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Incumbent |
Been in congress before, makes $175,000 |
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Speaker of the house |
floor leader, organize debates, who speaks, when and how long, the party supports the policy |
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majority leader |
floor leader over lining up bills for debate |
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majority whip |
informs members when critical votes are scheduled |
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how a bill becomes a law |
If a bill seems to have merit, asubcommittee will schedule a hearing on it, possibly recommend it to fullcommittee, or hold additional meetings. Once the bill is recommended, theRules committee decides whether to vote on it, how long the debate should last,whether ammendments should be allowed. In the Senate, debate is unlimitedunless 3/5 of the Senate limits it to 30 hours called cloture. Cloture is usedto prevent filabusters.50% voter plus 1 in the House orsenate is required for a bill to pass into law. It must pass identically in theHouse and Seante.10% of bills are sent to conferencecommittee and then back to a vote.President must sign the bill intolaw. If the president vetoes it, it is sent back with the reason’s for notbeing signed. 2/3 Congress is needed to override the veto. If Congress is insession and the president doesn’t sign a bill in 10 days, it will automaticallybecome law.Pocket veto- if Congress is not insession and the president doesn’t sign a bill in 10 days, it will not becomelaw.
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Invisible primary |
what been happening over the past year before election, people are making up their minds |
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Electoral College |
a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election fo the president and the vice president |
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factory that one's presidency |
35 years old, natural born US citizen, US resident for at least 14 years |
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the problem of control |
executive branch has too many people and can't control it |
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Relationship between thepresident’s Public support/approval ratings and Congress |
With public backing, the president’s leadershipcannot be dismissed easily by other Washington officials and vice versa. Events and Issues International crisis tend to cause people to rally behind the president Approval ratingserode if war doesn’t end well The Televised PresidencyCan expect the networks toprovide free airtime to address the nation Receives twice as much news coverageas Congress
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Illusion of presidentialgovernment
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people in US thinkpresident has more power than they actually do
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Reasonfor bureaucracy
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A need that includes large number ofpeople to complete a task. organization and control, based on three principles
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3principles of bureaucracy
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Hierarchical authority- there is achain of command, top has control of middle, and middle control over low Jobspecialization- no one else has that job, Formalized rules- because they arespecialized in that job, they know the rules that go along with bureaucracy
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Typesof federal agencies
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Cabinet departments. Independent executive agencies. Independentregulatory agencies. Government corporations. Presidential commissions.
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OMB |
business division of the Executive Office of the President of the UnitedStates that administers the United States federal budget and oversees theperformance of federal agencies.
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Administrativeagencies’ main task is policy implementation
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rule making, investigating |
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WhistleblowerProtection Act
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protects federal whistleblowers whowork for the government and report agency misconduct
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Presidentialcommission
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special task force ordained by the President to complete a specific,special investigation or research.
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Meritsystem
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process of promoting and hiring government employees based on theirability to perform a job, rather than on their political connections
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Jurisdiction |
courts ability to hear a certain type of case |
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original jurisdiction |
a courts authority to be the first to hear a particular type of case |
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Appellate jurisdiction |
authority to review a lower court decision |
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majority opinion |
when a majority agree with winning side and have the same reason why |
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Plurality opinion |
most agree |
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dissenting opinion |
7/2 one of 2 that didn't agree but want everyone to know what it was |
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concurring opinion |
in the set 7/2 all seven agree to win but five thinks the person won but for a different reason
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special US courts |
U.S. CLAIMS COURT- hears cases whenthe U.S. government is being sued for damages U.S. Court of InternationalTrade- handles cases involving appeals of U.S. Customs Office rulings The U.S.Court of Military Appeals- hears appeals of military court martial |
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Originalismtheory
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the way you interpret current decision
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Livingconstitution theory
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feeling constitution is supposed to be adaptable |
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judicial restraint |
type of judge who believes they are there to follow precedent when they make decisions |
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judicial activism |
the judge who feels like it should make sense today |
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Judicialreview & Marbury vs. Madison |
another branch unconstitutional legalprinciple of judicial review–the ability of the Supreme Court to limitCongressional power by declaring legislation unconstitutional–in the new nation
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2ndlevel of federal court that hears appeals
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Court of Appeals |
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Role of Supreme Court |
the final judge in all cases involving laws of Congress, and the highestlaw of all — the Constitution.
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