Leadership of Congress
What is a lawmaking area with two parts (the house of representatives and the senate)
What is bicameral
What are powers clearly written in the Constitution, like the power to tax?
What are enumerated powers
What do we call the member of Congress who introduces a bill?
What is a sponsor
What House committee decides how long a bill is debated and what changes can be made?
What is the Rules Committee
What court case said voting districts must have equal populations?
What is Baker v. Carr (1962)
What part of congress is based on state population and has members who serve two-year terms?
What is the House of Representatives
What powers are not written but are allowed through the Necessary and Proper Clause?
What are implied powers
What is an extra, unrelated idea added to a bill to get more votes?
What is a rider
What committee deals with taxes and money coming into the government?
What is the Ways and Means Committee
What is it called when district lines are drawn to help a political party or group?
What is gerrymandering
What part of Congress gives each state two members who serve six-year terms?
What is the Senate
What clause lets Congress pass laws needed to do its job?
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause
What is it called when lawmakers trade votes to help each other pass bills?
What is loggrolling
What do we call temporary committees and committees made of House and Senate members?
What are select committees/joint committees
What court case limited districts drawn mainly based on race?
What is Shaw v. Reno (1993)
What amendment lets people vote directly for their U.S. senators?
What is the Seventeenth Amendment
What power lets Congress control how the government spends money?
What is the power of the purse
What is spending that gives money to specific states or districts to help lawmakers get reelected?
pork-barrel spending
What Senate action uses long speeches to delay a vote?
What is a filibuster
This one is hard!! What terms describe a close election district, a government that cannot pass laws, and a president with less power after losing reelection?
What are a swing district, gridlock, and a lame duck president
Who runs the Senate when the Vice President is not there, and who helps lead the majority party and count votes?
What are the President pro tempore, Senate Majority Leader, and Whip
What law limits how long the president can send troops into war without Congress’s approval?
What is the War Powers Act (1973)
What kind of bill combines many smaller bills into one big bill?
What is an omnibus bill
What rule takes 60 votes to stop a filibuster and move on to voting?
What is the cloture rule
What names describe how members of Congress decide how to vote and what do you call it when the government spends more money than it has?
What are the delegate model trustee model politico model and a deficit