Plano Unit 3 Flashcards

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Apportionment

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The designation of legislative seats.
14th amendment
Redistricting every 10 years with Census

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Appropriation

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A legislative grant of money For a specific purpose

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Bloc

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Members of the legislative body, not necessarily of the same party, who have common names and goals.
Historical examples include the farm bloc, civil-rights bloc, and international trade bloc

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Budget committees

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House and Senate committees to recommend policy guidelines each fiscal year to aid Congress in considering the annual federal budget

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Cloture

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Parliamentary technique used by legislative body to end debate and bring the matter under consideration to vote

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Committee of the whole

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An informal procedure used by a legislative body to expedite business by resolving the official body into a committee for the consideration of bills and other matters

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Caucuses

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A meeting of party members in one of the houses of a legislative body for the purpose of making decisions on selections of party leaders and on legislative business

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Con current resolution

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Special measure passed by one house of Congress with the other concurring, but not requiring the presidents signature

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Congressional budget office

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Agency of Congress established by the Congressional budget act of 1974, which also created a procedure by which Congress considers and ask upon the annual budget presented by the President.
Provides with an assessment of the economic impact of the federal budget and offers alternative fiscal budgetary and programmatic policy issues

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Ethics code

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Codes of conduct intended to govern the activities of House and Senate members
Require full financial disclosure by each member
Limit the amount of income each member may earn outside Congress
Impose a maximum of $1000 fee members can except for an activity such as giving a speech or writing an article
Limit gifts from lobbyist to no more than $100 in value
Abolish all unofficial funds used to pay for activities not covered by official allowances
Limit the free mailing privileges of members of Congress
Restrict the travel of members web been defeated for reelection

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Gag rule

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Legislative rule that arbitrarily limits the time available for consideration of a measure.

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Gerrymandering

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Drawing of legislative district boundary lines to obtain partisan or factional advantage.
Gerrymandering is engaged in bipartisan majorities in state legislatures when they are drawing up congressional and state legislative districts.
The objective is to game partisan electoral vantage by spreading support for one’s own party over many districts and concentrating support for the other party in a few districts.

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Legislative veto

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Rejection of an action of the executive or of an administrative agency by the Legislature without the consent of the chief executive

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Pigeonhole

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To kill a bill in committee by putting it aside and not reporting it out for consideration by the chamber

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Private bill

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Bill introduced into a legislative body that deals with the specific matters and individuals rather than with general legislative affairs.
Main categories:
• Immigration and naturalization bills applying to specific individuals
• Claim bills not subject to administrative resolution
• Land bills assigning title to individuals
If enacted, they become private law and apply only to specific individuals named in the act

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Rider

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Provision, unlikely to pass on its own merits, added to an important bill so that it will “ride” through the legislative process

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Rules committee

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Standing committee of the House of Representatives that can provide special Rules under which specific bills will be debated, amended, and considered by the house.

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Senatorial courtesy

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Unwritten agreement among senators that requires the president to confirm with the senator or senators of his party from a state before he makes a nomination to fill a federal office located in the state

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Baker V Carr

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Ruled that Federal courts have jurisdiction over lawsuits challenging the apportionment of legislative districts, on the ground that malapportioned districts may violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment

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Pacific states telephone and telegraph Co. V Oregon

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Involve the question of whether the initiative and referendum provisions of the Oregon Constitution destroyed the republican form of government guaranteed to all states by the U.S. Constitution in article 4 section 4. Court held it be political question not open to judiciary inquiry

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Reynolds v.Sims

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Under equal protection clause of the 14th amendment both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on the basis of population

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Legislative reorganization act of 1970

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Improve the operations of Congress and make its members more responsible to the public will

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Speaker of the house

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John Boehner (R)

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House Minority Leader

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Nancy Pelosi (D)

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Senate Minority Leader

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Mitch McConnell (R)

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Senate majority leader

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Harry Reid (D)

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House Majority Leader

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Eric Cantor (R)

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Majority Whip of the house

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Kevin McCarthy (R)

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Minority Whip of the house

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Steny Hoyer (D)

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Minority Whip of the Senate

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John Cornyn

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Majority whip of the Senate

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Richard Durbin

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ProTempore

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Patrick Leahy