unit iv vocab

Question 0

Congressional committee that deals with federal spending

Answer 0

Appropriations Committee

Question 1

Money that congress has allocated to be spent

Answer 1

Appropriation

Question 2

Authority of a court to hear an appeal from a lower court

Answer 2

Appellate jurisdiction

Question 3

Departments, agencies, bureaus, and commissions in the executive branch of government

Answer 3

Bureaucracy

Question 4

Personal work done by a member of congress for his constituents

Answer 4

Casework

Question 5

Concerns non criminal disputes between private parties

Answer 5

Civil law

Question 6

Lawsuit brought on behalf of a class of people against a defendant

Answer 6

Class action lawsuit

Question 7

Rules Committee rule that bans amendments to a bill

Answer 7

Closed rule

Question 8

Senate motion to end a filibuster that requires a 3/5 vote

Answer 8

Cloture

Question 9

Written by a Supreme Court justice who votes with the majority, but for different reasons

Answer 9

Concurring opinion

Question 10

Works out a compromise between differing House-Senate versions of a bill

Answer 10

Conference committee

Question 11

The people who are represented by elected officials

Answer 11

Constituents

Question 12

A motion to force a bill to the House floor that has been bottled up in committee

Answer 12

Discharge petition

Question 13

Written by a Supreme Court justice who expresses a minority viewpoint

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Dissenting opinion

Question 14

An agreement between the president and another head of state that, unlike a treaty, does not require senate consent

Answer 14

Executive agreement

Question 15

Presidential rule or regulation that has the force of law

Answer 15

Executive order

Question 16

The privilege of a president and his staff to withhold their conversations from congress or the courts

Answer 16

Executive privilege

Question 17

Nonstop senate debate that prevents a bill from coming to a vote

Answer 17

Filibuster

Question 18

Senate committee that handles tax bills

Answer 18

Finance Committee

Question 19

Allows members of congress to send mail to their constituents free

Answer 19

Franking privilege

Question 20

Redrawing district lines to favor one party at the expense of the other

Answer 20

Gerrymandering

Question 21

Senate maneuver that allows a senator to stop or delay consideration of a bill or presidential appointment

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Hold

Question 22

House action that formally charges an official with wrongdoing

Answer 22

Impeachment

Question 23

Vote required to convict in impeachment

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2/3 senate

Question 24

Refusal of a president to spend money that has been appropriated by Congress

Answer 24

Impoundment

Question 25

Court order that forbids a party from performing a certain action

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Injunction

Question 27

Philosophy that the courts should take an active role in solving problems

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Judicial activism

Question 28

Philosophy that the courts should defer to elected lawmakers in setting policy, rather than making law

Answer 28

Judicial restraint

Question 29

Power of the courts to review the constitutionality of laws or government actions

Answer 29

Judicial review

Question 30

Court case which established judicial review

Answer 30

Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Question 31

Ongoing process of congressional monitoring of the executive branch to ensure that the latter complies with the law

Answer 31

Legislative oversight

Question 32

Process in which Congress overturned rules and regulations proposed by executive agencies

Answer 32

Legislative veto