Congress
How many Senators from each state?
Total number of years the president can serve.
10 years
How many Justices are needed to accept a case on the Supreme Court?
4
List two current US Independent agencies.
CIA, EPA, FCC, FEC, FTC, GSA, NASA, OPM, Federal Reserve, TVA, USPS, etc.
Who is Mike Pence?
Who is the Vice President
Number of members in the House of Representatives?
435
How is an executive order different from a law?
Does not require Congressional approval.
What case established Judicial Review?
What is Marbury v. Madison.
What are two examples of Government Corporations?
AMTRAK, PBS, GM
Who is Mike Pompeo?
Who is the Secretary of State.
What is a Conference Committee?
Group who reconciles bills from the House and Senate.
What is the 22nd amendment?
Enacted presidential term limits
Who does the Constitution empower to set up the US Federal Courts?
Who is Congress.
What is the most recently established department of the US Bureaucracy?
What is Homeland Security.
What are the four departments of the inner cabinet?
State
Justice
Treasury
Defense
List three ways a bill can die in Congress.
filibuster, dies in House, dies in Senate, no scheduled vote, etc.
Name three positions the president can appoint.
Vice President, Secretary of State, Treasury, Defense, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, HHS, HUD, Transportation, Energy, Education, VA, Homeland Security, Attorney General, Cheif of Staff, EPA Administrator, Director of OMB, Ambassador to the UN, Supreme Court Justices, etc.
"Friend of the Court" briefings used to support or reject arguments in the case
What is amicus curiae briefs.
List three forms of congressional oversight of the bureaucracy.
pass laws, appropriations power, hearings, investigations, deny confirmations
Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Who is Chief John Roberts
What is the selection of committee chair usually based upon?
What is seniority.
How can the coattail effect help congressional candidates?
People in the same party as popular presidential and/or congressional candidates often get chosen due to straight ticket voting
What constitutional precedent was overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education?
What is separate but equal.
What is the difference between iron triangles and issue networks?
Iron Triangles are permanent (Congress, agency, interest group) while Issue networks are policy making alliances that come together on a particular issue and then disband.
What former President is known for most expanding the US Bureaucracy?
Who is FDR