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Vocab
Congress
Bill
Indiana Politics
Misc.
100
Various tactics (usually long speeches) aimed at defeating a bill in a legislative body by preventing a final vote.
What is Filibuster
100
Republican Party currently controls this part of Congress.
What is House of Representatives?
100
The first committee a bill gets to. They can kill, change, or pass on the bill.
What is Subcommittee?
100
Mitch Daniels (what is he)
Who is the Governor of Indiana?
100
A provision of the U.S. Constitution that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties of the U.S. are the "supreme Law of the Land".
What is Supremacy clause?
200
Addition to a popular bill. It is certain to pass through the legislative process.
What is Rider?
200
Democrats currently control this part of Congress.
What is the Senate?
200
Presents bill to Congress.
Who is a Congressman?
200
Richard Lugar and Evan Bayh
Who are Indiana's Senators?
200
Military and Health are this.
What is the 2 biggest tax revenues?
300
Delegated powers of the National Government that are suggested by the expressed power set out in the Constitution.
What is Implied powers?
300
Indiana has nine of these (not House of Reps.)
What is the number of Congressional Districts?
300
President rejects a bill.
What is Veto?
300
Indiana has eleven of these. (not people)
What is Electoral College Votes?
300
Drawing of the district lines.
What is Gerrymandering?
400
Constitutional clause that gives Congress the power to make all laws "necessary and proper".
What is Necessary & Proper Clause?
400
Having two houses in Congress.
What is Bicameral Legislature?
400
Congress needs 2/3 vote to override this.
What is a veto?
400
This party controls Indiana's House of Reps.
What is the Republican party?
400
To give one political party the advantage in an election.
What is Gerrymandering?
500
The current officeholder
What is Incumbent?
500
John Boehner. (what is he?)
Who is the Speaker of the House?
500
Happens after 10 days if the President does not sign the bill.
What is Pocket-Veto?
500
Indiana Voted for this party in the last Presidential Election.
What is the Democratic Party?
500
10% of these are true
What is Mr. Fischer's stories?