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| Presumably: the tendency of representatives to please citizens of their home states in order to please them and get re-elected. |
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| probably made up. I have no idea. |
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| The use of congressional/federal funds for generally stupid projects in representatives home states. This practice also keeps voters happy, and John McCain mad. |
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| refers to the assistance given constituents by Members of Congress in non-legislative areas. Most requests are for help in obtaining action from federal agencies on individual problems and cases. (I went to class that day!) For instance, the IRS was all up on Dr. Horner's case one time, and he used constiuency service to make that shit go away. |
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| this seems pretty self-explanatory. If federal funds are going towards it, its in the budget. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_budget_process this article literally answers every question on the review. Check it. |
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| The use of congressional/federal funds for generally stupid projects in representatives home states. This practice also keeps voters happy, and John McCain mad. |
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| They delegate the work load so things actually get done. They are specialized and deal with specific issues. The most important house committee that does not exist in the Senate is the Ways & Means committee. |
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| speaker, majority whip, minority whip, majority leader, minority leader (I forget who holds them, just google it. |
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President of the Senate - Joe Biden (its always the vice president) does absolutely nothing. Has a tie breaker vote.
Majority leader - harry reid. Leads majority
Minority leader - Mitch McConnell. leads minority
President pro tempore. Robert Byrd. Leads senate in president of senate's absence. Which is all the time.
Whips - Richard Durbin (majority) Jon Kyl (minority) |
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| Watch some school house rock |
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| Difference between house and senate |
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senate - two reps from each state, 100 members, different offices, way cooler.
House - proportional number of reps, a shit ton of people 400+, waste of time. |
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| How many bills get passed vs. how many proposed. |
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| VERY FEW GET PASSED. Legislative process is more or less designed to kill bills. haha, get it, kill bills. |
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| Fillibuster is a tactic employed which takes advantage of the rule in the senate that allows a speaker, or series of speakers to talk for as long as they want to about anything. The only way to end a fillibuster is by cloture, which is a formal motion and must have at least 60 votes in order to pass. Hence, the fillibuster proof majority. |
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| Two main roles of the President |
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| Commander in chief, head of state |
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| Formal and informal powers |
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| He can do whatever the fuck he wants, If, for instance a question arises that gives multiple powers and asks which is a power of the president, you pick the answer that says 'all of these are powers' because if it can be done in the world we occupy, the U.S. president can do it. If you end up getting the wrong answer, use that argument |
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| Use, in recent years its been used by presidents to block the opposing parties bills. Line item vetos are used to strike certain parts of bills, this is usually used with budget and appropriations, apparently the president can't actually do this, just governors. |
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| President as policy maker |
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Domestic, introduces legislation, signs bills into law, can try and influence agenda of congress
Foreign, meet with leaders, state department, be in charge of military, in charge of aid to other countries |
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| Intended use: implement law made by congress by further clarifying/defining law, or by enforcing said law. Also used to direct executive agencies frequently. Limit: anything that the supreme court doesn't overturn. |
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| Examples of presidential success in domestic policy |
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| Obama's stimulus package. Also, Roosevelt's "new deal" both of these used in economic downturn, and both highly controversial |
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| Number of wars declared by congress (which is the only way they can be OFFICIALLY declared) |
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| Work expands so as to fill time available for its completion. you get the idea. |
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| "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence." |
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| power supreme court has to challenge constitutionality of laws. Marbury v. Madison initiated this power. |
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| I don't really know how the divisions work between district/circuit and stuff, but I can tell you this: if a case gets appealed enough, at a certain point it has to submit to the supreme court, if it is a state issue, it goes to the states court, if its federal, the federal supreme court. The supreme courts can decide whether or not to take the case. they are the highest courts |
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| You really shouldn't have to ask me or anyone this question. It is to preside over cases dealing with questionable actions regarding the law. Fair and speedy trial and all that nonsense. |
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| Chief Justice: John Roberts, Others: John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Brayer, Samuel Alito |
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| Qualifications for president |
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| Natural born citizen of the United States (no c-section babies) be 35 years old, have been a permanent resident of the U.S. for 14 years |
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| Why are the judges not elected? |
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| BECAUSE OF CHECKS AND BALANCES |
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| Decided once and for all that the federal government has power over the individual states |
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| Initiated the power of judicial review |
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| I have no idea why this exists, but it seems to make sense in a bizarre sort of way. |
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| Why did Evan decide not to answer any of the questions outside of the three branches |
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| By and large because none of the other questions mattered, but also because they were all very easy, and if you have questions just ask me |
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