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, Kidnapping

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

Types of Bills and Resolutions

    Private Bills

    Public Bills

    Resolutions and Joint Resolutions

    Concurrent resolutions

    Riders

    Why So Few Bills Become Laws

Introducing a Bill

    How Bills are Introduced

    Committee Action

            pigeonholing

    Committee Hearings

    Markup Session

    Reporting

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

  Handling Problems

            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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