Ma'am
One of the three amendments that contributed to the Civil Rights movements
13th, 14th, 15th
what chamber uses the filibuster?
Senate
what is the filibuster?
Informal term for any attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter by debating it at length
favorite animal
I continue to judge
favorite color?
I get to judge
What did Marbury v Madison do/why is it so important?
Created judicial review
What does a committee do?
- move bills forward (sends to subcommittee)
what is the Whip?
• Job is to whip members into line • Responsible for coordinating the party’s • Legislative strategy • Build support for legislation • Counts votes • Speaker and Majority Leader will not bring a bill to the floor for a vote unless Whip says so • Makes sure members show up for important votes
retrospective, prospective, sociological cleavages
any 3 powers of congress
declare war, raise an army, borrow+create money, create federal courts, regulate interstate commerce, collect taxes, establish a post office, establish rules for naturalization and bankruptcy, issue copyrights and patents
Explain one of the Civil Rights amendments and how it related to the civil rights movement
13th - outlawed slavery
14th - persons born/naturalized in the US = citizen of US + right to due process
15th - voting rights cannot be restricted because of race, religion, or previous condition of slavery (black people gained ability to vote)
Explain majority in congress + what they do
- sets chamber agenda (decides what bills are up for debate)
- hold committee chairs (sets hearing dates and decides when a bill will be heard)
- party with more seats
Explain a minority in congress + what they do
- informed by majority of debate schedule
- informed by committee chairs of committee schedule
- party with less seats
explain one of the three reasons why we vote
pros- based on promised future actions
cleavage - based on membership of group or org
which party has used the filibuster more?
rebupublicans
Explain Judicial Review
- allowed courts to declare congressional laws unconstitutional
Speaker of the House's job?
- chief presiding officer
- sets house agenda, calls for votes
- assigns bills to committees
- second in line to become pres after vp
- leader of their party
Explain two powers of the speaker of house
theres literally not enough space for me to write out all the answers
Explain how the filibuster works
- Technique by the minority party to stop/delay a floor vote
- A member of the minority speaks on and on which stops anyone else from speaking.
what counts as a majority vote in the senate?
51 votes
Why did the founding fathers say the judiciary was the 'least dangerous branch'?
- no 'power of the purse'; could not appropriate money
- no 'power of sword' to enforce the law
- therefor no threat to other two branches
how do you end a filibuster?
16 signature who want it to end - invokes cloture
cloture - 3/5th of senators to vote to end
gives another 30 hrs of debate before vote
Why does the filibuster keep to one part of congress?
house has a rules committee which sets limits, senate does not
What does the majority leader do?
Elected by members of own political party • Is the party’s floor leader meaning • schedules legislative votes • establishes the calendar • works with minority leader • Gauges member sentiments on House activities
USUALLY replaces speaker
qualifications to hold office of the president
natural born citizen
35+
14 years residency