GOVERNMENT TEST CHAPTER 5,6,7

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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


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