unit 3 terms

who breaks ties in the senate

vice president

to impeach the president

218 votes

house or Senate has more diversity?

house

female in the house of rep

125

women u.s. delegate

4

17th amendment

people elect senators

senators  

6 years 

senators limit

none

senators and why

more independent

requirments to be a senator

30 years old, 9 years American citizen, must “inhabitant of the state”

house of reps re-elections

every 2 years

house of reps quilifcations

25 years old, 7 years citizen, when elected, be an ‘inhabited of state”

bicameralism

two - house legislature

house and Senate difference

commimitte structure, legislative rules,records, rules for members 

article 1

the creation of congress

power of house of reps

impeachment, decide presidential election if no one can decide, raise taxes 

senate powers

ratify treaty, confermantion trial. conducts impreach trial

how many president have been impeached

three

congress has the power to make all laws

enumerated congressional powers 

raise, make, borrow money, regulate commerce, unify the country, prepare and declare war, create the federal judiciary  

revenue raising

required revenue to fund public services like national defense, infrastructure, and social programs. In the U.S., revenue is collected at the federal, state, and local levels

confirmation

the Senate approves or rejects presidential appointments to the federal judiciary, including Supreme Court justices, circuit court judges, and district court judges.

treaty making

the forming of agreements between nations and become part of international law

impeachment

constitutional process for charging certain federal officials, including the President, Vice President, and all civil officers.

expressed and implied powers

article 2

exectuive branch

who can be impreached

president, vice president, and any other cabinate person

gerrymandering

the manipulation of an electoral legislative peoples boundaries so as to favor one party or class.

incumbent

someone who already had the job

franking privilege

congressmen can send free mail

congress is

weath and educated

speaker of the house

speak has two assitance, counting votes, third in line for presidential succession

majority leader

elected by majority leader, helps plan party strategy, plans schedule

president pro tempore

oldest guy in the senate

minority leader

develops and promotes, plans party strategy, urges members of

house whips

keep track of the members, convaying leadership position, keep count of votess

filibuster

methods of preventing a vote on a controversial issue

cloture

60+ people in Senate who want the debate to end

how to make a bill 

intro, 2. referral committee review, 3. markup, 4. floor debate, 5. final passage, 6. conference(if needed)

standing committee

continue from one congress to the next

delegates

do what the people want

trustees

vote based off what they think

logrolling

voting for each other bill

mandate

post-election claim of public support for president’s agenda

honeymoon

time when president is most popular. tyipical first few months  

things that play a role in president popularity

economy, international crises, corruption, wars

executive agreement

legislative inshitiave  

presidnet say what he want congress does it

exective privlage

the president can not share information because it’s to important

greatly expanded government power

Roosevelt

war powers resolttion of 1973

outlines

quid pro quo