House and Senate | Legislation | Executive | Judicial | Court Cases |
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What is House Majority Leader
The top position in the House
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What is discretionary spending
Type of spending for defense, education, and transport
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What is a veto
requires 2/3 vote to override
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What is precedent
Idea of following earier court decisions
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What is Shaw v. Reno
North Carolina wanting black majority districts
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What is cloture
The method of ending a filibuster
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What is Delegate
Representative who votes like their constituents would
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What is an executive agreement
Agreement that doesn't need to be ratified by the senate
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What is stare decisis
The latin word meaning let the previous decision stand
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14th amendment/equal protection clause
Constitutional reason/amendment that was the basis for gerrymandering cases
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What is a discharge petition
Forces a bill to be considered by a floor vote by discharging it from committee
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What is Logrolling
Two legislators agree to support each other's bills
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What is their judical appointments
longest lasting influence of the president
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What is judcial restraint
Judge that avoids legislating through their decisions
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What is Marbury v. Madison
Established judical review
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What is President Pro-Tempore of the Senate
Serves when VP is absent - Comfty chair
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What is Entitlements
Law-binding, ongoing commitments to citizens including social security, medicare, medicaid
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What is White House Staff
Includes Press Secretary and the National Security Council
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What is federalist #78
Document that outlined the need for a judical branch
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What is no
Did Marbury get his job?
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What is Committee of the Whole
The entire house sitting together as a committe like during the State of the Union
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What is a lame duck
an elected official whose successor has already been elected
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What is bully pulpit
President uses media to directly speak to American people
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What is restrictions on the supreme court
amending constitution, appointing new justices, ignoring it
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What is Baker v Carr
Tennessee not changing their boundaries for 60 years
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