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