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Standard Deviants
11.2
11.3
11.4
12.2,12.3 12.4
100
a two house legislature
What is bicameral?
100
In state and local politics
What is the way most legislators start out?
100
The "elite" chamber of Congress
What was the Senate meant to be?
100
Must be linked to enumerated powers
What is the catch to the "necessary and proper" clause?
100
Every two years
When are Congressional elections held?
200
After every census this happens
What is redistricting?
200
Twenty five
What is the minimum age to be elected to the House of Representatives?
200
Assistant floor leaders that keep party membership informed and persuade members to vote along party lines.
What is a whip?
200
House impeaches president Senate tries the president and votes to remove
What is the impeachement process?
200
Seniority Rule
What is the best predictor of leadership in Senate committees?
300
Filibuster
What is talking a proposal to death called?
300
House seats divided among states according to population (about 650,000 in each district)
What is apportionment?
300
Most of the work of reviewing proposed legislation
What do subcommittes do?
300
Both Houses must agree on a bill before it becomes law.
What is a way congress "checks" itself?
300
Appropriations Committee, Budget Committee,Commerce Committee,Rules Committee,Ways and Means Committee and Finance Committee
What are coveted Congressional assignments?
400
The Speaker of the House
What is the most powerful member of the Congress?
400
one person one vote
What is the idea behind apportionment?
400
Majority Leader in the Senate
Who is the spoksperson for the party in the Senate?
400
This is where differences in bills are "ironed out" or reconciled
What is a Conference Committee?
400
To elect leaders
What is the primary task of party caucus or conference?
500
Laws made to direct states or local governments to comply with federal regulations
What is a mandate?
500
legislators exercising their best independent judgment
What is the Trustee role of a legislator?
500
Senior Senator of the majority party, presides over the Senate when VP is not there
What is the president pro tempore?
500
Congress overseeing executive agencies to make sure they carry out laws it has passed
What is Congressional Oversight?
500
Cloture
What is the way a filibuster can be "shut down"?