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Unit IV Institutions of National Government The Congress, The President The Bureaucracy

Unit IV Institutions of National Government The Congress, The President The Bureaucracy The Federal Courts Vocabulary Chapters 11-14.

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Unit IV Institutions of National Government The Congress, The President The Bureaucracy

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  1. Unit IV Institutions of National Government The Congress, The President The Bureaucracy The Federal Courts Vocabulary Chapters 11-14

  2. Q1. The individuals who live within the geographical area represented by an elected official. More narrowly, the body of citizens eligible to vote for a particular representative

  3. A1. constituency

  4. Q2. Legislation whose tangible benefits are targeted at a particular legislator’s constituency

  5. A2. pork-barrel projects (earmarks)

  6. Q3. Use of personal staff by members of Congress to perform services for constituents in order to gain their support in future elections

  7. A3. constituency service (service strategy)

  8. Q4. Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals; cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get

  9. A4. casework

  10. Q5. Those already holding office. In congressional elections they usually win

  11. A5. incumbents

  12. Q6. An election in which there is no incumbent in the race

  13. A6. open seat

  14. Q7. The reallocation of House seats among states after each census as a result of population changes

  15. A7. reapportionment

  16. Q8.The process of altering election districts in order to make them as nearly equal in population as possible. Takes place every ten years, after each population census

  17. A8. redistricting

  18. Q9. The process by which the party in power draws election district boundaries in a way that is to the advantage of its candidates

  19. A9. gerrymandering

  20. Q10. Drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population

  21. A10. malapportionment

  22. Q11. A group that consists of a party’s members in the House or Senate and that serves to elect the party’s leadership, set policy goals, and determine party strategy

  23. A11. party caucus

  24. Q12. party leaders

  25. A12. Members of the House and Senate who are chosen by the Democratic or Republican caucus in each chamber to represent the party’s interests in that chamber and who give some central direction to the chamber’s deliberation

  26. Q13. An office mandated by the Constitution. He is chosen in practice by the majority party, has both formal and informal powers, and is second in line (after the Vice-president) to succeed to the presidency should that office become vacant

  27. A13. Speaker of the House

  28. Q14. The legislative leader elected by party members holding the majority of seats in the House or the Senate.

  29. A14. majority leader

  30. Q15. The legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in the House or the Senate

  31. A15. minority leader

  32. Q16. A senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking and rounds up members when important votes are to be taken

  33. A16. whip

  34. Q17. Permanent congressional committees with responsibility for a particular area of public policy.

  35. A17. standing committees

  36. Q18. Temporary joint committees formed to bargain over the differences in the House and Senate versions of a bill. Members are usually appointed from the House and Senate standing committees that originally worked on the bill

  37. A18. conference committees

  38. Q19. Committees on which both senators and representatives serve

  39. A19. joint committees

  40. Q20. select committees

  41. A20. Congressional committees appointed for a limited time and purpose

  42. Q21. jurisdiction (of a congressional committee)

  43. A21. The policy area in which a particular congressional committee is authorized to act

  44. Q22. A proposed law (legislative act) within Congress or another legislature

  45. A22. bill

  46. Q23. A procedural tactic in the U.S. Senate whereby a minority of legislators prevent a bill from coming to a vote by holding the floor and talking until the majority gives in and the bill is withdrawn from consideration

  47. A23. filibuster

  48. Q24. A parliamentary maneuver that, if a three-fifths majority votes for it, limits or ends Senate debate thus ending a filibuster

  49. A24. cloture

  50. Q25. An amendment to a bill that deals with an issue unrelated to the content of the bill. Permitted in the Senate but not in the house

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