Congress
The term length for a Senate member.
What is 6 years?
The Article of the Constitution that outlines the power of the Executive
What is Article II?
The amount of judges on the Supreme Court
What is 9?
An agency"s ability to make rules that affect how programs operate, and to force states and corporations to obey to these rules as if they were laws
What is Rule-Making Authority?
Congress passes a bill and the president doesn't like the bill, What does the president do?
Veto the Bill
A person who votes as a delegate in issues their constituents care about and a trustee in issues their constituents don't care about.
What is a Politico?
Article that defends the idea of a unitary and speedy Executive.
What is Federalist 70?
This term means "Let the decision stand."
What is Stare Decisis?
The highest revenue source for the the Government
What are Income Taxes
Congress does not like a Supreme Court decision, what can they do?
Write an amendment or write legislation to modify the impact of the decision.
Committees that tend to be temporary and investigative in nature.
What are Select Committees?
Informs Congress and the public of the President's interpretation of laws passed by Congress and signed by the president.
What is a signing statement?
The entry point for most litigation in federal courts, trial courts.
What are District Courts?
Networks between interest groups, committees, and bureaucratic agencies.
What are Iron Triangles?
What check can a branch put on an executive order?
The Supreme Court can rule the order unconstitutional.
The amount of votes needed for a cloture
What is 60 votes?
The three Constitutional requirements to be a president.
What is must be 35 years old, resided in the U.S for 14 years, and a natural born citizen?
Presidential appointment and 3rd ranking member of the Justice Department
Who is the Solicitor General?
Spending that can be adjusted by the President and Congress in a given budget year.
What is Discretionary Spending?
What is a check on the bureaucracy?
Power of the Purse or Committee Hearings
Free use of the mail system to communicate with constituents; machines duplicate a member’s signature in real ink.
What is Franking Privilege?
Position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be listened to
What is the Bully Pulpit?
The amount of circuits in the Court of Appeals
What is 12?
What is Social Security?
How do you override a presidential veto?
With a 2/3s vote in the House and Senate