CH 10 CONGRESS
A U.S. senator has a ________-year term, while a U.S. representative has a _____ year term.
what are six and two year terms?
To get around the need for Senate approval of treaties, many contemporary presidents have made use of ________ in foreign affairs.
what is an executive agreement?
It is an agency that performs and charges for services usually provided by the private sector.
what is a government corporation?
This judicial philosophy posits that the Court should go beyond the words of the Constitution or a statute to consider the broader societal implications of its decisions
what is judicial activism?
The secretary of education, secretary of defense, and secretary of the interior are all members of the
what is a cabinet?
In most states, who controls the redistricting process?
what are state legislatures?
In writing and passing the Affordable Care Act, Congress ________ the task of defining “essential health benefits” to the Department of Health and Human Services.
what are delegated powers?
Before the Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, government appointments were made based on what system?
what is the spoils system?
The term of a federal judge
what is a life term?
The U.S. House of Representatives committee that held hearings to investigate the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol is an example of a ________.
what is a select committee?
The process of allocating congressional seats among the 50 states is called
what is apportionment?
When presidents use popular appeals to create a mass base of support that will allow them to accomplish their goals, it is most commonly referred to as
what is going public?
What is an example of an independent regulatory commission that we reviewed in class? They are known to be insulated from politics
What is FCC or CFPB?
Who gets to decide how many seats are on the Supreme Court
What is Congress?
When Democrats gather in the House to elect their House leaders every two years, this is called a
what is a caucus?
When Republicans gather in the House to elect their House leaders every two years, this is called a
what is a conference?
In a striking example of exerting inherent powers, which president cited their oath of office as justification for suspending the writ of habeas corpus?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Who gets to appoint the heads of all the federal bureaucracies
This judicial philosophy in which judges look strictly to the Constitution and writing of the Founders to interpret what was originally meant at the time the law was written can be described as
what is judicial restraint?
Which author did we read in class that argued that the administrative state is a bloodless unconstitutional revolution?
Who is Gary Lawson?
When Senator Robert Byrd steered federal money to build highways, dams, and government facilities to his state of West Virginia, he was doing which of the following?
what is pork barrel?
The powers of the president that are most clearly spelled out in the Constitution are ________ powers.
expressed
President Bush tried to privatize this program that millions of senior Americans depend on but did not succeed even with Republican majorities in Congress
What is Social Security?
The power of the courts to review actions of the legislative and executive branches and, if necessary, declare them invalid or unconstitutional is called
what is judicial review?
A party member in the House or Senate responsible for coordinating the party’s legislative strategy, building support for key issues, and counting votes
What is a whip?