Unit 2: Interactions

Question 1

Constituency

Answer 1

the people who vote to elect someone to office

Question 2

Fillibuster

Answer 2

an argumentative tactic used to try and prevent a law from passing through the senate through outlasting its supporters in debate

Question 3

Discretionary Spending

Answer 3

different ways the fed gov uses its leftover budget after fulfilling its mandatory spending

Question 4

Mandatory Spending

Answer 4

money the fed gov has to spend on specific things with each yearly budget(like social security, paying congress, etc)

Question 5

Budget Deficit

Answer 5

occurs when the fed gov spends more than its budget allows

Question 6

Pork Barrel Legislation

Answer 6

random things being included in bills to gain support from specific reps, typically from the other political party, to help bills pass

Question 7

Logrolling

Answer 7

agreements between reps to do favors for each other to advance political interests on both sides

Question 8

Gerrymandering

Answer 8

the process of strategically redistricting to have a majority of districts that vote for the party in charge in a state

Question 9

Redistricting

Answer 9

the redrawing of district lines based on population to ensure equal representation

Question 10

Reapportionment

Answer 10

redrawing of district lines and its consequential shifting of seats in the house

Question 11

Divided Government

Answer 11

a government where the executive and legislative branches are divided between two political parties

Question 12

Trustee Model

Answer 12

when a rep believes they were elected so therefore the people believe they should make decisions for them based on the delegate’s beliefs

Question 13

Delegate Model

Answer 13

the delegate acts as a mouthpiece for the constitutency

Question 14

Politico Model

Answer 14

a combo of the other two models depending on the issue

Question 15

Roles of the President

Answer 15

roles the president has that are listed specifically in the constitution

Question 16

Veto

Answer 16

The president’s ability to block a bill by choosing not to sign it into law and instead vetoing it

Question 17

Executive Order

Answer 17

mandates the president can give for short periods of time without prior congressional approval

Question 18

Executive Agreement

Answer 18

an international agreement made by the executive branch without senate approval

Question 19

Signing Statement

Answer 19

a condition or term a president can add onto a bill when signing it into law

Question 20

Bully Puplit

Answer 20

the president addressing the media in order to pressure congress into following the president’s political agenda

Question 21

Stare Decisis

Answer 21

making decisions based on legal precedent

Question 22

Judicial Activism/Restraint

Answer 22

judges making decisions based on ideologies vs based on actual interpretations of the law

Question 22

Iron Triangle

Answer 22

partnership between congress, bureaucracy, and an interest group

Question 22

Congressional Oversight

Answer 22

congresses’ ability to hold hearings and review of gov agencies

Question 22

Discretionary and Rule making Authority

Answer 22

powers given to bureaucracy to enforce laws in their feilds