Unit 3 Legislative Branch Flashcards
Permanent committee in congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
Standing committee
Made up of two houses. The Senate and House of Representatives.
Bicameral Legislature
Group with a standing committee thats specializes in a subcategory of its atanding committee’s responsibility
Sub committee
A temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the senate or the house of representatives
Select community
A committee of the house and the senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the house and senate
Joint committee
A temporary joint committee set up when the house in the senate has passed different versions of the same bill
Conference committee
The system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest un interupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee
Seniority system
A period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct business.
Session
Population count every ten years.
Census
States who population increases less rapidly then most states or population decreases may lose representative while states population grows faster may be entitled to more representatives.
Reapportion
The process of setting up new district lines after reapportionment has been completed.
Redistricting
Means that the political party controlling the state government draws a districts boundaries to gain an advantage in election.
Gerrymandering
Statewide.
At-large
LAs , are a second type of personal staff member
legislative assistant
A closed meeting
Caucus
Top assistant
Majority leader
Assistant floor leaders in the house
Whips
List bills that are up for consideration
Calendars
Minimum number of members who much be present to permit legislative body to take official action
Quorum
Handles the many requests for help from people in lawmaker’s state or congressional district
Caseworker
The senate member, elected by the senate, who stands in as president of the senate in the absence of the Vice President.
President pro tempore
A method of defeating a bill in which a senator talks until a majority either abandons the bill or agrees to modify it.
Filibuster
A vote of formal disproval of a members actions
Censur
Members already in office won reelection
Incumbent
A procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill under debate.
Cloture
A period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct business
Session
Member of a lawmakers personal staff who runs the lawmakers office supervises the schedule and gives advice
Administrative assistant
Members work directly for individual senators and representatives.
Personal Staff
Members work for the many House and Senate committes.
Committee Staff
The people in the districts they represent
Constituents
Powers directly stated in the constitution
Expressed powers
Article section 8 of the constitution gives the congress the power to make or all laws that are necessary improper for carried duties.
Necessary improper clause
A law proposed to raise money
Revenue bills
A proposed law authorized spending money
Appropriation bills
Trade among the states
Interstate commerce
Formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official.
Impeachment
Powers directly stated in the constitution
Expressed powers
Freedom from prosecution for witness whose testimony tie them to illegal acts.
Immunity
The provision congress wrote into some laws allowed it to revue and cancel actions of executive decisions.
Legislative veto
Illegal order that a person appear or requested documents.
Subpoena
Living under oath
Perjury
Willful obstruction of justice
Contempt
He yearly financial plan for the national government
National budget
The presidents refusal to spend money that congress has voted fund of program
Impoundment
