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A law making body made of two houses
What is Bicameral legislature
100
a public or private bill prepared, introduced, and sponsored in the legislature by a member of the government
What is a Bill
100
Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals; cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get
What is Casework
100
A meeting of local party members to choose party officials or candidates for public office and to decide the platform
What is Caucus
100
The most important influencers of the congressional agenda. They play dominant roles in scheduling hearings, hiring staff, appointing subcommittees, and managing committee bills when they are brought before the full house.
What is Comittee chairs
200
Committee appointed by the presiding officers of each chamber to adjust differences on a particular bill passed by each in different form.
What is Conference committee
200
A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue.
What is Filibuster
200
An institution unique to the House of Representatives that reviews all bills (except revenue, budget, and appropriations bills) coming from a House committee before they go to the full House.
What is House Rules Committee
200
those already holding office. In congressional elections, incumbents usually win.
What is Incumbants
200
Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses.
What is Joint committees
300
Congress' monitoring of the bureaucracy and its administration of policy, performed mainly through hearings
What is Legislative oversight
300
The legislative leader selected by the majority party who helps plan party strategy, confers with other party leaders, and tries to keep members of the party in line.
What is Majority leader
300
The principal leader of the minority party in the House of Representatives or in the Senate
What is Minority leader
300
Congressional committees appointed for a limited time and purpose.
What is Select committees
300
a system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee
What is Seniority system
400
An office mandated by the Constitution. The Speaker is chosen in practice by the majority party, has both formal and informal powers, and is second in line to succeed to the presidency should that office become vacant.
What is Speaker of the House
400
Permanent subject-matter congressional committees that handle legislation and oversee the bureaucracy.
What is Standing committees
400
a senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking
What is Whip
400
Process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
What is Collective bargaining
400
an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer
What is Consumer Price Index (CPI)
500
The country's central banking system, which is responsible for the nation's monetary policy by regulating the supply of money and interest rates
What is Federal Reserve System
500
Government policy that attempts to manage the economy by controlling taxing and spending
What is Fiscal Policy
500
The theory emphasizing that government spending and deficits can help the economy weather its normal ups and downs.
What is Keynesian Economic theory
500
Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.
What is Laissez-faire
500
A theory that government should control the money supply to encourage economic growth and restrain inflation.
What is Monetarism