GOVT Unit 2 Vocabulary

2. Considers bills & issues and oversees federal agencies, programs, and activities within their jurisdiction.
3. a governmental system that is designed to promote bureaucratic effectiveness through merit, expertise, and objectivity.
5. collection of federal departments, agencies, and organizations that implement and enforce federal laws and policies.
8. Individual bureaucrats that have the authority to make choices about how to enforce existing laws.
11. reallocation of the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on population changes measured through the U.S. Census
15. Action when one (or more) Senators oppose a bill and begin a debate on it as long as they want - only in the Senate.
18. Leader of the House of Representatives; Most powerful and influential Member of Congress.
20. Congress having the power to develop, vote, and control the nation's budget.
21. Process by which the legislative branch both makes and decides upon legal charges against a government official.
23. a permanent committee, established by Congress, that performs key oversight functions related to their policy focus.
25. Redistricting that is done to yield a particular electoral outcome within a district to favor a political party.

1. a count of the United States population completed by ten years.
4. Congressional committee appointed to perform a special function that is beyond the authority of a standing committee.
6. One of the three Primary Functions of Congress that reviews and monitor over the executive branch and its agencies.
7. Members of Congress will vote for a bill in exchange for a bill that benefits them - regardless if it impacts their congressional district or not.
9. Powers not defined in the Constitution but those that are necessary and proper for Congress to act upon.
10. redrawing of congressional district lines within a state.
12. The Legislative Branch of the United States Government.
13. Committee that determines who, when, and if a bill is debated and voted on - only in the House of Reps.
14. Amendment that caused Members of Congress to be more accountable to the people they represent.
16. Member of Congress that is at least 30 years old; has been a U.S. Citizen for at least 9 years; and lives in the state they want to represent.
17. Legislation and grants that only benefits one congressional district.
19. Congress' powers specifically listed in the U.S. Constitution
22. President of the U.S. Senate; Tie-breaker of a 50-50 Senate vote.
24. Member of Congress that is at least 25 years old; has been a U.S. Citizen for at least 7 years; and lives in the state they want to represent.