AP GOV FINAL

Question 1

incumbents

Answer 1

an individual who has responsibilities in a gov position (holding or acting in office)

Question 2

bicameral legislature

Answer 2

type of legislature, divided into two seperate assemblies, chambers or house

Question 3

filibuster

Answer 3

Action in which a bill is delayed or prevented; only in Senate

Question 4

majority leader

Answer 4

Head of party that’s in rule/control/ legislative party

Question 5

minority leader

Answer 5

The leader of the other party not in control

Question 6

joint committee

Answer 6

made up of house and senate

Question 7

select committees

Answer 7

created for specific purposes

Question 8

committee chairs

Answer 8

head of a committee

Question 9

caucus

Answer 9

meeting where local members of political party register their preference among candidates

Question 10

budget

Answer 10

a policy document allocating burdens (taxes) and benefits (expenditures)

Question 11

expenditures

Answer 11

things that the government spends money on

Question 12

income tax

Answer 12

citizens pay tax based on individual wages and corporate revenues

Question 13

federal debt

Answer 13

amount of money the fed gov has borrowed and not yet paid back

Question 14

Social Security Act

Answer 14

1953 law intended to provide a minimal level of sustenance(maintaining someones life) to older americans thus saving the from poverty

Question 15

incrementalism

Answer 15

A description of the budget process in which the best predictor of this years budget is last years plus a bit more (shark tank projected)

Question 16

entitlements

Answer 16

Policies for which congress has obligated to pay x# of benefits to Y #of recipients (EX:SS)
ENTITLED=OBLIGATED

Question 17

Senate Finance Committee

Answer 17

consider tax bills, writes tax codes

Question 18

Congressional Budget + Impoundment Control

Answer 18

how much congress can spend on programs tells how much programs are going to cross

Question 19

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Answer 19

Advises congress on probable consequences of its decisions, forecasts revenues and counterweights to the presidents office of management and business

Question 20

authorization bill

Answer 20

act of congress that establishes,continues or changes a discretionary government program or an entitlement. Specifies programs goals and max expenditures for discretionary programs

Question 21

Legislative veto

Answer 21

Vote in congress to override a presidential decision.

Question 22

Welfare Reform Act of 1996

Answer 22

assist needy families, fight welfare dependency by promoting work and marriage, reduce nonmarital births, and encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families.

Question 23

Progressive tax

Answer 23

the more income you make the higher your taxes (type of income tax)

Question 24

Flat Tax

Answer 24

everyone pays the same amount in taxes

Question 25

Transfer payments

Answer 25

Benefits given by the government directly to individuals either cash or in-kind transfers (food stamps)

Question 26

TANF- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

Answer 26

Says who qualifies for food stamps

Question 27

appropriation bill

Answer 27

act of congress that funds programs within limits established by authorization bills

Question 28

budget resolution

Answer 28

a resolution binding congress to a total expenditure level, supposedly the bottom line of all federal spending for all federal programs

Question 29

House Ways + Means Committee

Answer 29

consider tax bills

Question 30

uncontrollable expenditures

Answer 30

government spending on mandatory programs

Question 31

Medicare

Answer 31

federal health insurance program

Question 32

tax expenditures

Answer 32

Revenue loss that result from special exemptions, exclusions, or deductions on federal tax law.

Question 33

Sixteenth Amendment

Answer 33

The constitutional amendment in 1913 that explicitly permitted Congress tax collect and place income tax

Question 34

revenues

Answer 34

sources of money for government

Question 35

deficit

Answer 35

excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues (given years)

Question 36

bill

Answer 36

A proposed law drafted by anyone. Only member of HOR or Senate can formerly submit for consideration

Question 37

seniority system

Answer 37

Simple rule for picking committee chairs that was in effect until 1970s. Member who had served longest and whose party was in control

Question 38

legislative oversight

Answer 38

Congress monitoring of the executive branch bureaucracy and its administration of policy, preformed mainly through committee hearings

Question 39

conference committees

Answer 39

resolves difference House and Senate bills

Question 40

standing committee

Answer 40

subject matter committees handle

Question 41

whips

Answer 41

responsible bringing the party's bills to the House floor, maintaining communication , counting votes on key legislation, and persuading Members to vote for the party position.

Question 42

speaker of the House

Answer 42

Administering the oath of the office to the House members

Question 43

House Rules Committee

Answer 43

schedule house rules for floor action

Question 44

pork barrel

Answer 44

use of government funds for projects designed to please voters

Question 45

income security

Answer 45

biggest federal spending, social security and medicare

Question 46

monetarism (friedman)

Answer 46

too much money chasing, too few goods create inflation (free market, laissez faire; inspired Ronal Regans trickle down theory)

Question 47

keynesianism

Answer 47

gov role is to find the right level of demands . Inspire demand w/ expenditures (key to gov; inspired FDR new deal)

Question 48

price and wage control (Galbraith theory)

Answer 48

gov manages industries w/ fiscal and monetary policies protect industries

Question 49

Supply side

Answer 49

cut taxes, less gov. workers will invest and economy will soar. More business, more tax revenue