I'm just a bill...
I'm just a bill...and will likely remain that way because the president just used this check against me.
What is a veto?
You can't run for a third term, Mr. President--thanks to this amendment.
Congress rarely meets in a joint session, but does so annually during this mandated presidential address to the nation.
What is the State of the Union?
Committee assignments in the House are assigned by this important leader:
Who is the Speaker of the House?
An easy way for the president to circumvent partisan gridlock is to issue one of these.
What is an executive order --OR-- executive agreement?
I'm just a bill...and I started as an idea from a constituent. My sponsor likely employed this model of representation.
What is the delegate model of representation?
Neither Congress nor the POTUS can cut these non-discretionary items out of the federal budget:
What are entitlement programs?
This phenomenon occurs when one or both houses is controlled by a party other than the president's.
What is "divided government?"
Many of the House's procedural operations are decided in this standing committee:
What is the House Rules Committee?
The POTUS frequently meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff in this presidential role.
What is commander-in-chief?
What is markup?
Ever since the passage of the War Powers Resolution of 1973, the president can't send troops abroad for more than this number of days.
What is 60?
The very nature of our bicameral legislature came out of this important compromise at the Constitutional Convention.
What is the Great (Connecticut) Compromise?
What is Baker v. Carr (1962)?
Arguments in favor of a "unitary executive" were advanced in this important foundational document.
What is Federalist 70?
What is pigeonholing?
Hey Congress: you can't pass these laws, which retroactively punish criminal behavior!
What are ex post facto laws?
Both houses enjoy a relatively high rate of this advantage related to ensuring victories in future elections.
What is incumbency advantage?
The House can vote for a motion to push a bill forward using this measure:
What is a discharge petition?
One legal question that has not been settled is whether the POTUS can forgive himself from a federal crime, also known as this practice:
What is a pardon?
I'm just a bill...a bill to reform the federal tax code. In which standing committee did I originate?
What is Ways and Means?
You can't end a filibuster in the Senate without a 3/5 vote of this.
What is Cloture?
These joint committees hammer out House/Senate differences in a bill before going to the President's desk.
What are conference committees?
Want to withdraw money from the Treasury? Congress will need to "a"uthorize this type of legislation:
What is appropriations?
This term describing the president's ability to easily communicate with the American public was originally coined during the [Teddy] Roosevelt Administration.
What is "bully pulpit?"