Legislative
This is used by a senator to block a bill in the Senate.
Filibuster
The supreme court uses what to declare laws or presidential actions unconstitutional?
Judicial Review
The president can do this if he does not agree with a bill from Congress
Veto
This is the term for when the government spends too much money and has to borrow money to cover the spending
The senate can end a filibuster through a 2/3 vote. What is the name of that vote?
Cloture
This committee is in charge of setting debate times and procedures for bills within the house of representatives
House Rules Committee
This is how justices choose their cases
The Rule of Four
The President can influence Congress by doing what?
Bully Pulpit
These are programs that are mandatory and money must be allocated by the government
Entitlement Programs
This term is defined as the money spent by the government on various programs
Expenditures
This congressional committee deals with a specific policy area within both the Senate and the House
Standing Committee
Interest groups file these to attempt to get the court to rule in their favor
Amicus Curiae briefs
The president can avoid Congress altogether in order to execute policy by doing what?
Executive Order
These are the types of programs that are not "mandatory" and the government can choose how much money to allocate to them in the budget
Discretionary Programs
The president can also kill a bill by "forgetting" to sign a bill after 10 days. What is this called?
Pocket Veto
Congress has many enumerated powers, name two
This is what justices cite when they make decisions based on a previous case
The president has several enumerated powers, name two
Commander in chief, appoint judges/ambassadors, state of the union addresses
Bureaucratic agencies are responsible for regulating businesses. What are two ways they do so?
Congress can control the bureaucracies in many ways. What are two different ways?
- Alter budgets
- Pass new laws or revise current laws
- Oversight hearings
- Influence agency heads or don't approve the
Congress has several checks on the Executive Branch, name them.
The supreme court can hear cases through two different ways, what are those ways?
- Appeal from lower court
- Original Jurisdiction case
The president has many informal powers, name two.
Executive Order, Executive Agreement, using the bully pulpit
What are the three parts to an iron triangle?
Bureaucratic Agency, Congressional Committee and an Interest Group
Bureaucracies can be broken up into multiple types of agencies, what are those types of agencies?
- Cabinet Departments
- Independent Regulatory Agencies
- Independent Executive Agencies
- Government Corporations