Details Title: American Politics Description: Final Exam Total Flash Cards: 35 Created: 12/08/2007 14:28:44		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Political Studies Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term 8 Powers of Congress Definition -Finance- tax, borrow -To fund “welfare” stuff - including grants to states -Commerce and economy broadly conceived regulatory powers -Personnel confirm, impeach, try -Courts establish, limit, fund -Armed forces establish, regulate, fund, declare war -The World beyond the States treaties, foreign aid, commerce, territories, DC, seas -Bureaucracy establish, authorize, fund -Political System elections (in part), admission of states, amendment proposals, civil rights, congressional organization and procedures, and qualifications of members Term House Rules Committee Definition “gate keeping” committee. It says what bills come up, when, and in what form. It also limits debate and amendments. Term House Legislative committees, Definition International Relations, Agriculture, Ways and Means, and Armed Services, have specific jurisdictions that sometimes overlap. They all have subcommittees. Term House Chairmen of committees Definition are chosen by the majority party caucus, usually by seniority. They control their committees’ agendas and often act as floor managers of bills reported by their committees. Term House Leaders’ Jobs Definition -Organize party. They allocate jobs to party members. -Schedule business. -Monitor attendance. They ensure that busy party members show up to vote on issues the party cares about. -Disseminate information. They ensure that party members know the party’s position on given issues and also how others are planning to vote. -Work with the President; often both parties’ leaderships are invited. -Whip. They round up, persuade, and importune members to vote their party line. Term Senate Leader's Jobs Definition -Organize party. They allocate jobs to party members. -Schedule business. -Monitor attendance. They ensure that busy party members show up to vote on issues the party cares about. -Disseminate information. They ensure that party members know the party’s position on given issues and also how others are planning to vote. -Work with the President; often both parties’ leaderships are invited. -Whip. They round up, persuade, and importune members to vote their party line. Term Definition Term Congress must to spend money: (3 bills names) Definition 1. Tax via Revenue or Debt-Ceiling Bills 2. Authorize government activity- authorization bills that create administrative agencies 3. Appropriate money year by year-appropriations bills. Term pocket veto Definition Congress submits a bill for the President’s approval but goes out of session before the 10 days are up. Term Entitlements Definition Certain people are entitled to certain amounts of money (according to some formula) regardless of whether Congress has appropriated enough. Major cause of deficit funding Medicare, Social Security, VA Pensions, Pell Grants, and farm subsidies. Term Budget Act of 1921 Definition executive budget initiative: each year the President must submit a single, comprehensive budget that says exactly how much will be spent and on what. Congress modifies this presidential baseline to make an overall decision on how much to tax and spend. Term OMB Definition Office of Management and Budget, prepares a comprehensive executive budget proposal in January. Term CBO Definition Congressional Budget Office prepares a report on the President’s proposal by Feb. 15. It questions the assumptions the President’s proposal makes about how fast the economy is projected to grow, how high unemployment is likely to be, etc. This office is made up of civil servants, supposedly nonpartisan professional economists. Term Credit claiming: Definition A congressmen's desire to be seen as the cause of benefiting constituents- buerocracy allows it- mutually helpful Term Position taking: Definition A congressmen wants to be seen taking the "Right" position, even when he knows it will not suceed Term Particularism: Definition the attempt to deliver local benefits- in Pork Barrel spending or Case Work Term Pork Definition supporting local, tangible projects such as road, hostpitals, etc Term Case work- Definition involves acting as an intermediary to help individual constituents with the federal bureaucracy Term Universalism: Definition everyone goes along with passing laws that are known to be fat with pork, hence inefficient. There is pork for all. Term Executive Office of the President Definition Advisory Role: his comprises people who work in or near the White House and have little or no legal authority but do have great proximity and access. EX: Chief of Staff (runs the White House and helps the President run the Executive Office) Speech writers Counsel Legislative Liaison (helps the president coordinate relations with the legislative branch) Press Secretary, etc., etc. Term Counselors to the President.” Definition White House staff top people Term executive departments Definition State, Defense, Treasury heads make up the Cabinet. Term Executive Branch Positions that Prez cannot fire Definition Independent Regulatory Commissions and Government Corporations. Term Treaty Definition International agreement- requires 2/3in senate can violate State law Term PUre Executive Agreements Definition cannot violate state law Within presidents Jurisdiction and require fast action Ie: armistice Term Congressional-Executive Agreement Definition about any issue within the federal government’s jurisdiction- subject to normal Congressional law proceedures IE: TRADE agreements Term Bully pulpit Definition Presidents informal power to use his office to address public Term agency problem. Definition getting the agent to dowhat the principal wants Term Subgovernments Definition Alarm example:aka iron triangles\ bureaucratic agency, its relevant congressional committee staff, and its clientele stay in touch and work together Term Organization of Interests Definition organize an otherwise unorganized group of people or industries so that they can monitor the activities of the bureaucracy regulating them. Term Casework Definition This, as we mentioned earlier, refers to Congressmen’s willingness to help their constituents deal with government bureaucracies. The system is set up so that everyone has an incentive to act in the right way: bureaucrats would like to please Congress (on which they depend for funding), Congressmen would like to take credit for having helped their constituents, and voters would like to have their problems solved. Term Administrative Procedures Act of 1946 Definition gave citizens standing in court to complain about Gov't agencies Term Direct Congressional Intervention Definition cogress reserving the power to intervene directly and limit or rescind an agency’s jurisdiction. Term 3 ways Feds control Economy Definition by taking money in and out of the economy: 1.Lends money to banks and sets interest rates. 2. Sets Reserve Ratio. -The Fed can change the amount of money it requires banks to keep in cash reserves 3. Conducts Open Market Operations. -The Fed sells and buys government bonds. Term Subcommittee Bill of Rights Definition In the House the speaker and party caucuses gained control over chairmanships and scheduling. There was also a diffusion of power down to subcommittee chairmen. The number of subcommittees grew and a large number of members got to serve as chairmen.