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AP Government Ch. 13 Vocab
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10th Grade
03/08/2010

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Attitudinal View of Representation
Definition
assumes that members vote on the basis of their own beliefs because the array of conflicting pressures on members cancel out one another.
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Bicameral legislature
Definition
two chambers (house and senate)
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Caucus (congressional)
Definition
an association of congressional members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest
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Christmas Tree Bill
Definition
a bill that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments. consists of many riders
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Closed Rule
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An order from the House Rules Committee that sets a time limit on debate and forbids a particular bill from being amended on the floor
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Cloture Rule
Definition
A rule used by the Senate, providing to end or limit debate
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Concurrent Resolution
Definition
An expression of opinion without the force of law that requires the approval of both the House and the Senate, but not the president.
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Conference committee
Definition
A joint committee appointed to resolve differences in house and senate versions of the same bill
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Congress
Definition
the legislature of the United States government
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Congressional Budget Office
Definition
a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It is a government agency that provides economic data to Congress
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Congressional Research Service
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the public policy research arm of the United States Congress.
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Conservative Coalition
Definition
an alliance between conservative Democrats and Republicans
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Discharge Petition
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A device by which any member of the House, after a committee has had a bill for 30 days, may petition to have it brought to the floor. If a majority of members agree, the bill is discharged for the committee.
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Division Vote (standing vote)
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A congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted
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double-tracking
Definition
A procedure to keep the senate going during a filibuster, whereby a disputed bill is temporarily shelved so that the Senate can go on with other business
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filibuster
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An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill
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Franking Privilege
Definition
allow members to send official mail using his/her signature instead of a stamp.
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Government Accountability Office
Definition
the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the United States Congress
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Gerrymandering
Definition
The practice of redrawing electoral districts to gain an electoral advantage for a political party
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Joint committee
Definition
committee on which both representatices and senators serve
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Majority Leader
Definition
the legislative leader elected by party members holding a majority of seats in the House of the Senate
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Malapportionment
Definition
Unequal distribution, ex districts unevenly spread out
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Marginal District
Definition
political districts in which candidates elected to the house of reps win in close elections, typically by less than 55 percent of the vote
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Mark-Up
Definition
The committee meeting held to review the text of a bill before reporting it to the floor. Committee members do not make changes to the text but can vote on proposed amendments. In conclusion, members vote on a motion to send the bill with accompanying amendments, to the House.
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Minority Leader
Definition
the legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in the House of Representatives or the Senate
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Multiple Referral
Definition
a congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several committees that consider it simultaneously in whole or in part
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Open Rule
Definition
an order from the House Rules Committee that permits a bill to be amended on the floor
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Organizational view of rep.
Definition
when a congressman follows what his colleagues (other congressmen) do instead of listening to the people or his own values
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parliament
Definition
upreme legislative body in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories.
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party polarization
Definition
a vote in which a majority of Democratic legislators oppose a majority of Republican legislators
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pork
Definition
Wasteful government expeditures that lawmakers secure for their local districts in an attempt to gain favor with voters
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pork-barrel legislation
Definition
legislation that gives tangible benefits to constituents in several districts or states in the hopes of winning their votes in return
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president pro tempore
Definition
onstitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer
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private bill
Definition
legislative bill that deals with specific, private, personal, or local matters, like a bill pertaining to an individual becoming a naturalized citizen
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public bill
Definition
a legislative bill that deals with matters of general concern, like defense expenditures
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quorum
Definition
the minimum number of members required to be in attendance for Congress to conduct official busness
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quorum call
Definition
A calling of the roll in either house of Congress to see whether the number of representatives in attendance meets the minimum number required to conduct business
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representational view of rep.
Definition
Members of congress vote based on what the people want in the district that they represent.
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restrictive rule
Definition
an order from the House Rules Committee that permist certain kinds of amendments but not others to be made to a bill on the floor
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rider
Definition
an additional provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill.
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roll-call vote
Definition
a congressional procedure that consists of members answering yea or nay when their names are called
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rules committee
Definition
a committee of the House of Representatives. It is in charge of determining under what rule other bills will come to the floor.
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safe district
Definition
a House district in which the winner of the general election carries more than 55 percent of the vote
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select committee
Definition
permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area
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sequential referral
Definition
a congressional process by which a Speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting
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seventeenth amendment
Definition
Changes Senator selection from each state's legislature to popular election by the people of each state.
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simple resolution
Definition
an expression of opinion, without the force of law, either in the House or the Senate, to settle housekeeping or procedural matters in either body.
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sophomore surge
Definition
an increase in the votes a congressional leader usually gets when they first run for reelection
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Speaker of the House
Definition
A representative selected by the majority party to preside over House proceedings.
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Standing committees
Definition
permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area
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Teller Vote
Definition
a congressional voting procedure in which members pass between two tellers, first the yeas and then the nays. Since 1971, teller votes are recorded at the request of twenty members
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Voice vote
Definition
A Congressional voting procedure used in both houses in which members vote by shouting yea or nay
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Whip
Definition
A senator or representative who helps the party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking.
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