Path to Presidency
To run for President under one of the two main parties, a candidate must first win this type of election.
What is a Primary?
Bills are proposed in one of these two bodies.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The process of drawing new district lines in States to give advantages to one of the Political Parties is known as this.
What is Gerrymandering?
If there is a vacancy (opening) on the Supreme Court, this appoints a new Justice, and this confirms the appointment.
What is the President and Senate?
Executive Departments are led by these people, who are appointed by the President.
Who are the Cabinet Members?
In a Primary, candidates compete for these votes, while in the General Election they compete for these votes.
What are delegates and electors?
If a Bill passes a vote in both the House and the Senate, where does the Bill go next?
What is the President?
Article I, Section 8, Clause 9 is also known as this, and is used to provide implied powers to the legislative branch in addition to the express powers listed in the Constitution.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause, or the Elasticity Clause?
Committees make Congress run more smoothly because they do this.
What is make it easier to discuss Bills in smaller, more focused groups?
The FBI, ATF and other similar Bureaucracies fall under this Executive Department.
What is the Justice Department?
A candidate needs a majority of Electoral Votes to win, which is this many votes.
What is 270?
When a Bill is being decided on by a Committee, the Committee will hold this to bring in experts to speak on behalf of the Bill.
What is a hearing?
The President can issue these, which have the authority of Laws but only have to be followed by members of the Executive Branch?
What are Executive Orders?
What are Special or Select Committees?
The Military falls under the Defense Department of the Executive Branch, which is headed by this person.
What is the Secretary of Defense?
When campaigning, candidates are competing for these three things.
What are fundraising, poll numbers, and media coverage?
Bills can be stopped from moving forward in discussion by a process known as this, which can only be done in the Senate.
What is the Filibuster?
In order to overcome a filibuster, this many votes are needed in the Senate
What is 60?
These people will provide information and sometimes pressure Senators, Representatives, and Bureaucrats to push forward legislation that they agree with.
Who are lobbyists and interest groups?
The Powers given to bureaucratic agencies are granted to them by this person or group of people.
Who is Congress?
In addition to delegates voting at a National Convention, the nominee for President will also do this at the Convention.
What is choose a running mate?
A proposed Bill is first brought before one of these types of Committee, which always exist and also have the role of questioning appointments to the Cabinet.
What are Standing Committees?
This Supreme Court Case established the concept of Implied Powers by stating that the government can incorporate a national bank.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
If a Committee does not support an appointee by the President, what happens to that appointee?
What is that they are voted on by the Senate, but they probably will not be voted into office?
There are this many Executive Departments, though there are many more sub-agencies like the FBI and CDC under these departments.
What is 15?