Congress
The Executive Branch
Parties
Voting
Miscellaneous
100
Impeach & Remove
House & Senate
100
Powers given in Article II?
-command -enforce -appoint -foreign affairs -pardon & veto
100
What do parties do?
-vehicle for organization -recruit -raise money -platforms
100
Voting for what you believe in vs Voting with future consequences in mind
What is sincere vs strategic voting?
100
Police patrol vs Fire alarm
Force used to check vs Citizens reporting
200
2 yrs vs 6 yrs 25 vs 30 Speaker vs Majority Leader Speaker vs Vice President
House vs Senate
200
Name parts of the Executive Office of the President & different Departments
EOP: -White House staff -advisory job Departments: -state, treasury, defense, etc
200
Why 2 parties?
-Duverger's Law -state law
200
Who is more likely to vote?
-more educated -older -married -women *not correlated to income or race if other factors are controlled for
200
Electoral college?
-winner-take-all -kind of popular vote
300
Difference between bill --> law in House & Senate?
House: scheduled for debate by Rules Committee; only germane amendments allowed; rules limiting debate Senate: scheduled for debate by Majority Leader; non-germane amendments allowed; filibuster (unless judicial/executive appointments)
300
Congressional checks on the president?
-fund wars -confirm appointments & treaties (2/3 for treaties) -override veto -etc
300
Major differences between left & right
(general list)
300
Why vote?
Investment & Consumption value (& a host of other reasons)
300
Draw a principal-agent scenario
(diagram I'll inspect)
400
Powers of Congress?
-tax -spend -welfare -armed forces -etc
400
3 methods of determining presidential elections (voting theories)
-economy (retrospective voting) -ideology (median voter model) -electoral college arithmetic
400
Dem & Rep strategies
Dem: -win labor & Catholics -don't lose too much in S Rep: -win S -split Dem support in labor & Catholics
400
Draw a diagram of Republican & Democratic areas, showing how it can be split into 3 districts in 2 different ways: one where Dems get 2 districts, and the other where Reps get 2 districts
(diagram that I'll check - lots of options)
400
Campaign spending?
-no limit to unaffiliated groups -no limit to self
500
Budget process?
January - OMB report February - CBO report April - 1st concurrent budget resolution September - 2nd budget resolution October - fiscal year
500
Sources of presidential power?
H1: Formal legal structure H2: Responsible, not easily replaced H3: Salient policy coordinator
500
Issues for each party?
Economy: kinda Rep but really neither Social & welfare (education, welfare, health care, social security): Dems Foreign affairs & defense: Reps Social & moral issues: Reps Crime & drugs: Reps
500
The House is considering a moderate bill regarding immigration. The Tea Party introduces an amendment to the legislation which would create an electrified fence along the border. Is the amendment adopted, and is the bill passed? (B = bill; A = amendment; N = nothing) -Democrats: B, N, B+A -Republicans: B+A, B, N -Tea Party: N, B+A, B
(drawing of scenario) -amendment is adopted -bill is not passed with amendment -bill would've passed without amendment
500
How are people nominated for Congress?
-plurality (1st past the post) -double vote (runoff) -CA's weird way (2 votes always)
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