Chapter 5 government – Flashcards
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This is known as the House "traffic" officer.
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Rules Committee
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This office keeps record of all congresssional bills.
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Government Printing Office
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Every law starts this way.
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bill
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These assistants attend committee meetings.
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Legislative Assistants
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Each Congress is two sessions.
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What is the term of each Congress?
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The Ways and means is a key House Committee.
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What is a key House Committee?
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Cloture stops a filibuster.
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What stops a filibuster?
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January 3 of odd numbered years is the start of each term of Congress.
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When is the start of each term of Congress?
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A caseworker is a personal staff member.
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Caseworker
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Social Security is a House subcommittee.
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Name a House subcommittee?
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A census is a population count.
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What is a census?
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An administrative assistant is a personal staff memebr with office management duties.
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Define administrative assistant.
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The main task of Congress is to make laws.
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What is the main task of Congress?
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Two-year terms are a representative's term.
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How long is a representative's term?
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Gerrymander is packing asnd cracking.
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Gerrymander
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Foreign Relations is a prestigious Senate Committee.
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name a prestigious Senate Committee.
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PAC's provide campaign funds.
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What do PAC's (political Action Committees) provide?
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Six-year terms are a Senator's term.
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How long is a Senator's term?
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The seniority system provides leadership of a committee.
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What does the seniority system provide?
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Elections are held on November of even-numbered years.
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When are elections held?
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Accepting a bribe could bring a vote of censure.
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What could bring a vote of censure?
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The speaker is the presiding officer of the House of representatives.
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Who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives?
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The standing committees of each house are controlled by the majority party.
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What does the Majority party control?
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The Library of Congress, a great center of information contains almost 100 million items.
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What does the Library of Congress contain?
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The United States Congress, which is made up of two houses, is a bicameral legislature.
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What is a bicameral legislature?
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The vice-president is the president of the Senate.
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Who is the president of the Senate?
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In Congress the majority and minority leaders are assisted by whips.
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Whom do whips assist?
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A degree in law is not a qualification for election to the House of Representatives.
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What is not a qualification for eletion to the House of representatives?
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The budget-making work of Congress is coordinated by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
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What office coordinates the budget-making work of Congress?
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People in districts represented in Congress are the constituents.
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Who are constituents?
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Married for five years is not a qualification for the Senate.
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What is not a qualification for the Senate?
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The power to write the rules in Congress is controlled by the majority party.
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What power is controlled by the majority party?
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In the Senate, bills are brought to the floor by unanimous consent.
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In the Senate, how are bills brought to the floor?
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The process of setting up new congressional districts after reapportionment is called redistricting.
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What is redistricting?
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A subcommittee is a group that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility.
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What does a subcommittee specialize in?
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A filibuster can be stopped when three-fifths of the Senate votes for cloture.
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How can a filibuster be stopped?
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The joint comittees act as study groups for the House and Senate.
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The joint committees act as what?
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The Government Printing Office (GPO) is responsible for the statistical Abstract of the United States.
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The Government Printing Office is responsible for what?
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Some lawmakers believe congressional staffers have too much power.
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What is a belief of some lawmakers?
