Amendments
What is the 1st amendment?
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
When where the 10 amendment ratified?
What is incrementalism?
The idea that next years budget will be the same as this years plus a little more
What is Civil Rights?
Policies designed to protect people from discriminatory treatment by government, business, or individuals
Where does a bill go after presented to the House?
The committee
What is amendment 13?
Abolished slavery
They where to limit the power of the federal government
What is pork barrel legislation?
Legislation that helps a congressman's home state
When where slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person is a population count.
1787
Where does a bill go after being presented to the senate?
The committee
What is the 10th amendment?
Powers not expressly given to federal government by the Constitution are reserved to states or the people
What amendment is the right to bear arms?
2nd amendment
What is the IRS?
The government agency collects and sorts taxes
When was the 13th amendment abolished slavery?
1865
What is Floor action?
The House debates and may change the bill, member votes on its passage
What amendment limited a president to 2 terms?
22nd amendment
What amendment is the freedom from illegal searches and seizures?
4th amendment
What is a debt ceiling?
The maximum amount of debt that a government agrees to take on
Who led the Civil Rights movement?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What is the House-Senate compromise?
House and senate compromise on differences between each version of the bill
Which amendment abolished poll tax?
24th amendment
What is the right to the Due Process law?
5th amendment
What is Social Security?
This government program takes up the majority of the federal budget
Who led black power movement?
Malcom X
Which committee allows to make special rules for debating and changing the bill, and then votes on the rules?
The House Committee