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Congress - House & Senate
Congress
Executive
Bureaucracy
Too Easy
100
Reviews bills coming from committee before going to the full house for debate
House Rules Committee
100
Party leaders who count the votes on bills and who try to sway reluctant voters
The Whip (there is a majority and minority whip in each chamber of congress)
100
The number of cabinet secretaries that assist the president in forming policy
14
100
The Act that prohibits federal service employees from active participation in partisan politics
The Hatch Act of 1940
100
House members serve __ year terms ; Senators serve __ year terms
2 ; 6
200
The type of committee that is appointed for a limited, specific purpose such as the one set-up to investigate the Watergate scandal
Select Committees
200
Term used to describe the process by which Congress monitors the bureaucratic agencies and its administration of policies
Legislative oversight
200
The group within the Executive Office Agencies that links the president to foreign military and policy advisers
National Security Council
200
The office that hires, promotes, and fires for most bureaucratic agencies
Office of Personnel Management
200
Chamber of Congress in which the filibuster is used
Senate
300
The chief tax-writing committee in the House
House Ways and Means Committee (standing committee)
300
The office that oversees the activities of the Executive Branch to ensure it is executing the Congressional intent of laws
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
300
The group within the Executive Office Agencies that advises the president on economic policy
Council of Economic Advisers
300
Those bureaucratic agencies that regulate important sectors of the economy
Independent Regulatory Agencies Interstate Commerce Commission, Security Exchange Commission, National Labor Relations Board, Federal Reserve Board
300
Main job of a bureaucratic agency
Implement and regulate government policy
400
The most powerful person in the Senate
Senate Majority Leader (R-Mitch McConnell)
400
Office that makes projections on the economy, estimates the cost of gov. programs and taxing and spending
Congressional Budget Office
400
The Amendment that outlines the line of succession for the position of the president
Twenty-fifth Amendment
400
One reason why a bureaucratic agency might fail to successfully implement a government program
Design of the program is too complicated, Congress hands over broad or vague goals for the policy, not enough resources (staff, funding, supplies...), too many agencies handling the same policy
400
Type of voting that happens when voters select members of Congress because they share the same party affiliation as the president
Presidential Coattail voting
500
Number of votes needed to end a filibuster
60 (cloture;supermajority)
500
Informal groups in Congress that form over mutual interests
Caucuses
500
The group within the Executive Office Agencies that prepares the fiscal budget for the president
Office of Management and Budget
500
A type of regulation that originates from the executive office and carries the same weight as law
Executive Order
500
The Act passed in commemoration of president Garfield that created a merit based system for hiring bureaucratic employees
Pendleton Civil Service Act of 1981