Chapt 11 Vocab

Question 0

Appropriations

Answer 0

Funds allocated by a legislature for a stated purpose as part of a budget or spending bill

Question 1

Apportionment

Answer 1

Distribution of representatives among the states based on the population of each state

Question 2

Caucus

Answer 2

An association of Congress members created to pursue a particular goals and interests

Question 3

Constituents

Answer 3

A person who lives in in the electoral district and is represented by an elected official

Question 4

For main powers of Congress

Answer 4

1. Enacting laws.
2. Levying you taxes
3. Power to purse
4. Declaring war

Question 5

Impeachment

Answer 5

Charges against a president approved by a majority of the House of Representatives

Question 6

Joint resolution

Answer 6

Official statement issued by both houses of Congress. Once signed by the president has the force of law

Question 7

Majority leader

Answer 7

Legislative leaders selected by the majority party who helps plan party strategy, conference with other party leaders, and tries to keep members of the party in line

Question 8

Minority leader

Answer 8

principal leader of the minority party in the legislature who determines how his or her party will react to the majority parties programs

Question 9

Minority Whip

Answer 9

Assistant floor leader of the minority party that keeps their party’s leaders informed about members, and persuades party members to go along party lines

Question 10

Majority whip

Answer 10

Assistant floor leader of the majority party that keeps their party’s leaders informed about members, and persuades party members to go along party lines

Question 11

Override

Answer 11

Buy a 2/3 margin, Congress can vote to override, or rivers, a presidents Vito of its legislation

Question 12

Oversight

Answer 12

Congress overseas executive agencies to make sure they carry out the laws it has passed

Question 13

Pork

Answer 13

Publicly funded project secured by the legislators to benefit their home districts or states. The funds for such projects are set to come from the “pork barrels “– the state or national treasury

Question 14

Speaker of the house

Answer 14

Position with the most power and for Prestige in the House of Representatives. Nominated by the majority party and voted in by the entire house.

Question 15

Standing committee

Answer 15

Permanent committee of legislators from either the house or senate responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or agriculture

Question 16

Subcommittee

Answer 16

Small legislative committee within a larger, standing committee; subcommittees do much of the work of reviewing the legislation

Question 17

Veto

Answer 17

The power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (Especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)