Congress Review (AP) Flashcards
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| 8416897818 | Bicameral | Legislature with two chambers, each with different rules and procedures | 0 | |
| 8416900957 | Apportionment | Allocation of members of the House of Representatives | 1 | |
| 8416910326 | Reapportionment | Reallocation of members of the House of Representatives after a Census. Some states will gain members, some will lose members. | 2 | |
| 8416916453 | Gerrymandering | Redrawing Congressional district maps in order to give one party an advantage | 3 | |
| 8416923874 | Redistricting | Redrawing Congressional district maps | 4 | |
| 8416940120 | Filibuster | Talking a bill to death on the floor of the Senate | 5 | |
| 8416943505 | Cloture | Vote to end debate in the Senate | 6 | |
| 8416948580 | Incumbent | Current official in a seat | 7 | |
| 8416955108 | Conference Committee | Committee made up of members of the House and Senate to resolve differences in bills | 8 | |
| 8416964441 | Franking privilege | Ability for members of Congress to send mail to their constituents for free | 9 | |
| 8416975572 | Constituents | The people being represented by a public official | 10 | |
| 8416991106 | Logrolling | Trading votes for each other's bill | 11 | |
| 8416995289 | Speaker of the House | Highest ranking officer in the House. Also the leader of the largest party in the House. | 12 | |
| 8417004906 | Party whip | Party official in each chamber that is charge of getting party members to vote the way the party wants | 13 | |
| 8417015285 | Pork Barrel Legislation/Project | Spending for a project in a certain member's district/state. Considered wasteful to others, but helps improve approval rating for that member. | 14 | |
| 8417029285 | Oversight | Congress's ability to investigate the actions of the Executive Branch | 15 | |
| 8417038315 | Standing Committee | Committee that is permanent in Congress and deals with specific topics. (Ex: Senate Foreign Relations Committee) | 16 | |
| 8417049257 | Caucus | Informal group of members of Congress that focuses on only one issue. | 17 | |
| 8417059841 | Pigeonholing | Sticking a bill in committee planning on never bringing it up again. | 18 | |
| 8417071119 | President Pro Tempore | Leads the Senate in the absence of the President of the Senate. Given to the longest continuous serving member of the majority. (No real power) | 19 | |
| 8417082770 | Senate Majority Leader | The officer actually in charge of the Senate. Holds powers similar to the Speaker of the House | 20 | |
| 8417095740 | Revenue Bills | Must start in the House | 21 | |
| 8417099303 | House Ways and Means Committee | Committee that starts all bills dealing with revenue (aka taxes) | 22 | |
| 8417117744 | House Rules Committee | Controls the flow of bills in the House. Decides length of debate, number of amendments, and when votes will be. Speaker puts members on this committee. | 23 | |
| 8417145310 | Seniority System | Rule that states that the longest serving members of a committee are first in line to become committee chair. | 24 | |
| 8417160565 | Committee chair | Member of the majority party that is the leader of a committee | 25 | |
| 8417166482 | Ranking Member | Member of the minority party that is first in line to become chair of a committee should the majority party lose power | 26 | |
| 8417179257 | Amendments | Attachments to a bill | 27 | |
| 8417182647 | Discharge petition | Request to override the Rules Committee and force a vote on the floor of the House on a bill. Very rare. | 28 | |
| 8417212572 | Power of the Purse | Congress's ability to control the budget of the Executive Branch | 29 | |
| 8417220883 | Impeachment | Voting on charges against a government officer and removal from office | 30 | |
| 8417234491 | Non Legislative Powers of the Senate | Ratifying treaties and confirming presidential appointments | 31 | |
| 8417245334 | Packing | Gerrymandering strategy where members of a party are shoved into just one district | 32 | |
| 8417249703 | Cracking | Gerrymandering strategy where members of a party are split into multiple districts, preventing them from getting a majority in any district | 33 | |
| 8417261013 | Minority-Majority District | District gerrymandered to try to increase the odds of a racial/ethnic minority winning the seat | 34 | |
| 8417281920 | Senate Hold | Ability for one Senator to block the nomination of a presidential appointment vote. Can be anonymous | 35 | |
| 8417297658 | Trustee Model | Theory of Representation where the member votes the way they believe in their heart. | 36 | |
| 8417313298 | Delegate Model | Theory of Representation where the member votes the way their constituents want them to vote. | 37 | |
| 8417322370 | Partisan Model | Theory of Representation where the member votes the way the party wants. | 38 | |
| 8417342881 | Senate Judiciary Committee | Committee that deals with nominations to the federal judiciary (among other things) | 39 | |
| 8417353373 | Appropriations Committee | Committee in each chamber that deals with deciding how much money each program in a department/agency will get | 40 | |
| 8417405369 | Pocket Veto | Death of a bill due to presidential inaction for 10 days (excluding Sundays) when Congress is out of session | 41 | |
| 8417419508 | Census | Counting of the total US population. Takes place every 10 years | 42 |