Gov. Chapter 5-1,2,3,4 – Flashcards
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Congressional meetings?
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sessions
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Largest body of congress?
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house of reps
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Two members from each state?
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senate
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Formal disapproval of senator's actions?
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Censure
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Senatorial Benefit?
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franking privilege
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Representatives are elected from?
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districts
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Unequal power in districts?
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Gerrymandering
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Senators are elected for?
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six year
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Why are incumbent re elected?
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support from PACs
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Members of Congress can be arrested for?
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treason
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5- 2
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5-2
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Speaker?
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Presiding officer of the house
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Constituents?
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represented by members of house
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Whips?
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assist the floor leader
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Majority leader?
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speaker's top assistant
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Caucus?
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closed meeting
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Main task of each house?
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make law
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Flow of work is controlled by?
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majority party
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Procedures organized around?
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party affiliation
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A proposed law is called?
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bill
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Required foe legislative body to take action?
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quorum
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5-3
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5-3
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President of the senate?
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vice president
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Most important officers in the senate?
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majority leader / minority leader
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List of bills for the senate consideration?
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calendar of general orders
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Way to defeat a bill?
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filibuster
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Limits senators speaking time?
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cloture
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Main job to steer the party's bill through the senate?
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majority leader
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Senate conducts most of its business through?
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calendar of scheduled bills
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Assistants that make sure legislators are present for key votes?
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whips
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Rules are designed to make sure that all senators?
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Have freedom to express ideas
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Filibuster is not as strong as it used to be because?
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the two track procedural system
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5-4
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5-4
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key power centers in congress?
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committees
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legislators' answer to violent television?
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V-chip
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permanent groups?
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standing committees
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temporary committees?
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select committees
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act as study groups?
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joint committees
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standing, seclect, joint and conference are all types of Congressional ?
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committees
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example of a subcommittee?
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human resources
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when the house and senate pass different versions of the same bill?
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conference committee
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one of the most prestigious committee is the?
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ways and means
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this has guided the seclection of committee chairpersons?
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seniority system
