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| vote to end filibusterm 60 votes required |
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| can only occur in senate (house has time limits) |
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| one function of congress is to watch over the gov. to make sure they are being nice |
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1)formal charging by house of rep.
2) senate removes the pres. chief of justice presides over senate in removal process |
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| who created the executive office of the president |
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| pres. must warn congress w/in 48h of sending troops, because of Nixon |
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| amendment added to a bill |
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| est. after Garfield was murdered |
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| Pendleton Act/ Merit system |
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1) replaced civil service commission w/ office of personal management
2)gave pres. more pwr over fed. bureaucracy
- can hire & fire directors of agencies |
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| replaces vice pres. in senate if he is not there |
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| who is the pres. pro temopre |
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| Who is the chief justice of the sup. court? |
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| order from sup. court to forward a case to them, 4 members must sign off |
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| made in response to difficulties presidents had trying to control, the bureaucracy, gave pres. more pwrs |
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-protects safety and health of public
-regulates prices in market
-regulations become law when published by fed. register |
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| extreem, middle, or moderate |
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| let the decision stand, members use previous decisions to decide on cases |
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| action by courts that go beyond role of the judiciary as interpreter of law (original intent) |
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| most pwrful person in senate |
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| most pwrful person in house |
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| most pwrful, in the house, sets time limits |
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| 3 types of committees and what they do |
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1. standing committee-permanent
2. conference comm.-made of members from house and senate, temporary
3. select comm.-investigative, temporary |
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| minimum 218 signatures to make a bill go to hte floor if Rules won't let it |
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| committee screens the pers.s nominations to courts(like sotomayor) |
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| est. by Budget Act, audites fed. programs and reports to congress |
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| GAO Gov. accountability office |
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| studies budget for congress, house and senate staff |
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| GBO Congressional Budget Office |
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1. law making
2. service to constituents
3. oversight on other parts of gov. |
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| pres. makes notes on a bill |
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| committee that bill goes to first |
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this act
1. shifted responsibilities from congress to pres.
2.created GAO
3.creaded BOB (bureau of budget) |
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one of most pwrful agencies, started as BOB 2 responsibilities
1.monitors and manages the fed. bureaucracy
2. writes the budget |
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| Office of management and budget |
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advises the pres on shaping foreign policy
includes vice pres., sec. of state, defense, and CIA director, chairment of joint chiefs of staff |
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| council works w/ pres. to develop economic policy like the stimulus bill |
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| council of economic advisors |
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| helps with political strategies, interacts w/ congress, chief is pres.'s press secretary |
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| constitutional pwrs of pres.(3) |
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1. is commander and chief
2. can veto laws
3. can appoint officials |
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| the power of the sup. court to declare actions of the other branches and levels of gov. unconstitutional |
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| 12/13 district courts for appeals |
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| committee made up of house and senate members to reconcile differences for the budget to be approved every year |
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| what is a powerful committee that does tax legislation |
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| this was created by the civil service reform act adn GAVE THE PRES. MORE CONTROL |
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| Office of Personnel Management |
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| congress gives these power to issue regulations |
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| bureaucratic/regulatory agencies |
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| What does the GAO do? (2) |
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-audit fed. agencies
-evaluates fed. programs |
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| who est. the War Powers act? |
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| did Bush comply to the war powers act? |
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| in the making of a law, what is written by the president and is his interpretation of the law? |
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| what is it called when the first 9 months of a presidency is like a honey moon? |
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| name 4 executive office agencies |
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1)Office of Management and Budget
2)National Security Council
3)Council of Economic Advisors
4)White House Office |
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| where do all bills finish before they go to the pres.? |
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| name the members of the supreme court |
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| Breyer,Ginsburg, Kennedy, Alito, Roberts, Sotomayor, Stevens, Thomas |
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| name the chief justice of the supreme court |
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| what are the demographics of the supreme court? |
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| how many district courts are there? |
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| how many civilian employees are there? |
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| making federal law held by public hearings |
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| what is the book that federal agencies publish laws in? |
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| what committee decides if a bill will go to the floor in the house, sets time limits, and determines if amendments can be added? |
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| what kind of committees do details work on bills? |
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| during the 1930's, in response to the depression and new technology |
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| expansion of fed. bureaucracy |
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| what % of congress is women? |
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| what percentage of the house and the senate is african american? |
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