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Cards in this set: Term people as a whole Definition framers of the constitution designed teh House of Reps to reperesent the people as a _______ Term states Definition framers of the constitution designed the senate to represent the Term apportionate Definition distribute of hosue seats among the seats on the basis of their representatives populations Term congressional district Definition geographic area that is served bu one member in the House of Rep Term 435 Definition # of members in the House of Rep Term malaportionate Definition based on population and representation, voting power of citizens in one disctrict becomes more influential that the voting power of citizens in another district Term instructed delegate view Definition representation requires reps to mirror the views of their constituents Term trustee Definition view of representation function holds that rep. should serve the broad interests of the entire society Term 30 yrs old Definition how old do you have to be to be in senate Term Republicans over Democrats Definition bc of franking privelages, access to the media, and name recognition, who is more like to win congressional elections Term Speaker of the house Definition preciding officer in the House of Reps Term speaker of teh house Definition do not have the power to call a special session of Congress during a recess Term Vice Pres Definition who is the president of the senate Term standing commitee Definition permanent and most powerful committees of congress are called Term president por tempore Definition the member of the majority party with the longest continuous term of servie in Senate Term conference committee Definition members from both chambers, acheive agreements between house and senate Term identical form Definition no bill can be made into a law unless it first passes both chambers of Congress Term house of rep Definition who originates bills for raising revenue Term senate Definition power to advise and consent on presidential apts and treaties Term filibustering Definition senate tradition of unlimited debate, undertaken for the purpose of preventing action on a bill Term cloture Definition method of ending debate in the senate and bring the matter to a vote Term members of congress Definition who can formally introduce legislation to congress Term appropriate standing committee Definition as soon as a bill is introduced its sent to Term unanimous consent Definition senate brings a bill to the floor by Term 10 days Definition president decides in how man days to sign a bill or veto it Term authorization Definition part of the congressional budgeting process that involves the creation of the legal basis for govt programs Term entitlement Definition this program allows a certain class of people to recieve special benefits. Term appropration Definition this phase of the budgeting process congress determines how many dollars will acually be spend in a year on a specific govt activites Term office of managment and budgets Definition 18 months b4 the fiscal year exec agencies submit their requests Term continuing resolutions Definition when congress cant complete a budget by the fiscal year it passes this. It enables the exec agencies to keep on doing whatver theyve been doing