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Bonus Round!
100
The slate of proposals and issues that representatives think it worthwhile to consider and act on
What is the legislative agenda?
100
Combined House-Senate committees formed to coordinate activities and expedite legislation in a certain area
What joint committees?
100
The accumulation of power and authority in conjunction with the length of time spent in office
What is the Senority System?
100
The efforts of elected officials to look out for the interests of those who elect them
What is representation?
100
The leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House?
200
Legislature with two chambers
What is bicameral legislature?
200
permanent committees responsible for legislation in particular policy areas
What are Standing Committees?
200
Process of dividing states into legislative districts
What is redistricting?
200
Informal rules that govern behavior in Congress
What are norms?
200
Publicly recorded votes on bills and amendments on the floor of the House or Senate
What is rollcall voting?
300
A practice of unlimited debate in the Senate in order to prevent or delay a vote on a bill
What is a filibuster?
300
The committee that determines how and when debate on a bill will take place
What is the House Rules Committee?
300
A reallocation of congressional seats among the states every ten years, following the census
What is reapportionment?
300
The privilege of free mail service provided to members of Congress
What is franking?
300
A vote to end a Senate filibuster; requires a three-fifths majority, or sixty votes
What is a cloture?
400
Presidential authority to kill a bill submitted within ten days of the end of a legislative session by not signing it
What is a pocket veto?
400
a committee appointed to deal with an issue or problem not suited to a standing committee
What is a Select Committee?
400
The electoral edge afforded to those already in office
What is the incumbency advantage?
400
Legislative work on behalf of individual constituents to solve their problems with government agencies and programs
What is casework?
400
Redistricting to enhance or reduce the chances that a racial or ethnic group will elect members to the legislature
What is racial gerrymandering?
500
Reversal of a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress
What is a veto override?
500
A committee's investigation of the executive and of government agencies to ensure they are acting as Congress intends
What is congressional oversight?
500
Redistricting to benefit a particular group
What is gerrymandering?
500
The added votes received by congressional candidates of a winning presidential party
What is the coattail effect?
500
Greater ideological (liberal v. conservative) differences between parties and increased ideological consensus within the parties
What is the party polarization?