American Gov. Exam 2 Review

Congressional committee where members of both chambers iron out differences between bills

Conference

Congressional Committee that exits from congress to congress where most lawmaking takes place

Standing

The fiscal year of the federal government begins

October 1st

What are some example of budgetary entitlements

Social Security and Medicare

The US court system is a dual _____ system

Three tiered

True/False: The Supreme Court in the early days was more powerful and consequential than the court today

False

True/False: When one president uses a new informal power it is NOT likely that future president will also use that power

False

Rule or regulation issued by a president that carries the force of law

Executive Order

Presidential powers that are not written down in the constitution

Informal

Examples of formal presidential powers

Treaty, veto, appointment, pardon, convening congress, commander in chief, etc

Does the US president have line-item veto power?

Nope

Law passed after Vietnam to try and prevent presidents from sending troops without congressional approval

War Powers Act

The head of the justice department

Attorney General

NASA is an example of this type of agency

Independent executive agency

The bureaucracy moved from a patronage to this kind of system after the assassination of President Garfield

Merit

The US postal service and a track are examples of this kind of agency

Government Corporation

The rulemaking process used by the federal bureaucracy

Notice and Comments

Proportion of congressional vote required to override presidential veto

2/3

Do the vast majority of bills become law?

No

Hearings are usually held by ____ during the law-making process

Sub-committees

_____ is responsible for passing the Articles of Impeachment

The House

Is the power of judicial review mentioned in the constitution?

Nope

Current Chief Justice of SCOTUS

John Roberts

Type of jurisdiction district (trial) courts have

Original

Type of jurisdiction circuit courts have

Appellate

The Supreme Court hears about ____ percent of cases petitioned

1-3%

The most recent justice confirmed to SCOTUS

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Petition to get an appeal heard by SCOTUS. Most common way to get your case there.

Writ of Certiorari

Congressional law that set up court system

Judiciary Act of 1789

How many numbered circuit courts are there?

11

First case where SCOTUS exerted judicial review

Marbury v. Madison

Type of bureaucratic agency that exists outside of the cabinet, provide services and not NOT regulate

Independent Executive Agency

Major administrative units of the federal government that report directly to the president

Cabinet

Type of bureaucratic agency created by congress to regulate a specific (usually economic) interest

Independent Regulatory Agency (or commission)

Over time, has the bureaucracy gotten bigger or smaller?

Bigger

Presidents are allowed to appoint member to these bureaucratic agencies, but it has been historically difficult for presidents to remove them

Independent Regulatory Agencies

Member of congressional leadership responsible for making sure party members are voting along party lines

Whip

You must be a resident of the US for at least ___ years to become a member of the Senate

Nine

Leader in the House of Representatives that is elected by both majority and minority party members

Speaker of the House

The vote to overcome a filibuster

Cloture

There are ___ members in the US House

435

Opinion written by a justice who voted with the majority but had a different legal reasoning

Concurring

This committee exists in the US House, but not the Senate

Rules Committee

Most of the fighting over the budget centers on

Non-defense discretionary spending

Type of congressional committee that is not permanent and exists for a specific research such as research or an investigation

Select/Special

Answer: wow

wow