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Unit 3 Flashcards

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1
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List the KY Congressman

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Tom Massie, Mitch McConnell, and Rand Paul

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What are the terms of Congressional Sessions?

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  1. Last 2 years
  2. They have breaks for vacations & holidays
  3. Between January and November
  4. The president can call special sessions
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Membership of the House

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It is the larger chamber with currently 435 seats. There are no set number of seats because the number of seats is divided on population. Every state must have one seat, no matter its size.

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What are the qualifications for Representatives?

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  1. 25 years old
  2. Citizen for 7 years
  3. You have to be a legal resident of the state
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What are the terms of office for Representatives?

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  1. 2 year term to meet the immediate need of people
  2. 90% are reelected
  3. There are special elections to fill vacancies
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6
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What is the National Census?

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The count of the U.S. population every 10 years

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What decides how many reps each state gets?

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Apportionment

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What is it called when State legislatures set districts and elect reps for them.?

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Redistricting

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9
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What happens of Redistricting is abused?

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It creates unequal districts and Gerrymanding

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10
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What is Gerrymanding?

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Packing & Cracking

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Membership of the Senate?

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  1. 2 senators for each state
  2. Allows equality and protection for smaller states
  3. There is a total of 100 senators
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What are the qualifications for Senators?

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  1. 30 years old
  2. Citizen for 9 years
  3. You have to be a legal resident of the state
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What are the terms of office for Senators?

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  1. Statewide elections on the even years
  2. 6 year term
  3. 1/3 run for reelection
  4. There are special elections to fill vacancies
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What is Potpourri?

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  1. Congress can set their own salary
  2. they can’t be arrested while fulfilling duties, except for treason, felony, or a breach of the peace
  3. Most are lawyers
  4. 90% win reelection
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What is the Necessary and Proper Clause also known as?

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The elastic clause

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16
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What allows Congress to stretch its powers?

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The Necessary and Proper Clause

17
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What gives authorization to spend & levy taxes?

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The Power of the Purse

18
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What are laws proposed to raise money?

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Revenue Bills?

19
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What are Proposed laws to authorize spending?

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Appropriation Bills

20
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What are the Foreign Policy powers?

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They can set a budget for national defense, declare war & peace, and the War Power Act. Which states that the president needs congressional approval within 60 days of the beginning for the military act.

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What is the Commerce Clause?

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It regulates interstate commerce for almost all business and regulates working conditions

22
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What is it called when Congress can make anyone a citizen?

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Naturalization

23
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What protects publications, logos, and trade marks?

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Copyright

24
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What Protects intellectual property and designs?

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Patent

25
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What are other powers of the Congress?

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They can establish post offices and federal courts

26
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How do they choose the President?

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They count the votes. If there is no majority winner then the House chooses the president and the Senate chooses the vice president.

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What is Impeachment?

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The power to remove people from office. The House casts the vote, while the senate holds the trial.

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What does Confirmation do?

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It checks presidential appointments

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What gives advice or consent to foreign treaties and needs 2/3 votes be senate?

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Ratification

30
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What allows congress to ge?t around the Constitution and Supreme Court decisions

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Amendment

31
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How does a bill become a law?

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  1. A bill starts as an idea in someone’s brain.
  2. You need to get a congressman to sponsor your bill because it is important to the congressman and important to constituents.
  3. The bill is then sent to the House and put in a Hopper to wait its turn to be read on the house floor and referred to a committee.
  4. The committee then debates & makes changes to the bill before it is voted upon. If they vote yes, then the bill is sent to house or subcommittee. If they vote no, then the bill dies.
  5. When the bill is sent to the House floor, members debate and sometimes Amendments can be offered.
  6. After they debate, they read the bill and vote on it; either voting yes, no, or present. If majority passes it, then it is referred to the Senate.
  7. In the Senate it goes through the same process that it did in the House, but this time, if they pass it then it is enrolled and sent to the president.
  8. The president then has three options; to sign it and make it a law, to pocket it and if he doesn’t sign it in ten days then it automatically becomes a law, or to veto it and kill it.
  9. If the bill is vetoed, then it is sent back Congress to be voted on again. If 2/3 of Congress passes the bill, then the veto is overridden.

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