Congress
The Presidency
Unit 3 MISC
Bureaucracy
Cases/Docs
100

This chamber of Congress is designed to represent all states equally.

What is the Senate?

100

President Biden can use this informal power by going on television to make his case for border funding.

What is the bully pulpit

100
A member of Congress voting as their constituents would want them to is represents which model of voting? 

What is voting as a delegate

100

The Cuyahoga River caught fire dozens of times before the federal government stepped in. Discretionary and rule-making authority to implement policy are given to bureaucratic agencies, including this agency most responsible for stopping the pollution in that river.

What is the Environmental Protection Agency?

100

The justification for a single executive is outlined in this document

What is Federalist 70

200

The constitutional reason Franklin Roosevelt reported to Congress on December 8, 1941, that Japan had attacked America.

What is Congress' power to declare war?

200

In addition to signing and vetoing, this is the third option afforded to presidents upon the presentment of bills from Congress.

What is the pocket veto?

200

Where all tax bills must start.

What is the House of Representatives 

200

Jimmy Carter tried to cancel superfluous water projects early in his term as president, decrying them as this type of legislation.

What is pork-barrell spending?

200

In this case, the Court struck down racially-based gerrymandering.

What is Shaw v. Reno?

300

In 1919 America did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles because of a vote in this chamber of Congress.

What is the Senate?

300

In 1942, Franklin Roosevelt used this implied power to establish relocation centers and detail American citizens.

What is an executive order?

300

Determining the time for debate, as well as the potential for amendments for bills, is the responsibility of which committee?

What is the House Rules Committee

300

This image reflects this relationship between regulators, legislators, and lobbyists.

What is an iron triangle?

300
In this case, the Court ruled, "one person one vote."

What is Baker v. Carr?

400

In 2013, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) spoke for 21 hours and 19 minutes in opposition to the Affordable Care Act per this loophole in Senate rules.

What is the filibuster?

400

In 1913, Woodrow Wilson began the modern tradition by which presidents use this annual message as a tool for agenda-setting.

What is the State of the Union address?

400

This type of spending is done through annual appropriations and has become a decreasing portion of federal spending.

What is Discretionary Spending

400

This piece of legislation ended patronage in favor of merit based hiring practices in civil service.

What is the Pendleton Act?

400

In the 1970s, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon's right to keep his communications confidential was not protected by this

What is Executive Privilege

500

When members of Congress  agree to vote for each other's legislation

What is logrolling

500

The Office of Management and Budget, Council of Economic Advisors, and National Security Council are all in this department

What is the White House Executive Office

500

Presidents use this informal power when they want to challenge sections of a bill they disagree with while still approving the bill.

What are Signing Statements

500

This legal theory has been the basis for bureacratic power in the absence of Congressional directives since 1984.

What is Chevron Deference 

500

This law from the 1960s had the most direct impact on Shaw v. Reno?

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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