chapter 11 gov final
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What was Congress' approval rating as of Feb. 2012? | 10% approve of job of congress |
| Who sits in the 112th congress? | women: 16.8% top occupations: business, law, and public service |
| What is redistricting? | the process of alternating election districts in order to make them as nearly equal in population as possible. Takes place every 10 years, after each population census. |
| What are important law making tactics? | rider, logrolling, multiple committee referrals, table, killer amendment, and filibuster |
| What is a rider? | small bill attached to larger bill |
| What is logrolling? | trading votes |
| What is a table? | postponement |
| What is a killer amendment? | make unattractive |
| What is a filibuster? | prolonged debate in senate- stall or kill bill |
| What are the House of Reps? | -435 members(apportionment of states) -2 year terms -less flexible rules -limited debate -policy specialists w/ emphasis on taxes and revenues -less media coverage -centralized power -more partisan |
| What is a senate? | -100 members(2 per state) -6 year terms -more flexible rules -virtually unlimited debate -policy generalists with emphasis on foreign policy -more media coverage -equal distribution of power -less partisan |
| What is time and money? | -average cost of House election: 3 million -average cost of senate election: 8-12 million |
| What is incumbency advantage? | -average re-election success rate of house: 95% -average re-election success rate of senate:90% |
| What is Midterm Election Woes? | voter turnout goes down about 20% |
| Why don't people pay attention during midterm elections? | -lack of media coverage -voter exhaustion |
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