House
Representation for the House of Representatives is based on...
The House has ___ members
population, 435
Representation for The Senate is based on....
It has ___ members
A regularly occurring Committee
Standing
What type of voting model votes the preferences of their constituents
Delegate
True/False: Congress will defer to the President in areas of foreign policy
True
The Constitution states that all ____ bills must start in the House
Tax/Revenue
What is an example of a power ONLY the senate has
Advice and Consent: confirmation of ambassadors and presidential appointments
A committee composed of both House and Senate members
Joint
A congressmen votes to close a popular tax loop hole based on the belief that the money would be better spent paying down the national debt...What type of voting model is this?
Trustee
Boundaries of a congressional district drawn to give one party the advantage
Gerrymandering
The House has (strict/loose) limits on debate?
STRICT, making it more likely for the House to pass legislation than the Senate. The senate has unlimited debate.
How can a Senator stall/delay legislation?
Filibuster
Type of Committee that deal with permanent subject matters (the committee does not end)
Standing
Practice where congressmen trade votes (you vote for mine if I vote for yours)
Logrolling
What is an example of divided government
The Constitution says that congress has the power to coin money. This is an example of...
An enumerated power
How does a filibuster end?
By invoking cloture, 3/5s majority vote.
If the house and senate pass different version of a bill it goes to a _____ committee
Conference
What are entitlements in the federal budget?
spending used on individual benefits like welfare and medicaid.
Summarize the reasoning for the decision in Baker v Carr
Rural districts had fewer people, representation was unevenly distributed, Baker was denied equal protection under the law.
_____ Committee in the House sets the guidelines for floor debate in the House but not in the Senate
Rules Committee
True/False: The Senate has unlimited debate.
TRUE
The role of a conference committee in Congress is to...
reconcile difference in bills passed by the House and Senate.
Members of Congress negotiate bills so that individual districts get money for projects that benefit their district, not the nation as a whole.
Pork Barrel Spending/Politics
A major difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is that
there is unlimited debate in the Senate but not the House