Mercyb AP Government Unit 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Rules Committee | a standing committee in the House of Representatives; reviews all bills and sets the rules for floor debate |
| 25th Amendment | presidential succession, vice presidential vacancy, and presidential disability |
| 22nd Amendment | limits the president to two terms |
| Filibuster | A procedural practice in the Senate whereby a senator refuses to relinquish the floor and thereby delays proceedings and prevents a vote on a controversial issue. |
| Reapportionment | the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census |
| Incumbent | the official who holds an office |
| Gerrymandering | the drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group |
| Mal Apportionment | drawing the boundaries of legislative districts so that they are unequal in population |
| Sub committee | a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility |
| Standing Committee | a permanent committee |
| Conference Committee | a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill |
| Minority Leader | the legislative leader selected by the minority party as spokesperson for the opposition |
| Majority Whip | count votes within Majority Party- pressure other leaders to vote their way |
| United States v. Nixon | The President's "Executive Priviledge" was limited by this case. |
| Closed Rules | limits or prohibits amentments on bills |
| Riders | unrelated amendments added to a bill |
| Earmarks | Federally funded local projects attached to bills passed through Congress. |
| Line item veto | Presidential power to strike, or remove, specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. |
| Executive Agreement | A formal agreement between the U.S. president and the leaders of other nations that does not require Senate approval. |
| President's Chief of Staff | Controls access to the President |
| Discharge Petition | a motion to force a bill to the house floor that has been bottled up in committee |
| Reno v Shaw | race can't be primary factor in apportionment... |
| Appropriations Committee | congressional committee that deals with federal spending. |
| Ways and Means Committee | House committee that handles tax bills |
| Judiciary Committee | Senate committee that is responsible for recommending presidential judicial appointments to the full Senate for approval. |
| Patronage system | selection of employees for government agencies on the basis of political loyalty and electoral support |
| Merit System | hiring people into government jobs on the basis of their qualifications |
| Pendleton Act | a law that created the Civil Service Commission |
| Iron triangle | a close relationship between an agency, a congressional committee, and an interest group |
| Judicial Restraint | Philosophy proposing that judges should interpret the Constitution to reflect what the framers intended and what its words literally say. |
| Bureaucracy | an administrative organization that relies on nonelective officials and regular procedures |
| Regulatory Agency | A government body responsible for the control and supervision of a specified activity or area of public interest. |
| Legislative Oversight | the power of Congress to oversee how laws are carried out |
| Marshall Court | Growth of the federal government power due to Supreme court decisions. 1801-1835 |
| Litmus test | an examination of the political ideology of a nominated judge |
| Writ of Certiorari | An order by a higher court directing a lower court to send up a case for review |
| Appellate courts | courts that generally review only findings of law made by lower courts |
| Stare Decisis | the principle that new cases must be decided in ways consistent with prior case law |
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