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| Two house congress. House of Reps and Senate |
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| To charge the president with a crime |
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| The amount of money available in a fiscal year for congress to set aside for certain programs. |
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| responsible for scheduling bills and for rounding up votes for bills the party favors. |
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| Serve as go-betweens for the members and the leadership. |
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| Vice president of the U.S.A |
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| 4th in line for the presidency. No real powers |
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| they handle bills in different policy areas |
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| . District boundaries are drawn in strange ways in order to make it easy for the candidate of one party to win election in that district |
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| the practice of talking a bill to death |
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| three-fifths of the entire Senate membership must vote to stop debate. |
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| compromise versions of the senate bill and house bill |
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| projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district |
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| Debates, changes in a bill |
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| Differences in the house and senate |
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| House is based on population, senate is based on equal representation. |
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| establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration. |
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| Backgrounds of Congresspeople |
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| 90% are male. Well educated. upper-middle class. White. |
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| House and Senate$174,000 per year. |
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| Congressional oversight refers to the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation |
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| Congressional term limits |
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| people who voted for a congressman |
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House- Must be 25 years of age (when seated, not when elected).
# Must have been a citizen of the United States for 7 years.
# Must be an inhabitant of the state from which elected.
Senate- * Must be 30 years of age (when seated, not when elected).
* Must have been a citizen of the United States for 9 years.
* Must be an inhabitant of the state from which elected. |
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| the process in the United States of changing political borders |
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| cannot be arrested for petty crimes |
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| Direct election of senators |
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| Free mailing, immunity, more money. |
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| A committee that is a subset of a larger committee |
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