Unit 5 Flashcards
Reappointment
Seats in House are assigned among the states to reflect population
Conference committee
Both groups come together, to pass similar laws
Bicameral
Do you have legislators her house of rep and senate
Gerrymandering
Drawing district lawn, and such ways that political party gain unfair advantages
Interest groups
People who have common goal
Affirmative action
Planner program to address effective past discrimination
Incumbent
Re-elected the officials that is already in office get reflected Cuz. They’re familiar with people back home.
Lobbyists
Hired but interest groups
Pigeon holding
Congressional meeting ignore the billing lecithin committee
Standing committee
Overseas bills on issues that must be considered every year
Revenue bill
Bill that raises taxes
Appropriations bill
Proposals that involve money
Bill
A proposed law
Filibuster
Method of defeating a bill, where a center talks until the bill is killed
Cloture
Limit time to the pay a bill to an hour
Implied powers
Necessary and proper clause is
County council
Harford county legislature
General assembly
Maryland legislator
Reserved powers
Powers to establish schools
Speaker
Leader of the house of rep
Three influences on a lawmakers voting behavior
Education, experience religion
How are members of the house and rep and set elected?
House of rep district Senate state legislators
How has congress try to legislate civil rights equality?
Civil rights act of 1972
What powers are included in Maryland state constitution?
Upper state budget creates and passes laws oversee state program approve appointments, made by the government, education, law, firm Elise, taxes, marriage professional, licensing
What were two things established in the supreme court case McCulloch versus Maryland?
Marilyn didn’t have the authority to text Baltimore branch of US. Congress didn’t have the right to establish a national bank.
Identify and define three denied powers of Congress
Congress may not suspend the right of habeas corpus. Congress can’t pass a bill of Attar or ex post facto law, and congress may not tax exports going from one state to another, or to another country.
Steps to making the bill
House of rep introduces a bill committee suggested to change, enters full house, if approved, goes to send it
Senate introduces a bill committee suggest change, enter for senate, if approved goes to the house
Conference committee, reviews, the differences and send it back if any changes are made
Final approval, house and senate finalized version of Bill
President vetoes Congress can override by 2/3 vote
President signs it becomes a law
American with disabilities act of 1990
Prohibits discrimination against disability
Civil rights and women’s equality act of 1991
Protect women, justice and equality, within their job, equal opportunities within the workplace
Voting rights act of 1965
Equal voting rights for all language minorities
Voting rights act of 1975
Prohibits voting discrimination against race, color, and membership of group monitoring elections
Equal employment, opportunity act of 1972
Prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion national origin or six
Civil rights act of 1964
Prohibits racial discrimination in public places, such as theaters, restaurants and hotels deal with African-Americans rights that
Education, amendment title, IX 1972
Prohibits discrimination in schools that get money from the federal government including sports
Expressed powers
Paris directly stated in article 1 of the US constitution, known as enumerated powers
Bill of attainder
How do you spell legislator, declaring a person guilty?
Necessary and proper clause elastic
Congress has ability to make laws
 Supremacy clause
Federal government is supreme overstate give
Seniority rule
Determines leader ship of Congress meetings
Pork Barr legislation
Appropriations my belt, legislator, fair projects that are not acceptable to help the local district
Discrimination
I’m just in different categories of people or things, especially in the grounds of race
Standing committees
Overseas bills on issues that must be considered every year
Subcommittee
Specializing in subcategory, and it committees responsibilities
Select committee
I study one specific issue and report their families to each house
Joint committee
Members from both houses out of a study group, responsible for reporting findings
To house and senate
Conference committee
Set up with house and senate half past different versions of the same bill
Constitutes
Voters
Political, action, committees
Created by interest groupS
Political parties
Republican/democrat
Media
 Fourth branch of government
Aliens
Permanent residence of the US still citizens of another country
Quota
Specific number of immigrants from certain countries or regions are allowed to enter the country
Naturalization
Legal process by which an alien may become a citizen
Illegal, immigrant
Entering or resulting in a country illegally
Refugee
People who try to escape dangers in their own country
What are the powers of the Congress nationally?
Approves budget passes laws overseas state programs, price points made by Perez
Local Green County law
County commissioner develops a budget for Hartford County. Create some peste. All’s oversee local programs approve appointments made by mayor.
