Congress: The Senate and the House of Representatives
In Congress, this chamber is designed to represent states equally.
What is the senate?
This is the term for combining several pieces of legislation into one bill to secure enough votes for passage.
What is Logrolling.
This term describes a situation in which no congressional action on legislation can be taken due to a lack of consensus.
What is a Gridlock.
This formal power allows the president to veto bills passed by Congress.
What is The veto power.
This term describes the process by which the Senate confirms presidential appointments.
What is Senate confirmation.
This term is used for the principle that the will of the people is reflected in government debates and decisions by their representatives
What is Republicanism
This chamber of Congress must originate all revenue bills.
What is The House of Representatives.
This term describes when political attitudes move toward ideological extremes.
What is Polarization.
This term describes an informal power of the president to manage the federal government.
What are Executive orders.
These appointments made by the president have the longest-lasting influence.
What are Life-tenured judicial appointments.
This is how often all House members are elected.
what is Every two years.
This procedure is used in the Senate to end a filibuster.
What is Cloture?
This term refers to the process of redrawing electoral district boundaries to favor one party.
What is gerrymandering?
This body must confirm presidential appointments to Cabinet positions.
What is The Senate.
The president can use this to address policy conflicts with the congressional agenda (there are 2).
What are Executive orders and directives to the bureaucracy.
This chamber of Congress has more formal debate due to its larger membership size.
What is The House of Representatives.
This term refers to funding for a local project in a larger appropriation bill.
What is Pork-barrel legislation?
This type of government occurs when one party controls the presidency and another controls at least one chamber of Congress.
What is a Divided government.
This type of power allows the president to influence relations with foreign nations through agreements.
What is the foreign policy power.
This is a potential source of conflict between the president and the Senate regarding appointments.
What are Disagreements over who the president chooses for appointments.
This constitutional clause allows Congress to enact legislation deemed necessary and proper.
What is The Necessary and Proper Clause.
When bills passed by both chambers have variations in wording, this committee meets to reconcile those differences.
What is A conference committee.
This term describes when members of Congress vote based on their political party affiliation.
What is Partisan voting.
This informal power allows the president to inform Congress and the public of their interpretation of laws?.
What are Signing statements.
The Senate can do this to check the president's appointment powers?
What is to Confirm or reject appointments through Senate confirmation.