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A standing committee of the House of Representatives that provides special rules under which specific bills can be debated, amended, and considered by the house.
What is a Rules committee?
A process in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor in either house for a vote.
What is a MArkup?
A legislative grant of money to finance a government program or agency
What is Appropriation?
gather people who hold similar beliefs and opinions and help them organize their efforts to influence the direction of governments
What are a poltiical parties aims and goals?
- nominations
- self-announcement
- caucuses
- conventions
- primary elections/caucuses
What is the process in which candidates run for elections?
a process whereby congress can nullify agency regulations by a joint resolution of legislative disapproval
What is Congressional Review?
A closed meeting of a party's House or Senate members; also called a party conference
What is a Party Caucus?
A formal declaration by a legislative committee that a certain amount of funding may be available to an agency. Some authorizations terminate in a year; others are renewable automatically without further congressional action.
What is Authorization?
What are the roles of citizens?
- to influence their government
- vote
- run for office
- contact government
- joining groups
an adjustment to current voting districts
What is redisticitng?
the part of the Constitution that permits Congress to make any laws "necessary and proper" to carrying out its powers
What is Elastic Clause?
Occurs when a committee ignores a bill and doesn't report it out. Also known as "tabling" or "death by committee." Major cause of bill death.
What is Pigeonholding?
A law making body made of two houses (bi means 2). Example: Congress (our legislature) is made of two house - The House of Representatives and The Senate.
What is Bicameral Legislature?
people who meet directly w/ government officials
- work for a variety of groups that represent the interests of individual companies/nonprofit organization
- approach government directly
- cultivate relationships with private meetings
What are lobbyistS?
general elections: regularly scheduled election where voters can make the final choice of officeholder
- midterm elections: determine which political party will hold a majority in each chamber of Congress for the next two years
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What is General vs midterm elections?
Amendments that must be strictly relevant to the bills on focus.
What are Germane Amendments?
A special veto exercised by the chief executive after a legislative body has adjourned. Bills not signed by the chief executive die after a specified period of time. If Congress wishes to reconsider such a bill, it must be reintroduced in the following session of Congress.
What is Pocket Veto?
A bill that has many riders to increase its chances of being passed
What is Christmas tree Bill?
- keeps public informed about politics
- politicians use it as a way to publicize their campaign and control the narrative of their run
- politicians can communicate with the electorate
What is The importance of the media/internet/social in regards to the government?
group of delegates who select the next president
What is The Electoral College and its function in American elections?
An action by the House of Representatives to accuse the president, vice president, or other civil officers of the United States of committing "Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
What is Impeachment
Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president
What is President Pro Tempore?
A procedure for terminating debate, especially filibusters, in the Senate.
What is a Cloture Vote?
- freedom of religion
- freedom of speech
- freedom to assemble
- freedom of the press
- right to petition the government
What is The first amendment and its critical role on democracy?
- can grab attention of Congress and the media
- do not do civil disobedience
- creates awareness
What is the impact of protest?