Congress
Elected regionally
Veto
Declining/turning down a bill
What is the formal charge by the House of Representatives that a government official has committed?
Congress
Who makes laws?
Monetary policies
What arepolicies having to do with banks, credit, and currency?
Elected Statewide
How are Senate members elected?
The presidency
What was established by Article II of the Constitution?
Appropriations
What are the amounts of money approved by Congress in bills that each agency of government can spend?
Bureaucracy
Revenue agencies
What are the agencies responsible for collecting taxes?
Bicameral
What is the two house system of Congress?
IMPLIED POWERS
What are derived from expressed powers. They are necessary for the president to exercise the expressed powers outlined by the Constitution?
Logrolling
What is a legislative practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill?
Independent Agencies
What is set up by Congress outside of the departmental structure and usually have broad powers to provide public services?
Privatization
What is the transfer of all or part of a program from the private sector to the private sector?
Redistricting
What is the redrawing of congressional districts?
DELEGATED POWERS
What are products of congressional statues (laws) and resolutions?
Pork-barrel legislation
What are appropriations made by legislator bodies for local projects that are often not needed but that are created so that local representatives can win re-elections in their home districts?
Regulatory Agencies
What are departments, bureaus, or independent agencies whose primary mission is to impose limits, restrictions, or other obligations on the conduct of individuals or companies in the private sector?
Become more diverse
Majority Leader
What is the elected leader of the majority party?
Andrew Johnson
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
Filibuster
What is a tactic used by members of the Senate to prevent action on legislation they oppose – unlimited time to speak?
Fiscal Policies
What are taxing and spending polices?
Gerrymandering
What is the manipulation of electoral districts to serve the interests of a particular group?