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| Congress can "lay and collect taxes",deal with debt and bankruptcy, borrow and coin money, control the nation's purse; "Provide for the Common Defense and general Welfare" |
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| "First Branch" under Article one of the Constitution.. The only national representative assembly the can be said to govern |
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| The district making up the area from which an official is elected |
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| A representative who votes accordingto the preference of his or her constituency |
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| A representative who votes based on what he or she thinks is best for his or her constituency (what they think is right) |
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| Representatives are held accountable for voting in the interests of their constituents. If they fail to do so properly, they may be fired. |
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| A legislative assembly composed of two houses or chambers |
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| 25 yrs old, citizen for 7 years, 2 yr terms, number per stae based on pop. |
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| 30 yrs old, 9 yr citizen, 6 yr term, 2 per state |
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| Holding a political office for which one is running |
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| A legislature whose members serve full-time for multiple terms. |
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| Sending mail free of postage to a reps constituents. |
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| An effort by members of congress to gain support and trust of constituents by providing personal servie or allowing them to abtain favorable treatment from federal bureaucracy |
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| A variety of forms of direct services and benefits that members provide for their districts. |
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| Appropriations made to legislation to bring home projects or fedral funds for constituents. "bringing home the bacon" |
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| The apportionment of voters in districts in such a way to give an unfair advantage to one political party. |
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| The democrats meet every two years to select candidates, plan strategy, or make decisions regarding legislative matters. |
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| The republicans meet every two years to select candidates, plan strategy, or make decisions regarding legislative matters. |
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| The chief preciding officer of the House of Representatives. The speaker is elected as the leader of the majority party and then automatically elected to the entire house of reps speaker. (NANCY PELOSI) |
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| The elected leader of the majority party. Next in line to Speaker of the House.(STENY HOYER) |
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| The elected leader of the party not owning the majority. |
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| Elected by both majority and minority parties, line up party memebers on important votes and relay voting information to the party leaders. |
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| A permanent legislative committee that considers legislation within its designates subject area; the basic unit of deliberation in the house and the Senate |
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| The right and power to decide if a change in policy will be considered |
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| The capacity to bring a proposal before the full legislature |
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| The authority to follow up on the fate of a proposal once it has been aapproved by the full chamber |
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| A joint committee created to work out a compromise for House and Senate versions of a piece of legislation |
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| The effort by congress, through hearings, investigations, and other techniques to excercise control over the activities of executive agencies |
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| The status ranking given to a congressman on the basis of length of servce- used to appoint committee chairs. |
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| The differenc ebwtween what a principal would like an agent to do and the agents actual performance |
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| The agencies responsible for providing Congress with independent expertise, administration, and oversight capability |
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| An association of members of Conress bades on party, interest, or social characteristics such as race and gender |
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| The provision by the House Rules committee that prohibits the introduction of ammendments during debate |
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| The provision by the house Rules Committee that permits floor debate and the addition of ammendments to a bill |
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| A tactic used by members of the Senate to prevent action on opposed legislation by continually holding the floor and speaking until the majority backs down. Once given the floor, Senators have unlimited time to speak and need to get a 3/5 cloture vote to end this |
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| A rule allowing a supermajority of the members of a legislative body to set a time limit on debate over a given bill. |
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| The presidents constitutional power to turn down acts of congress within 10 days of their passage while Congress is in session. Can be ovverridden by 2/3 vote from each house |
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| A veto that is effected when Congress adjourns during the tiem a president has to approve a bill and the presisdent takes noa ction on it. |
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| Start of the new fiscal year |
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| The tendancy of Congress to spread the benefits of a policy over a wide range of members' districts |
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| A roll-call vote in the House or Senate in which at least 50 percent of the members of one party take a particualr position and 50 percent or more of the the other party members take an opposing viewpoint |
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| Votes in which each legislator's ye sor no vote is recorded. |
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| A communications network in each house of Congress. Whips poll the mebership to learn their intentions on specific legislative issues and assist the majority and minority leaders in various tasks |
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| A legislative practice wherein reciprocal agreements are made between legislators, usually in voting for or against a bill. In contrast to bargaining, logrolling unites parties that have nothing in common but their desire to exchange support. |
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| An agreemhe president and another country that has the force of a treaty but does not require the Senate's "advice and consent" |
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| The charging of a government official with a crime in order to remove them from office |
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