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Ch. 7
Congress
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a legislature divided into two houses | bicameralism |
| the proportional process of allotting congressional seats to each state following the census which is every ten years | apportionment |
| the redrawing of congr. districsts to reflect incr. or decr. in seats allotted to the states, as well as pop. shifts w/in a state | redistricting |
| the 1st step in the constitutional process of removing the president, VP, federal judges, etc., like charging w/ a crime | impeachment |
| Who actually does the action of impeachment? | House of Representatives |
| a formal gathering of all party members | party caucus |
| another name for a party caucus | conference |
| committee to which proposed bills are referred; can kill bills, amend them radically, or hurry them through the process | standing committee |
| includes members from both houses of Congress; conducts investigations or special studies | joint committees |
| joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate | conference committee |
| temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose, such as conduction a special investigation or study | select or (special) committee |
| petition that gives a majority of the House of Reps the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction | discharge petition |
| legislation that allows representatives to bring $ and jobs to their districts in the form of public works programs, military bases,etc | pork |
| if Congress adjourns during the ten days the president has to consider a bill passed by Congress w/o the president's signature | pocket veto |
| role played by elected representatives who act as trustees or as delegates, depending on the issue | politico |
| role played by elected representatives who listen to constituents' opinions and then use their best judgement to make final decisions | trustee |
| vote trading; voting yea to support a colleague's bill in return for a promise of future support | logrolling |
| a tactic by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill is brought to the floor | hold |
| What is the point of a hold? | It stops the bill from coming to the floor until the hold is removed. |
| mechanism requiring 60 senators to vote to cut off debate | cloture |
| formal constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by Congress thus preventing it from being law | veto |
| a formal way of halting action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate in the Senate | filibuster |
| a process by which presidents, when selecting district court judges, defer to the senator in whose state the vacancy occurs | senatorial courtesy |
| the political condition in which different political parties control the White House and Congress | divided government |
| role played by elected representatives who act as trustees or as delegates, depending on the issue | delegate |
| served as pres. pro tem of the Senate and chair of Appropriations Committee. called the "Prince of Pork" for his frequent use of pork in the form of public works projects to WV | Robert byrd (WV) |
| essentially the voters; party leaders, colleagues, lobbyists, and _______ at home must be appeased by Congress members | constituents |
| CBO, Congressional Research Service, General Accounting Office | staff and support agencies (assist committee members) |
| politicians who strongly support their party's policies and are reluctant to compromise with their political opponents | partisan |
| device in which a legislative body or other deliberative assembly sits as a single committee with all assembly members being committee members | Committee of the Whole |
| a committee of the House of Reps that is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor; controls time and rules for debate | rules committee |
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