Majority leader: Holds the most seats/spokesperson
Minority leader:
Majority and minority whips

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President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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He presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President. The caucus of the majority party chose him for the post

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Senate Majority Leader

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Has the Role of leadership in the upper house responsible for passage of the majority party’s programs. I determine the order in which bills are to be debated

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He presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President. The caucus of the majority party chose him for the post

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President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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Has the Role of leadership in the upper house responsible for passage of the majority party’s programs. I determine the order in which bills are to be debated

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Senate Majority Leader

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Senate Majority Leader

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Has the Role of leadership in the upper house responsible for passage of the majority party’s programs. I determine the order in which bills are to be debated

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Senate Minority Leader

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The minority party leader in the upper house who assists the minority leader by informing members when important bills are scheduled for a vote. My usual goal is to oppose majority bills

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The ________ in the upper house who assists the minority leader by informing members when important bills are scheduled for a vote. My usual goal is to oppose majority bills

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Senate Minority Leader

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Aids the majority leader in keeping party members informed and supportive of the programs in the upper house

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Senate Majority Whip

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Senate Majority Whip

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Aids the majority leader in keeping party members informed and supportive of the programs in the upper house

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Types of commities

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standing commities
subcommities
select or special commitees
joint committes
conference commitee

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standing committes

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  • handle most of leg business is permanent
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subcommitte

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  • review proposed leg
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select or special committees

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investigate specific probelms, is temporary

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joint committee

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made up of HOR and Senate

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Conference committees

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irons out differences when there are 2 versions of a bill passed

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Powers of congress

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levy and collect taxes
Borrow money
regulate interstate and foreign commerce
coin money
declare war

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How Congress can check other branches

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Amendmend constitution
Can override veto
Overseeing them
Must ratify treaties
Imepeachment
Confirming nominations

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citizen legislatures

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In citizen leg, members spend about half of their time as lawmakers Citizen legislatures are commonly found in states with small populations

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In _______, members spend about half of their time as lawmakers ___________are commonly found in states with small populations

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citizen leg

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Prof leg

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As the name suggests, there are leg whose members are full-time lawmakers. Prof legislatures are more common n states w larger pop

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Hybrid leg

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These types 2/3 of their time on leg buisness

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Constituent

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A person who lives in an eectoral district and is represented by an elected official

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A person who lives in an eectoral district and is represented by an elected official

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Constituent

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Pork

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Publicily funded projects secured by legislators to benefit their home districts or states. The funs for such projects are said to come from the “pork barrel”- the state or national treasury

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Publicily funded projects secured by legislators to benefit their home districts or states. The funs for such projects are said to come from the “pork barrel”- the state or national treasury

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Pork

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Standing committee

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Apermanent committee of legislators from either the House or Senate responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or agriculture

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Apermanent committee of legislators from either the House or Senate responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or agriculture

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Standing committee

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joint committee

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A permanent committee of legislators from either the House or Senate responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or argiculture

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A permanent committee of legislators from either the House or Senate responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or argiculture

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joint committee

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conference committee

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a temporary committee of legislators from both the House and Senate created to work out differences in bills passed by both houses of Congress

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Appropriations

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funds allocated by a legislature for a stated purpose as part of a budget spending bill

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funds allocated by a legislature for a stated purpose as part of a budget spending bill

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Appropriations

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Joint resolution

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An official statement issued by both houses of Congress. Once signed by the president, a joint resolution has the force of law

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An official statement issued by both houses of Congress. Once signed by the president, a joint resolution has the force of law

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Joint resolution

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Casework

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personal services provided by members of congress to their constituents, often to help their consituents with problems they are having with the federal bureaucracy

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Federal Courts

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District courts
US court of appeals

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State Courts

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Trial courts of limited jurisdiction
Trial courts of general jurisdiction
Intermediate courts of appeals
State Supreme Courts

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