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| total number of amendments |
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| process of determining how many congressional seats each state receives |
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| rules committee decides whether a proposed bill approaches the floor, and whether they can debate on the bill or not.- open or closed rule |
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| senior senate member, usually delegates his authority to a junior senator |
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| spending that happens for specific projects they dont have to be relavent to the bill in any way |
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makes treaties
appoints ambassadors
appoints judges
commander in chief
he can pardon individuals
makes treaties and recieves ambassadors
can veto |
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| most executive orders deal with |
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| he can repeal the executive order of a previous president |
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| if you do this we won't support you on that |
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| the president signs a bill and gives his interpretations and desires for the law. |
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| number of cabinets that exist |
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| independent executive agencies |
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| agencies that function within the bounds of the government but are controlled independently, they are agencies of the government but they are more specialized |
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| the congressional oversight tactic in which there is someone always watching the decisions being made by the different agencies |
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| the congressional oversight tactic occurs when something bad happens and congress reacts- it sets off a fire alarm this might then trigger police patrol oversight. |
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