Let's Legislate
The president has the power to make treaties, provided that ⅔ of this institution concurs.
What is the Senate?
This informal powers enhances the President's ability to bypass a gridlocked Congress in order to accomplish his agenda
What is the executive order?
The principle of hiring bureaucratic workers based on exams, expertise, and performance capabilities rather than political patronage.
This power allows Congress to deter a President from vetoing a popular bill.
What is the power to override a Presidential veto?
When a bill passes the senate, it must then go to this legislative body before becoming law
What is the House of Reps
According to the Constitution, “all bills for raising revenue” must originate in what institution?
What is the House of Representatives?
This is possibly the most influential power of the President, the power of suggestion! "Wonderful!"
What is the bully pulpit?
This agency is responsible for monitoring and implementing counter-terrorism activity, as well as preparation for natural disasters.
What is the Dept. of Homeland Security?
What is judicial review?
The number of representatives in the House of Representatives.
Bonus: The number from Hawai'i?
What is 435?
What is 2?
The filibuster is unique to this institution.
What is the Senate?
The longest lasting influence of the President is most office through this formal power.
What is "appointments to the SCOTUS"?
This connection between agencies, public interest groups, and powerful congressional committees is called...
What is iron triangle?
When competing interests or political powers have equal power and are unwilling to compromise.
What is Gridlock?
This model suggests representatives rely on constituents to decide on tough bills.
What is the delegate model of representation?
This Constitutional clause has served as the basis for nearly every major environmental, public health, and business law passed by Congress.
What is the Commerce Clause?
These individuals are appointed by the President, confirmed by the Senate, and can be fired at the Presidents discretion.
What are Cabinet members?
Since there are no bureaucratic jails for those who violate the rules, agencies will use this power instead.
What are fines?
The federal judges in all 91 District Courts, as well the U.S. Courts of Appeals and the SCOTUS need to be approved by this institution.
What is the Senate?
Your Congressmen is one of the safest in the House. His district votes nearly 85% in his favor each election, and often runs unopposed. He most likely greatly benefits from this process, a result of reapportionment.
What is gerrymandering?
This SCOTUS case established the principle that race based districting was a violation of the 14th amendment's equal protection clause.
What is Shaw v. Reno?
In the Federalist 70, the federalists argued the office of the executive should be ____________, meaning it needed sufficient powers, appropriate term lengths, and unilateral control.
What is "energetic"?
The most influential bureaucratic power lies in this...the ability "fill in the gaps" on broad policies passed by Congress as it sees fit.
What is bureaucratic discretion?
This...a powerful check over the executive branch, allows Congress to reign in spending across the agencies and White House office.
What is the power of the purse?
Your Senator voted to pass a bill that issued every childhood cancer patient in America a medical relief fund of $50,000. As it happened, the bill also provided additional spending for a new high speed rail in the biggest city in your state. This might have been...
What is pork barrel legislation?