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Semester One Final (Congress) Flashcards

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1
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Which has more diversity: the house or the senate?

A

House

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Which is older (average age): the house or the senate?

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Senate

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What is the age requirement for the house and what is the average age?

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25, 50

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What is the age requirement for the senate and what is the average age?

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30, 60

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What are the requirements for being a member of the house?

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  • 25 years old
  • 7 years a citizen
  • Must live in the state you run in
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What are the requirements for being a member of the senate?

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  • 30 years old
  • 9 years a citizen
  • Live in the state you run in
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How many years is a term in the house?

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2

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How many years is a term in the senate?

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6

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What is the average salary for a house or senate member?

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$180,000 —> $200,000+

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What are franking privileges?

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Free mail for official buisness

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What is a COLA?

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Cost of living adjustment (Congress can raise their own pay, but it doesn’t take affect until the next term)

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12
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What is an incumbency?

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When the person who is currently in office runs again

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13
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Incumbents win what percentage of the time?

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90%

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What is gerrymandering?

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Drawing district lines to favor a party (districts have to be similar in population

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What is name recognition?

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People vote for names they know

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16
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What is proven service?

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Only an incumbent can tell you what they HAVE done

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17
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What is pork?

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Bringing good things back to your state (Any financial project where federal money comes to your state)

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18
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What is a quorum?

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A majority

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19
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What is a quorum of the house?

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218

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20
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What is a quorum of the senate?

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51

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21
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What is committee of the whole?

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The house only needs 100/435 to conduct other buisness

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The senate operates under what assumption?

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The assumption of quorum

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What is a discharge petition?

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When the majority of the house (218) revives a bill and forces it out of a committee

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24
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What is a filibuster? When and where does it happen?

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  • Talking about anything in order to stall a bill
  • Done by the majority party in order to kill a bill
  • Senate
25
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What is cloture?

A
  • How to stop a filibuster

- 3/5 vote (60 people)

26
Q

Germane amendments happen where?

A

The house and senate

27
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What is a non-germane amendment? Where and why does it happen?

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  • Attaching non-related things to someone else’s bill
  • Senate
  • Discharge petitions don’t happen in the senate
28
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What is a rider?

A

When you attach something to a bill

29
Q

What is pork-barrel legislation?

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A rider that specifically brings money back to your state

30
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What is a Christmas tree bill?

A

Bills that attract a lot of pork because they have overwhelming support by the house and the senate

31
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Where do the majority of bills die?

A

In committee

32
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What is pigeonholing?

A

When the committee chair puts a bill in a drawer and lets it die

33
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What is a veto and how can it be overridden?

A
  • President kills a bill

- Can be overridden with a 2/3 vote by Congress

34
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What is a pocket veto?

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When the President refuses to sign a bill within the last ten days of the session and it automatically dies

35
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What is caucus?

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Informal groups that share a common cause (way beyond parties to promote an issue)

36
Q

What is senatorial courtesy?

A

When a President appoints someone to a federal court they are supposed to the “OK” from the majority party leaders

37
Q

What is logrolling?

A

“You support my bill, I’ll support yours”

38
Q

What are the expressed powers of Congress? (Section 8 1-17)

A
  • Power to tax
  • Commerce powers (regulating interstate commerce)
  • Borrowing power (Congress is NEVER required to have a balanced budget)
  • Military power (fund and maintain a military)
  • Currency power (decide what the money is)
  • Bankruptcy power
  • Post Office
  • Copyrights and patents
  • Weights and measures
  • Judicial powers (Counterfeiting, treason, piracies)
39
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What is a strict constructionist?

A

Believes the Constitution should be interpreted literally

40
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What is a liberal constructionist?

A

Believes the Constitution should be interpreted as a living and growing document

41
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What are reserved powers?

A

Powers held for the states (10th amendment)

42
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What is a nonlegaslative power?

A

A power that doesn’t take a law

43
Q

What percentage of Congress is required to propose an amendment?

A

2/3

44
Q

The house can impeach with what percentage?

A

50% + 1

45
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The senate can convict with what percentage?

A

2/3

46
Q

The senate approves appointments with what percentage?

A

50% + 1

47
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The senate approves treaties with what percentage?

A

2/3

48
Q

What is investigatory power?

A

Congress can look into matters of the government

49
Q

What is oversight?

A

Congress can look into anything they fund

50
Q

The 6 term 2 year cycle of the senate prevents what?

A

A complete turn over

51
Q

The Senate only has amending power on which type of bill?

A

Revenue bills

52
Q

The house has what type of debate?

A

Limited debate

53
Q

The senate has what type of debate?

A

Unlimited debate

54
Q

The senate/house has a large constituency?

A

Senate

55
Q

The senate was originally picked by the state legislature until which amendment?

A

17th

56
Q

What is reapportionment?

A

Every ten years, district lines and representation are redrawn

57
Q

The reapportionment act of 1929 did what?

A

Capped congress (house) at 435

58
Q

What are the roles of the Speaker of the House?

A
  • Majority party
  • Control debate
  • Debate
  • Help pick committee chairs
  • Vote
  • Be fair and biased
59
Q

Who assigns bills to committee?

A

Majority leader in the Senate

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