Chapter 11 review LAVRAR
What occurs when the Government shuts down
Non essential government services "turn off"
ORDER OF "SUCCESSION" for the President of the senate
OG- VP -PRO TEMP -JR senators
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
Patrick Leahy
Congressional district
The area that a member of the House represents
Instructed-delegate view
They do what their constituent tells them.
Whip
a senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking (team or persuade)
what is a Continuing resolution
the government can postpone the anointment of the Budget
Partisan view
vote with your party
Impeachment process
1. Impeachment (being accused/ charged) power belongs to H.o.R 2. Senate trial (if voted guilty president is removed)
Size of the House is:
435 members
What percent of the national debt deals with foreign debt
7.5/29
hearing
A debate then you can call a witness
Apportionment
Distribution of representatives among the states based on the population of each state
Markups
Edit the bill to fit better
What is a fiscal year?
How long our yearly budget will last (October 1st to September 30th)
How much we spend, on what from who
How much we spend, on what from who
What is Malapportionment?
Inequalities between the number of voters in electoral districts which have the same number of representatives.
who is chuck Shumer
Majority leader of the Senate Democrat
Kevin McCarthy
Minority Leader of the House (Republican)
What is a filibuster?
(talking to prevent a bill from passing) Using the Senate tradition of unlimited debate to prevent action
Process of a bill becoming a law:
- Starts as an IDEA (anyone in congress) -Goes to committee (Hearings and markups) -Goes to first chamber (sometimes introduced to both at the same time to speed up process) -repeat same process in other chamber -Goes to conference committee to hash out differences with each chambers bill -Once they compromise they go back to each chamber for a vote -President signs BECOMES A LAW
GDP (Gross Domestic product)
- Sum of all the goods and services produced in the country in the course of a year "What our country is worth"
Filibuster
-A practice ONLY in the senate---> Unlimited debate---> because senate has less rules -Minority party stalls -to end ---> Cloture---> needs 2/3 or 66% If not Nuclear option ---> change the rules to make it so you only need 51% VOTES to make it easier
What is a debt ceiling
A legislated legal limit on the national debt. Limit to the amount that can be borrowed
Pocket veto
A veto taking place when Congress adjourns within 10 days of submitting a bill to the president, who simply lets it die by neither signing nor vetoing it.
Trustee view
Congress votes based on their own views, or is based on the public good, not necessarily on the views of the constituents
Patrick Leahy
President Pro Tempore republican
What is a cloture
Procedure for bringing the matter under consideration to a vote in the Senate
Jerry Mandering
Representatives representing district redraw District lines or "have census" every ten years (for political gain)
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House -Scheduling power: Picks committee leader when we vote democrat
TRUE OR FALSE: The GDP should be greater than the National debt
TRUE (should be making more that spending) should be Debt/GDP
What happens if the government fails to pass budget by the due date
TWO OPTIONS -Gov shuts down -Continuing resolution
What is the US debt
about 29 trillion
Grand Turtle
aka Mitch Mcconel Minority leader in the senate republican
What ends a filibuster?
cloture
Democratic Majority
its 50/50 so the VP gets to cut the draw making it majority democratic in congress