Congressional Powers & Vetoes
Redistricting & Elections
Committees & Legislative Process
Congressional Behavior
House vs Senate
Budget & Policy
100
This is required to override a presidential veto
What is a 2/3 majority in both houses?
100
Drawing districts to benefit a party
What is gerrymandering?
100
Where most bills die
What is committee?
100
Trading votes between members
What is logrolling?
100
House Term length
What is 2 years?
100
Largest growth category in spending
What is Mandatory Spending ?
200
Successful veto overrides are generally this
What is rare?
200
Redistricting happens this often
What is every 10 years?
200
Committee that reconciles House/Senate bills
What is a conference committee?
200
Spending for local projects
What is pork barrel legislation?
200
Senate term length
What is 6 years?
200
Congress shares budget power with this branch
What is executive Branch?
300
Best way Congress avoids a veto
What is negotiating with the president?
300
Odd-shaped districts are designed to do this
(Double Jeopardy)
What is manipulate election outcomes?
300
Forces a bill out of committee
What is a discharge petition?
300
Voting based on constituents’ wishes
What is the delegate model?
300
Who breaks ties in the Senate
(Double Jepordy)
Who is the Vice President?
300
Mandatory Spending means this
What is required Spending
400
This is a formal power of Congress
What is declaring war / regulating commerce?
400
This Supreme Court case made apportionment justiciable
What is Baker v. Carr?
400
Temporary investigative committee
What is a select committee?
400
Voting based on personal judgment
What is the trustee model?
400
Senate tactic to block action
What is a filibuster?
400
Discretionary spending is controlled by ?
What is congress?
500
This type of power allows Congress to sanction countries
What is regulating foreign commerce?
500
Race-based gerrymandering case
What is Shaw v. Reno?
500
House committee controlling debate rules
What is the Rules Committee?
500
Most important factor in House elections
What is incumbency?
500
Ends a filibuster
What is cloture?
500
What is it called when bills are not being passed due to extreme partisanship
What is Gridlock?