GOVERNMENT TEST CHAPTER 5,6,7
seniority system
a system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that comittee.
censure
a vote of formal disapproval of a members actions,
a grant of money by congress to be used for a specific cpngress:
aporpiration
apportionment
approval of government spending.
appropriation
approval of government spending.
under which part of constitution are delegated powers delegates?
article 1 section 8
terms used to describe two house legislature:
bicaneral
authorization bill
bill that sets up a federal program and specifies how much money may be appropriated for the program.
what stage do the majority of bills die?
comittee
how do you introduce a bill in the house of representatives?
drop it in the hopper
tactic which is often a lengthy speach:
filibuster
to do officail buisness in the house and senate you must have:
forum
impeachemnt process
house can impeach, senate holds trail.
before a bill can goto debate, where must it go?
house rules committee
this term describes a person who currently holds political office:
incumbent
formal expression of opinion by both houses that has the force of the law:
joint resolution
who is considered most powerful influentail leader of the senate?
majority leader
what landmark established did indeed have powers:
mulcolic vs maryland
the conference comittee created?
the house and senate pass different versions of the samw bill.
reapportionment
the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census.
for what reason may a person be impeached?
treason, bribary, high crimes and misdemeniors
according to the constitution, when can congress use its implied powers
when its nessisary and proper, and to carry out delegated powers.
how many members are in the house of representatives?
435
how long must you be a citizen to be a member for the house?
7 senate: 9
what amendment allows for the direct....
7th
speaker of the house: presidnet of senate: house minority leader: senate minority leader:
-boehner -bideon -pelosi -mcconnell
name three delegated powers:
-borrowing power - power to tax -congress power
pigenholed
a bill is set aside to not take action on it.
impeachment
a formal accusation of misconduct in office.
subcommittee
a group within category of its standing committees responsibility.
revenue bills
a law proposed to raise money.
filibuster
a method of defeating a bill in the senate by stalling the legisative process and preventing a vote.
session (length)
a period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct buisness.
constituents
a person whom a member of congress has been elected to represent.
census
a population count.
cloture
a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate.
bills
a proposed law.
joint resolution
a resolution passed by both houses of congress.
oversight function
power to reveiw policies and programs of exective
the 2 types of bills are:
public and private
periodic redistrabution of seats:
reapportionment
tradition in which oldest usually get top positions:
senority system
according to 1929, what is used to determine seats?
sensus
how are the senators originally selected?
state legislatures
