Cloture

Rider

Pork-Barrel

Gerrymander

Filibustering

Riding

Logrolling

Hot-Airing

Redistricting

Gerrymandering

None of these

Reapportionment

Oversight

Federalism

Politicking

Apportionment

Serviced Citizen

Constituent

Voter

Rider

Majority Leader

Whip

Nae-Nae

Speaker

is passed

is vetoed

never makes it out of committee

gets stuck in conference committee

representative democracy.

checks and balances.

a two-party system.

bicameralism.

mirroring the views of the majority of the constituents who elected him or her.

supporting the president on all of his or her legislative problems.

acting according to the broad interests of the entire society.

supporting his or her political party.

as a trustee

as a logroller

as an instructed delegate

on what he or she believes is best for the entire society.

Determining if laws are constitutional.

Educating the public through hearings and debates.

Representing constituents.

Meeting with interest groups

has provided the basis for an expanded role of the national government.

has greatly expanded the presidential powers.

was in the original Constitution, but was eliminated as a consequence of the Twenty-Seventh Amendment.

is located in the Constitution in the text of the Tenth Amendment.

permit them to mail letters to their constituents for free.

allow them to charge items to a special expense account.

allow members unlimited phone calls to their district without charge.

permit them to receive four, round-trip airfares to their district.

the leader of the majority party in the Senate.

the senator with the most seniority, regardless of party.

the fourth person in line to succeed the president.

the vice president of the United States.

25

30

35

40

signed by the members of the UN Security Council.

approved by 3/4 of the state legislatures.

passed by a Supreme Court majority.

approved by a 2/3 vote in the Senate.

True

False

standing

conference

joint

select

sends a bill back to its originating committee for amendment

limits the amount of time that may be spent debating a bill

forwards a bill to a conference committee so that differences between the House and Senate versions may be worked out

will result in the failure of a bill

is pocket vetoed

becomes law

is killed 

is sent back to Congress

House

Senate

Congress

Supreme Court

7 years

9 years

3 years

5 years

Committees on which both senators and representatives serve.

Congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation.

Permanent committees found in both houses of Congress that are responsible for legislation and oversight within a specific policy area

Small committees within another committee of Congress designed to specialize in a sub-category 

section 3

section 5

section 8

section 9

manufacturing

food and drug

animal cruelty

wages

Majority Leader

President

President pro tempore

Speaker

Appropriations Committee

Revenue Committee

IRS Committee

Ways and Means Committee

Ways and Means Committee

Authorization Committee

Appropriations Committee

Allocations Committee

House Ways and Means

House Finance

House Rules

Senate Appropriations

Caucuses

Junkets

committees

interest groups

Supreme Court

Congress

House of Representatives 

Senate

the House bill is changed to conform with the Senate bill. 

the Senate bill is changed to conform with the House bill. 

a conference committee is appointed to resolve differences. 

a joint committee is appointed to resolve differences. 

standing 

select 

conference

joint 

Conference

Select

Joint

Standing

legislative activity on the floor is more concentrated by rules.

committees are less important in the decision-making process.

unior members have more influence over legislative decisions.

party leaders are less powerful.

50

100

435

1 year

2 years

4 years

6 years

Shaw v. Reno

Schenck v. US

Texas v. Johnson

Roth v. US

Ad Hoc Structure

Pyramid Structure

Divided Government 

Gridlock 

Lame Duck 

Bully pulpit

cabinet 

electoral college 

executive privilege

executive order

executive agreement

executive decision

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22

21

20

The Korean War

WWII

The War of Northern Agression

The Vietnam War

congress.

The Vice President.

The Press Secretary.

the Media.

knowing the right people

civil service exams

talent and skill

the Pendleton Act 

Implementing federal unemployment policy 

Preparing the budget

Appropriating funds for the budget 

Approving the budget

electoral college

Congress

Cabinet 

Supreme Court Justices 

Congress

Cabinet

Executive Agency 

Electoral College

Secretary of State

Speaker of the House

White House Chief of Staff

First Lady

lame duck period

presidential honeymoon

president-elect period

rally point

marked up bill

executive agreement

executive order

judicial review

legislative veto

line item veto

pocket veto

veto statement

national convention speech

acceptance speech

state of the union address

do you really have to think about this?

treaty

executive agreement

bully pulpit

multilateral agreement

are based on very precise constitutional grants of power.

are rooted in tradition only; they have no basis in the language of the Constitution.

have expanded in practice to be more powerful than the writers of the Constitution intended.

are absolute powers under the Constitution.

Initiative

Recall

Referendum

Veto

Must be confirmed by a majority of the Senate

Is not subject to House or Senate approval

Must be confirmed by a majority of the House

Must be confirmed by the majority of both the House and Senate

Must be confirmed by ⅔ of the Senate

Commerce

Education

Interior

Homeland Security

Agriculture

Director

Head executive

Secretary

Secretary General

Director-General

Bureaucratic

Executive

Ceremonial

Ideological

Informal

The structure of the bureaucracy

Alliances between bureaucratic agencies, interest groups, and Congressional committees/subcommittees

How the bureaucracy interacts with the executive

Alliances between bureaucratic agencies, the Executive and interest groups

All of the above

Need

Clout

Cause

Patronage

Merit

Book of Civil Service

Patronage Book

Peach Book

Executive Jobs Book

Plum Book

Open competition, competence, and political neutrality

Bureaucratic experience and political partnership

Competence only

Open Competition only

Political experience only

create the president's annual budget and submits it to Congress

approves the national budget every February

sets the national budget

oversees the national budget process and has the ability to shut down the government

all of the above

Any previous ruling issued by the court

The earlier term of the presiding justice

When a prior ruling sets the standard for future rulings of a similar type

The ruling issued by a lower court on the same or similar issue

determine the credibility of the facts of a case

hear only civil cases

hear only criminal cases

review the legal procedures of a case 

original jurisdiction

appellate jurisdiction d. stare decisis

jurisdiction

judicial mandate

Judicial restraint

Original intent

Judicial activism

Self-imposition

5

4

9

7

Chief Justice

Circuit court

Supreme Court

Congress

habeas corpus

juri prudens

amicus curiae

writ of certiorari

Impeaching judges

Vetoing laws

electing the President

declaring laws and acts of the President unconstitutional

Due process

Vote

Bear Arms

have protection from cruel and unusual punishment

Multiple court system

Federal court system

Dual court system

Bicameral court system

"let the previous decision stay unchanged"

judges are enacting new original jurisdiction

Decided on the grounds of constitutionality

"to be shown"