FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV KEY TERMS 2

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT AP GOV KEY TERMS 2

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Question 1: "iron triangles"

Answer:

The relationship between congress(especially Sub-Committees), Government agencies(Bureaucracy), and interest groups. This helps create policy in the United States and all 3 parts want to protect their own self interests.

Question 2: power of the purse

Answer:

Constitutional power given to Congress to raise and spend money

Question 3: line item veto

Answer:

Presidential power to strike, or remove, specific items from a spending bill without vetoing the entire package; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Question 4: casework

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legislative work on behalf of individual constituents to solve their problems with government agencies and programs legislative work on behalf of individual constituents to solve their problems with government agencies and programs

Question 5: congressional oversight

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the review, monitoring, and supervision of federal agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementation

Question 6: lame-duck president

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an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon

Question 7: bureaucratic discretion

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Individual bureaucrats/agencies have to make choices about how to implement existing laws, which enhances bureaucratic power

Question 8: gerrymandering

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the drawing of legislative district boundaries to benefit a party, group, or incumbent

Question 9: advise and consent

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the power of the senate to approve or disapprove of any of the president's appointments or treaties

Question 10: politico role

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Role played by elected representatives who act as trustees or as delegates, depending on the issue.

Question 11: logrolling

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An arrangement in which two or more members of Congress agree in advance to support each other's bills

Question 12: committee hearings

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a method by which committee members gather information to inform committee business. Business dealt with by hearings may be broadly classified into four types: legislative, oversight, investigative, and consideration of presidential nominations.

Question 13: rules committee

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one of the most powerful committees in congress because of its "gatekeeping" power over the terms on which legislation will reach floor of house of representatives

Question 14: committee of the whole

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A committee of the House on which all representatives serve in order to consider the details of a proposal.

Question 15: discretionary spending

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The portion of the budget that the President requests and Congress appropriates every year.

Question 16: conference committee

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a type of temporary joint committee that's set up when the House and Senate have each passed different versions of the same law

Question 17: bully pulpit

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the president's use of his prestige and visibility to guide or enthuse the American public

Question 18: impeachment

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A formal accusation of misconduct in office against a public official

Question 19: speaker of the house

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the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the House

Question 20: signing statements

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a written pronouncement issued by the President of the United States upon the signing of a bill into law.

Question 21: executive orders

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a rule or regulation issued by the president that has the effect and formal status of legislation

Question 22: mandatory spending

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spending not controlled by annual budget decisions

Question 23: delegate role

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played by elected representatives who vote the way their constituents would want them to, regardless of their own opinions

Question 24: spoils system

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The practice of giving government jobs to political backers

Question 25: gridlock

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the inability of the government to act because rival parties control different parts of the government

Question 26: pork barrel

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piece of legislation containing the benefits for districts of Congress

Question 27: bureaucracy

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a rational and efficient form of organization founded on logic, order, and legitimate authority

Question 28: closed rule

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A procedural rule in the House of Representatives that prohibits any amendments to bills or provides that only members of the committee reporting the bill may offer amendments.