Legislative
According to the Constitution, this is the chamber where all revenue bills must begin.
What is the House of Representatives?
US attorneys, SCOTUS justices, heads of executive agencies, and federal judges are all appointed by the president but are confirmed by which chamber of congress?
What is the Senate?
This principle encourages justices to follow precedent when deciding cases.
What is Stare Decisis?
An example of this bureaucratic power could include the EPA writing a regulation to support a clean water bill.
What is rule-making?
This is the largest source of revenue for the Federal Government.
When the president appoints a Judge, Scotus justice, or cabinet head, they are confirmed by Senate using this constitutional power from Article II Section 2
What is "Advice and Consent"?
This committee is called when two versions of the same bill are passed through the House and Senate.
What is a Conference Committee?
This presidential power is typically used as the president is leaving office to avoid affecting approval ratings.
What are Federal Pardons?
This Supreme Court case is one of the most important in US history and gave the Supreme Court the power of Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This represents the network of Congressional Committees, Bureaucratic agencies, and interests groups that influence policy.
What are Iron Triangles?
This committee sets the guidelines for debate in the House of Representatives.
What is the Rules committee?
This action in the Senate requires 60 votes to end a filibuster and bring a bill to a vote.
What is a Cloture rule?
This Federalist paper, written by Hamilton, argues for the need of an executive who can respond to crises quickly.
What is Federalist 70?
This Federalist Paper, written by Hamilton, argues for the Supreme Court to have judicial review.
What is Federalist 78?
This is the main power of the federal bureaucracy and could be defined as the ability to set specific guidelines after Congress creates a general law or mandate.
What is a Regulation?
This Supreme Court case ruled that having unequal representation between legislative districts is unconstitutional.
What is Baker v Carr (1961)?
When passing the Federal budget, Congress leaves funds available that Congress or the President can use on programs or policies as they see a need.
What is Discretionary Spending?
This occurs when the president takes no action on a bill for 10 days while Congress is adjourned.
This term is defined by the tendency of judges to interpret the constitution according to their own view.
What is Judicial Activism?
These are some of the ways that Congress can check the bureaucracy. (Give one)
What is the Power of the purse, Committee hearings, Senate confirmations, Legislation?
This Supreme Court case ruled that racial gerrymandering was unconstitutional after North Carolina created two Majority-Minority districts.
What is Shaw v Reno?
A member of the chamber's majority party always plays this role on any committee in Congress.
What is Committee chair?
This has become one of the main causes of the expansion of presidential power in the 20th century and beyond.
What is Foreign Affairs (Foreign Policy)?
This part of the government is responsible for creating courts and specifying how many judges will sit.
What is Congress?
These are some of the ways that the President can check the Bureaucracy (Give one).
What are Cabinet appointments, executive orders, annual budget proposal?
These federal benefits are funded by congress and must be paid out to those who are eligible.
What are Entitlements?