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Unit 4 Review Sheet Flashcards

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What makes the House different from the Senate?

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House-

  • Speaker chooses who speaks
  • Stricter rules of debate decided by Rules Committee
  • Speaker influences bills brought to House
  • Committee decides what bills go on calendar
  • Majority of House has to approve to keep bill alive on floor
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What makes the Senate different from the House?

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Senate-

  • Majority leader prioritizes bills
  • Need majority vote to pass bill
  • Vice President breaks ties
  • Filibusters delay work but can result in compromise
  • Have to approve of some of President’s appointees
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How can the Speaker of the House impact a bill?

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Speaker of the House-

  • Selects committee heads
  • Assigns bills to committees
  • Appoints members of special/select committees
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How can the debate process in the Senate effect a bill?

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Senate Debate Process-

  • Allows filibusters
  • Unanimous consent vote is needed to put bill on calendar
  • Single Senator can object and derail process
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What are the part of the iron triangle?

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Iron Triangle-

  • Bureaucratic Agencies
  • Congressional Committees
  • Interest Groups
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What are the parts of the issue network?

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Issue Network-

  • Bureaucratic Agencies
  • Congressional Committees
  • Interest Groups
  • Research Groups
  • Mass Media Agencies
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What are the steps (from the House to Senate to President’s desk) on how a bill becomes a law?

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How a Bill Becomes a Law-

1) Introduced in the House (revenue/tax bills) or Senate.
2) Committee debates and marks up bills (decides if bill goes to House floor).
3) Rules committee decides regulations while debating bill.
4) Floor debate (can filibuster in Senate).
5) Majority vote passes bill or if agreement is not reached bill goes to Conference Committee.

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How does the budget (debt/deficit) process impact legislation?

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Debt- the total deficit from the first presidency down to the present (all money owed)
Deficit- the measure of a single year’s shortfall, the difference between what the government takes in and what it spends (one year)
*Budget Committee in House and Senate receive proposed budget from President then make changes to create Budget Resolution
*Determines how much money sections of the government have to spend
*Deficit directly influences agenda
*All parties want to spend in different ways
*Debt ceiling is created to prevent over spending

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What formal powers of the President can impact a law?

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Formal Powers-

  • Cabinet: creates consult departments
  • White House Staff: appoints positions without Senate approval
  • Executive Office of the President (EOP): specific boards and councils that serve the President (created by FDR)
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What informal powers of the President can impact a law?

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Informal Powers-

  • “Kitchen Cabinet”: group of friends President consults
  • Perquisites: hosts company
  • Mass Media: talks to media to leak/explain ideas to citizens
  • Voice of the people
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What formal staff does the President use?

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Formal Staff-

  • Cabinet: 15 people
  • White House Staff: Gatekeepers, Staffers/Liaisons, Chief of Staff, Press Secretary, Speechwriters
  • Executive Office of Presidency
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What informal staff does the President use?

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Informal Staff-

  • Kitchen Cabinet
  • Mass Media
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What are the Presidential paradoxes?

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Presidential Paradoxes-

  • Powerful vs. Suspicious of Strong Leadership
  • Common Man vs. Heroic
  • Compassionate vs. Ruthless
  • Nonpartisan vs. Master Politician
  • Unifier vs. Firm Stance
  • Innovative vs. Resist Radicalism
  • Confident vs. Suspicious of Arrogance
  • Candidate Qualities vs. Necessary Presidential Traits
  • Not too Strong vs. Not too Weak
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What is Weber’s description of bureaucracy?

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Weber’s Bureaucracy-

  • Hierarchical authority structure
  • Task specialization
  • Extensive rules
  • Clear policies
  • Definitive goals
  • Impersonal
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What is the difference between a government corporation, regulatory agency, and cabinet department?

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Government corporation- legal entity created by government to undertake commercial/industrial activities on behalf of government
*private business government owned at state level

Regulatory agencies- regulates business in the public interest
*defines rules of business

Cabinet department- advise President on any subject relating to their specializations
*In charge of carrying out most bills

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How does Congress hold the agencies accountable?

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Congress Holds Agencies Accountable-

  • Establishes bureaucratic agencies
  • Creates the budget/appropriates funds
  • Can override Presidential veto if 2/3 of both houses vote to override
  • Investigate bureaucratic agencies
  • Hold hearings to direct public’s attention
  • Only Senate can approve/deny Presidential appointee request
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How does the President hold agencies accountable?

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President Holds Agencies Accountable-

  • Appoints heads of agencies
  • Can reorganize bureaucratic agencies (cut down on duplicates)
  • Office of Management and Budget evaluates agency’s performance and makes recommendations
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What criticisms are made of the bill process?

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Criticisms of the Bill Process-

  • Red tape
  • Duplication of services
  • Hard to fire people
  • Funding
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What is the difference between strict and loose construction?

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Ways of Reading the Law-

  • Strict Construction- a literal interpretation of a statute or document by a court
  • Loose Construction- a broad interpretation of a statute or document by a court
  • Originalism- original intent of an author should be adhered to in later interpretations of a work
  • Living Constitution- claims the law has the properties of an animate being in the sense that it changes
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What occurs at the SCOTUS level to have a case heard?

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SCOTUS Terms-

  • “amicus curiae brief”- someone not solicited by either party that provides information to the case (anyone can create a case)
  • “in forma pauperis petition”- someone without funds to pursue costs of lawsuit/criminal defense (lawyer paid for by government)
  • Rule of Four- permits 4/9 Supreme Court Justices to grant writ of certiorari
  • Writ of Certiorari- allows re-examination of previous trials
  • Oral arguments- presented legal reasons as to why their party should prevail in the case
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What options do SCOTUS Justices have to rule on a case?

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SCOTUS Options-

  • Four Main Types of Rulings: unanimous, majority, descent, conquering
  • “stare decisis”- in a split, the lower court’s ruling stands because they set the precedent
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How can the government override a Supreme Court decision?

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Ways SCOTUS Ruling is Overturned-

  • Congress can change the law, the ruling was based on
  • Constitution can be amended
  • Supreme Court can overturn a previous ruling

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