Unit 2 Vocab Words

Question 1

Advice and Consent Power

Answer 1

Allows senators to recommend or reject major presidential appointees

Ex:
- Cabinet secretaries
- Federal judges

Question 2

Bicameral

Answer 2

Two houses

Ex: Senate and the House of Representatives

Question 3

Caucus

Answer 3

A conference of members of a legislative body who belong to a particular party or faction

Question 4

Coalition

Answer 4

A temporary alliance formed for a common goal (between persons, factions, states, etc.)

Question 5

Enumerated Powers

Answer 5

Powers specifically listed in the Constitution

Question 6

Implied Powers

Answer 6

Powers not listed but suggested by the Constitution

Question 7

Necessary and Proper Clause

Answer 7

Gives Congress the power to make laws needed to carry out its duties (which means this is an implied power)

Question 8

Power of the Purse

Answer 8

Congress’s authority to manage government spending and raise revenue through taxes

Question 9

War Powers Act

Answer 9

• Requires the President to inform congress within 48 hours of committing U.S. forces to combat
• Requires Congress to vote within 60 days

Question 10

Cloture Rule

Answer 10

Allows the Senate to end a filibuster and move forward with voting on a bill or policy

Question 11

Committee of the Whole

Answer 11

When the entire House or Senate acts as one big committee to discuss and debate a bill

Question 12

Conference Committees

Answer 12

Groups of lawmakers who work out differences between House and Senate versions of a bill

Question 13

Deficit

Answer 13

When the government spends more money than it earns in a given time

Question 14

Discharge Petition

Question 15

Discretionary Spending

Question 16

Filibuster

Question 17

Germane

Question 18

Hold

Question 19

Joint Committees

Question 20

Logrolling

Question 21

Mandatory Spending

Question 22

Omnibus Bill

Question 23

Pork-Barrel Spending

Question 24

President of the Senate

Question 25

President Pro Tempore

Question 26

Rider

Question 27

Rules Committee

Question 28

Select Committees

Question 29

Senate Majority Leader

Question 30

Speaker of the House

Question 31

Sponsor

Question 32

Unanimous Consent

Question 33

Ways and Means Committee

Question 34

Whip

Question 35

Bargaining and Persuasion

Question 36

Formal Powers

Question 36

Commander in Chief

Question 37

Executive Order

Question 38

Executive Privilege

Question 39

Informal Powers

Question 40

Line-item Veto

Question 41

Pocket Veto

Question 42

Policy Agenda

Question 43

Signing Statements

Question 44

Veto

Question 45

Ambassadors

Question 46

Cabinet

Question 47

Chief of Staff

Question 48

Inherent Powers

Question 49

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Question 50

Imperial Presidency

Question 51

Stewardship Theory

Question 52

Bully Pulpit

Question 53

State of the Union Address

Question 54

Appellate Jurisdiction

Question 55

Attorney General

Question 56

Certiorari

Question 57

Judicial Review

Question 58

Original Jurisdiction

Question 59

U.S. District Courts

Question 60

U.S. District Courts of Appeals

Question 61

Binding Precedent

Question 62

Persuasive Precedent

Question 63

Precedent

Question 64

Stare Decisis

Question 65

Concurring opinion

Question 66

Dissenting Opinion

Question 67

Liberal Constructionist

Question 68

Majority Opinion

Question 69

Petition for Certiorari

Question 70

Rule of Four

Question 71

Strict Constructionist