Division of power between the states and the federal government
What is federalism?
100
A smaller group of representatives who meet to look at and make recommendations on proposed bills
What is a committee?
100
The people in a representative's district
What are constituents?
100
435
What is the number of representatives in the House?
100
100
What is the number of representatives in the Senate?
200
Legislative, judicial, executive
What are the three branches of government/seperation of powers?
200
The committee in the House that schedules the bill on the calendar, decides how much time to give to debate, and decides what type of amendments can be offered
What is the House Rules Committee?
200
A representative who is already in Congress and running for re-election
What is an incumbent?
200
Two years
What is the term length for representatives?
200
Six years
What is the term length for Senators?
300
An example of this would be Congress overriding a presidential veto with a 2/3rds vote
What is checks and balances?
300
Changes to a bill
What are amendments?
300
"You vote for my bill, I'll vote for your bill"
What is logrolling?
300
The leader of the House
What is the Speaker of the House (Nancy Pelosi)?
300
The leader of the Senate (officially)?
What is the Vice President (Joe Biden)?
400
Powers to declare war, coin money, regulate interstate commerce, etc.
What are the enumerated powers/powers given to Congress and not the states?
400
The President rejecting a bill
What is a veto?
400
Government spending on local projects that benefit a representative's home district
What is pork?
400
A committee in the House but not in the Senate and an example of how the House is more strict than the Senate
What is the House Rules Committee?
400
A tactic to delay a vote on a bill that can only be used in the Senate
What is filibustering?
500
Two-house legislature
What is a bicameral legislature?
500
Members of both houses work out differences between their versions of a bill
What is a conference committee?
500
Advocating in Congress on behalf of a special interest group
What is lobbying?
500
A type of bill that must be initiated in the House
What are revenue bills?
500
The Senate Majority Leader (Harry Reid)
Who holds the real power in the Senate and is the head of the majority party?