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1
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What are requirements to be a member of the house?

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25 years old, 7 year citizenship

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What are requirements to be a member of the senate ?

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30 years old, 9 year citizenship

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3
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How long are the terms for the senate and the house?

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House: 2 years
Senate: 6 years

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4
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Which constitutional amendment allowed senators to be directly elected? How were senators previously selected?

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-17th amendment
They used to be appointed by state legislatures

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5
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What is pork barrel spending?

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When a member of congress tries to get money for a project within their own district of state

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6
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What is logrolling?

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Members of congress trading votes to get their earmarks passed

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7
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What are enumerated powers of just the house

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All bills to raise revenue have to start in the house

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What are enumerated powers of just the senate?

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The senate has to approve presidential appointees

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9
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What is oversight?

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The ability of congress to ensure laws are being followed with the original Intention or to investigate members of the executive branch

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10
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What are constituencies

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Bodies of voters in an area who elect a representative or senator

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What is apportionment?

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The process of determining the number of representatives for each state using census data

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12
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What is redistricting?

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States redraw boundaries of the electoral districts

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13
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What is gerrymandering?

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The international use of redistricting to benefit a specific interest or group of voters, usually a political party

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14
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What are majority- minority districts?

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A majority voters of minority ethnicity within a district

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What is an incumbent?

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A person that is already holding office ( as opposed to running for the first time)

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What is the incumbency advantage and what are some advantages they have?

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The advantages held by those already in office. They usually already have name recognition , casework and more money

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17
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What is the franking privilege?

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Free use of mail for communications with constituents

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18
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What is casework?

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  • Ability to use the office to aid constituents with federal services
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What is the majority party?

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  • the party with the most seats in each chamber
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20
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What is the minority party?

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Party with the second most seats in each chamber

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21
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What jobs do party leaders have?

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  • Set legislative goals
  • choose leaders
    -Assign committees
  • Unify party message
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22
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What role does the speaker of the house have

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Most powerful person in the house of reps

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23
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What is the role of the majority leader in both the house and the senate

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In the house, they are the second most powerful person
In the senate, they are the most powerful person

24
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What is the role of the minority leader in both the house and senate?

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They are the top person of the minority party in both chambers

25
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What is the role of the whip in both the house and the senate ?

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Person that keeps track of the vote count and rally support for legislation

26
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What is the role of the vice president in the senate?

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They are the official leader of the senate under the constitution, but they cast the tie breaking vote if there is a tie vote

27
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What is the role of the president pro tempore?

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They preside over the senate when the vice president is not there

28
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What is the role of a commitee chair?

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The person in charge of the standing commitee

29
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What is a standing committee?

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  • a permanent commitee in congress where most of the work gets done
30
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What is a joint committee ?

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A fairly weak committee where both chambers gather information

31
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What is a conference committee?

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A temporary committee that has to come up with an identical bill to pass both chambers when they have different versions of a bill

32
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What is a select committee?

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A temporary committee that is normally for investigating

33
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What is a discharge petition?

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A house procedure to get a bill out of committee

34
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What is the role of the house rules committee

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A commitee that makes rules for debate( ONLY HOUSE OF REPS)

35
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What is a veto?

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When the president objects a bill

36
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What is a unanimous consent agreement?

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-If all senators agree to debate a bill

37
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What is a filibuster?

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Unlimited debate with intention to talk a bill to death

38
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What is closure?

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Limiting debate to get a vote

39
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What is a hold?

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When a senator delays passing of a bill

40
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What is a hold?

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When a senator delays passing of a bill

41
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What is mandatory spending?

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Spending that is required by existing laws in the budget

42
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What is an entitlement program?

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A program that people qualify for under the law

43
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What is discretionary spending?

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The rest of government spending for programs and policies

44
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What is the budget process?

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Submitted budget by the president
Congress passed the budget
Goes back to president to sign

45
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What is a budget deficit?

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When the government spends greater than government revenue

46
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What is a budget surplus?

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Government spending less than government revenue

47
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What is the national debt?

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Total amount of money owed by the federal government

48
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What is social security?

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Created to be payment to senior citizens

49
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What is the delegate role?

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Voting the way your constituents want you to vote

50
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What is the trustee role?

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Member of congress sho voted based on their own knowledge and judgement

51
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What is the politico role?

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You have to balance your judgement and your political party when it comes to voting

52
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What is gridlock?

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Congress fails to get a lot done especially because of party politics

53
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What is divided government?

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When the president is of one party and at least one chamber had a different majority party

54
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What is bipartisanship?

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Agreement between parties to work together to pass legislation

55
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What is descriptive representation?

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Members of congress mirroring the makeup of the country ( diversity)

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