1. Committee that is responsible for screening bills for floor action Informal power: Agreement between heads of state does not need Senate approval Make decision based upon what the Framers would do Drawing districts for political advantages Standing committee Gerrymandering Original Intent Executive agreement

2. Committee that irons out bill differences between House and Senate Informal power/role where president looks to improve employment This is stated in the constitution and means for life terms Committee where tax bills must begin Conference Committee Chief Economist Ways and Means During good behavior

3. Made of one house and usually investigates an issue or person Informal power/role of the president that may be utilized at a political rally Philosophy that prefers to leave most policy decisions to states or congress rather than have the court make them. Committee that screens appointed judges before Senate confirms Judicial Restraint Select Committee Head of the political party Senate Judiciary Committee

4. Type of committee that is made up of both houses and investigates or studies an issue or person Presidential check on Judges Court looks to make policy for entire country rather than leave for state or other branch Sets conditions for debate on the floor of the House on bills Joint Committee Appoints them Political Activism House Rules Committee

5. Re-allocating the number of Representatives each state gets All revenue bills start in this chamber Chain of command type of organization of the WH office staff President is the hub in this type of organization of the WH Office Staff Reapportionment Pyramid House of Representatives Circular

6. How often re-districting occurs Has impeachment power President doesn’t have to divulge conversations from within the executive branch or be forced to take the stand. Formal duty of the President that has evolved into an informal power of agenda setting 10 years Executive privilege House of Representatives State of the Union

7. Someone that is already in office Minimum age to run for office in the House of Representatives This makes the President give a 2 day advance notice to congress when moving troops Said president must get approval from congress if he withholds funds from programs or agencies that Congress previously appropriated War Powers Act Budget Impoundment Act Incumbent 25

8. 4 Reasons for incumbency advantage Minimum age to run for Senate President’s check on Congressional legislation Command to an agency on how to carry out or interpret a law by the president. It does not need to be approved by Congress. Veto Franking privilege Money Casework Gerrymandering Name recognition Committee work 30 Executive Order

9. Congress adjourns within ten days and president doesn’t sign the bill Chamber that is closer to the people. Why? Closest advisors to the president and don’t need to be confirmed President’s advisors that are in charge of executive departments White House Office Staff Pocket Veto House of Representatives Cabinet Secretaries

10. Has confirmation power of all appointments Most powerful position in Congress What is the total number of electors in the United States? Set of agencies that helps the president with his day to day operations Speaker Senate EOP 538

11. Ratifies treaties Most influential person in the Senate What is unlimited debate in the Senate known as? What is the number of electors needed to win an election? Filibuster Majority Leader Senate 270

12. Tries Impeachments Person that provides how members will vote on bills to the Majority or Minority leader Reason why legislative veto was declared as unconstitutional Wasteful spending on local projects using federal tax dollars Pork Barrel Whip Senate Violates Separation of Powers

13. Person that persuades members of congress on what an interest group wants Type of issue that a lobbyist is most successful with Most frequent fate of a bill when it is in standing committee What is it called when Congress declares an agency’s regulation as void? Unknown, technical, and narrow issues Pigeonholed Lobbyist Legislative Veto

14. Two supervisors of the bureaucracy With this opinion, the judges agree with the outcome, but for different reasons Opinion of the losing side of a decision What are the first four cabinet positions, and what are they referred to? Congress and the President Concurring Dissenting Defense, State, Treasury, and Justice: Inner Cabinet

15. Providing govt. jobs to those who help get you elected. System used to hire civil servants where the OPM gives exams. This was declared as unconstitutional in Marbury v. Madison Merit System Patronage Writ of Mandamus

16. Act that established the merit system and limited patronage Agency that regulates certain aspects of the economy Article I of the constitution describes this institution Power to rule laws or presidential actions as unconstitutional Judicial Review Pendleton Act Congress Independent Regulatory Agency

17. Landmark case that established Federal regulation of interstate trade exclusive to the federal government This is how Congress ensures that the bureaucrats follow intent of the laws Puts together the budget for the President Highest court of the landSupreme Court Legislative Oversight Munn v. Illinois OMB

18. This relationship includes congress, as interest group, and an agency Prohibits or limits political activity of bureaucrats or civil servants Policymaking ability of the bureaucrats where they choose a course of action when carrying out laws Jurisdiction where a case is tried for a subsequent time Hatch Act Appellate Iron Triangle Discretionary Authority

19. Restricted use of exec privilege in criminal cases Clinton had this for a brief period, it allowed him to strike out portions of a bill before signing it into law Petition for this if you want your case to be heard by the supreme court Case that established judicial review U.S. v. Nixon Marbury v. Madison Writ of Certiorari Line item veto

20. Number of judges needed for the Supreme Court to accept a case Essay that discussed the idea of an independent judiciary When the President asks the senators of a specific state for acceptance of a potential judge for a US District Court position. Type of jurisdiction where a case is first tried 4: Rule of four Original Federalist # 78 Senatorial Courtesy