Terms for Test Two
Chapter 5
Section 1
Sessions
Membership of the House
Qualifications
Representation and apportionment
Census
Congressional
redistricting
Baker v. Carr
Wesberry v. Sanders
Gerrymandering
Cracking, Packing
Membership of the Senate
Qualifications
Privileges
Hutchinson v. Proxmire
Censure
Reelection
Section 2
Rules For Lawmaking
Complex
Rules
Committee Work
Importance of party affiliation
House Leadership
Speaker of the House
Floor Leaders
Lawmaking in the House
Scheduling a House bill
House Rules Committee
Function of the Rules Committee
Quorum for business
Committee of the Whole
Section 3
The Senate at Work
Informal Atmosphere
Senate Leaders
The Vice President
Majority and Minority Floor Leaders
Scheduling a Senate bill
Filibuster
Cloture
Section 4
Purposes of
Committees
Kinds of committees
Standing committees
Subcommittees
Select Committees
Joint Committees
Conference
Committees
Choosing
Committee Members
Assignment to Committees
Committee
Chairperson’s Role
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970
Seniority system
Section 5
Congressional
Staff Role
Congressional
Staff Growth
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
Personal staff
Administrative Assistant
Legislative Assistant
Caseworkers
Committee Staff
Too Much Power?
Support
Agencies
Library of Congress
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Office of Management and Budget
General Accounting Office (GAO)
Government Printing Office (GPO)
Congressional Record
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Chapter 6
Section 1
Constitutional Powers
Expressed/Enumerated Powers
Elastic Clause
"necessary and proper
McCulloch v. Maryland
Taxing and Spending Power
Revenue Bills
Appropriations Bills
Other Money Powers
Securities
National Debt
Coining money and regulating its value
Bankruptcy
Foreign Policy Powers
Commerce Clause
Interstate Commerce
Gibbons v. Ogden
Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
United States v. Lopez
Nation’s
Growth
Naturalization
Other Legislative Powers
Copyright and Patent
Post offices and Federal courts
Implied powers
Non-Legislative Powers
Power to Choose a President
20th and 25th Amendments
Removal
Power
Impeachment
Confirmation
Power
Ratification Power
Amendment Power
Denied
Powers
Suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus
Bills of Attainder
Ex
Post Facto Laws
Taxation of Imports
Section 2
Power to
Investigate
Investigation Process
Congressional
Powers and Witness Rights
subpoena
perjury
contempt
Watkins v. United States
immunity and the 5th Amendment
Legislative oversight
Practice
Legislative Reorganization Acts (1946 and 1970)
Limits
Police Patrol v. Fire Alarm Oversight
Congressional limits on Executive activities
legislative veto
INS v. Chadha
Section 3
Congress and the President
Constituents and Conflict
Checks and Balances and Conflict
Organization as a cause of Conflict
Party Politics
Differing Political Timetables
Struggle for
Power
Curbing the President’s Emergency Powers
Budget Impoundment and Control Act
national debt
impoundment
Use of the legislative veto
The Line-Item Veto
Chapter 7
Section 1
Private Bills
Public Bills
Resolutions and Joint Resolution
Concurrent resolution
Rider
Why
So Few Bills Become Laws
Introducing a
Bill
How Bills are Introduced
Committee
Action
pigeonholing
Committee
Hearing
Markup Session
Reportin
Floor
Action
Debating and Amending
Bills
Voting on Bills
quorum
voice vote
roll-call vote
Final
Steps
Conference Committee Action
Presidential action
veto
pocket veto
Congressional override of a veto
Section 2
Making Decisions on Taxes
The House’s
Power over Revenue Bills
Ways and Means Committee
"closed rule
“Christmas tree bills”
The Senate’s role on tax legislation
Senate Finance Committee
Appropriating
Money
How Congress appropriates money
authorization bill
appropriations bill
Appropriations committees
Uncontrollable expenditures
entitlements
Section 3
Influencing Congress
Influence on Lawmakers
The Influence of Voters
What Voters Expect
Visits
Messages from Home
Surveys and Polls
Key Supporters
Influence of
Parties
Party Voting
Importance of parties
Other
Influences
The
President
Interest Groups
lobbyists
PACs
Section 4
Helping Constituents
casework
Many different requests
Who handles casework
Purposes of casework
Helping
the District or State
Public Works Legislation
Pork-Barrel Legislation
logrolling
Federal Grants and Contracts
Federal Projects
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