What do Congressional Committees do?
Decide policies suitable for Legislative Review
Gather and evaluate information
Effectively consider proposed bills
Which type of Congressional Committees are permanent and consider broader areas of policy?
Standing Committees
Which type of Congressional Committees are temporary and consist of both House and Senate members, with the common goal of making a compromise bill in the case of differences within Congress?
Conference Committees
Which type of Congressional Committees consist of both House and Senate members and can be temporary or permanent?
Joint Committees
Which type of Congressional Committees are temporary and set up for a specific purpose?
Select Committees
What is the job of the House Rules Committee?
Decide what bills get to go on the floor and how long they get to be debated.
Which chamber of Congress generally has less rules?
Senate
What is it called when a senate member exploits the unlimited debate rule and attempts to stall a session by yapping too much?
Filibuster
How is committee member and leadership assigned in Congress?
Each party assigns its own members to committees, the majority party gets the first pick
What is the first step of a bill being signed in both the House and Senate?
Introduction
What is the second step of a bill being signed in both the House and Senate?
Going to a committee
What is the third step of a bill being signed in both the House and Senate?
Voted on and debated in the floor
What happens if a bill gets rejected by either one of the Congressional chambers?
The bill is either dropped or goes through the entire process again
What is Congressional oversight?
Supervision of the Federal Bureaucracy and the Executive Branch by Congress.
Part of the “Iron Triangle” System, Congress can control the money that goes to the Bureaucracy through the “power of the purse”
Which political role involves aligning with something your party believes in to make your party members happy?
Politico
Which political role involves using your logic to decide what is best for the people?
Trustee
Which political role involves aligning with what the majority of your constituency wants?
Delegate
Who draws district lines for selecting representatives?
State Legislatures
What is a signing statement from the president?
A statement on a bill that says how exactly he wants it to be implemented.
Which Congressional House approves presidential appointments to the cabinet?
Senate
What was the 25th amendment?
Outlined the specific rules of presidential succession
What types of cases is the Supreme Court most likely to hear?
Cases involving states as parties
Cases involving ambassadors and government officials
Cases that are a common issue/have other cases like them in a different state
Cases relating to the fundamentals of the Constitution/BOR
What are the 5 first amendment rights?
Speech
Religion
Press
Assembly
Petition
What was the main purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Desegregating all public places
What clause did Congress use to justify the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Commerce Clause
Fourteenth Amendment
Gave every person born or naturalized in the US the right to a citizenship
Main points of The Letter From a Birmingham Jail
There are just and unjust laws
Peaceful protest that is unheard will turn into violent protest
Comparison of Civil Rights Movement to American Revolution
If you are willing to break a law, no matter the law, you should accept the consequences
Which amendment supports the Letter From a Birmingham Jail?
14 amendment
What are the 5 core American values?
Equality of Opportunity
Rule of law
Limited Government
Free Enterprise
Individualism
Factors that make a poll credible
Random sampling(public poll)
Expressed margin of error and sample size
Non bias questioning
Sampling Error
Margin of error in a polls findings, typically + or - 3
Done through running the poll with multiple groups and comparing the average
Who typically votes the most(demographic of people)?
Older people with more education and money
More likely to have policy in their favor
15th Amendment
Allowed black people(men) the right to vote).
24th Amendment
Abolishment of poll taxes
26th Amendment
Lowered voting age from 21 to 18
4 Linkage Institutions
Media
Interest Groups
Political Parties
Elections
What are reserved powers?
Powers given to the states only
What are concurrent powers?
Powers given to both the states and national government
What are enumerated powers?
Powers only given to the national government