AP Government Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Pertaining to the subject of the pending bill or other business; stands for the simple proposition that an amendment must address the same subject as the matter being amended
  2. 5. A rule used by the Senate to end or limit debate - need 60 votes to end filibuster in Senate.
  3. 8. Constitutional power given to Congress to raise and spend money
  4. 9. The minimum number of members who must be present for business to be conducted in Congress.
  5. 11. Established the direct election of senators (instead of being chosen by state legislatures)
  6. 14. Permanently established legislative committees that consider and are responsible for legislation within a certain subject area.
  7. 16. A standing committee of the House of Representatives that provides special rules under which specific bills can be debated, amended, and considered by the house.
  8. 17. the redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population; after every reapportionment
  9. 19. appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district
  10. 22. The legislative leader elected by party members holding majority of the seats in the House or Senate.
  11. 26. The principle of a two-house legislature
  12. 27. A procedure to keep the Senate going during a filibuster in which the disputed bill is shelved temporarily so that the Senate can get on with other business.
  13. 32. A provision added to a piece of legislation that is not germane to the bill's purpose. Goal is usually to achieve one of two outcomes: either get president to sign an otherwise objectionable bill or get the president to veto a bill he would otherwise sign.
  14. 33. An informal practice by which a senator informs Senate leadership that he or she does not wish a particular measure or nomination to reach the floor for consideration
  15. 34. A congressional voting procedure in which members stand and are counted.
  16. 36. Congressional committees appointed for a limited time and purpose. Usually formed to conduct an investigation into a current matter of great public concern.
  17. 38. a situation in which the government is unable to pass new legislation
  18. 40. An expression of opinion without the force of law that requires the approval of both the House and the Senate, but not the president.
Down
  1. 2. A congressional process whereby a bill may be referred to several important committees.
  2. 3. A congressional process by which a Speaker may send a bill to a second committee after the first is finished acting.
  3. 4. An expression of opinion either in the House or Senate to settle procedural matters in either body.
  4. 6. Committees on which both senators and representatives serve. Similar to Select Committees, and often focus public attention on a major issue.
  5. 7. A formal express of congressional opinion that must be approved by both houses of Congress and the president.
  6. 10. leaders The legislative leader elected by party members holding a minority of seats in the House or Senate.
  7. 12. An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill.
  8. 13. The role of the Senate is to advise the president about nominees and the authority to consent to (approve or reject) those nominations.
  9. 15. The view that an elected represent should represent the opinions of his or her constituents.
  10. 18. When seats get redistributed throughout the states based on a new population taken every 10 years.
  11. 20. Legislators should follow their own judgment (that is, act like a trustee) until the public becomes vocal about a particular matter, at which point they should follow the dictates of constituents
  12. 21. Districts/seats in which the incumbents win by margins of 55% or more.
  13. 23. A form of reciprocity in which members of Congress support bills that they otherwise might not vote for in exchange for other members' votes on bills that are very important to them.
  14. 24. Federally funded local projects attached to bills passed through Congress.
  15. 25. ensure that the administration's policies are comprehensive and coherent, that decisions are informed, and that those decisions are successfully implemented
  16. 28. to set a congressional bill aside in committee without considering it
  17. 29. Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president
  18. 30. A seat in the House of Representatives that is not considered to be safe for the incumbent in the next election (swing seat).
  19. 31. Large bills that often cover several topics and may contain extraneous, or porkbarrel, projects.
  20. 35. Powers of the federal government that are not explicitly named in the Constitution but are implied so that the federal government can carry out its enumerated powers
  21. 37. An association of Congress members created to advance a political ideology or a regional, ethnic, or economic interest.
  22. 39. process by which a U.S. congressional committee or state legislative session debates, amends, and rewrites proposed legislation.