Congress Flashcards
(24 cards)
American Rescue Plan Act
2021
- $1.9 trillion Biden COVID care package
- voted along party lines
hyperpartisanship
Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act
2021
- Biden bipartisan leg
- $1.2 trillion to modernise infrastructure
power of the president is the power to persuade
bipartisanship
scrutiny of leg
Build Back Better Act
2021
- failed Biden leg
- passed house, failed senate - 2 democratic holdouts
- $3.5 trillion social and climate package
congress broken branch
imperilled presidency
partisanship
American Healthcare Act
2017
- Trump wanted to repeal ACA
- passed house, blocked in senate
- series of compromises led to ‘skinny repeal’ which didnt really do anything so wasnt passed
partisanship and intra-party divisions
PATRIOT Act
2001
- expanded executive’s surveillance and detainment powers after 9/11
congress lack of checks on executive
presidential power expansion in National emergencies
national security supercedes individual liberty
bipartisan support
Dodds-Frank Act
2010
- financial regulation after 2008 crash
- passed w mostly democratic support
- some R support
bipartisan cooperation in national emergencies
American recovery and Reinvestment Act
2009
- post 2008 economic crisis - $787 billion care package
- Obama leg
- very little R support - watered down version passed
partisanship
power of president in national emergencies not that great
ACA
2010
- Obamacare: individual mandate and medicaid expansion
- manifesto pledge
- very partisan - voting along party lines
hyperpartisanship despite manifesto pledge
CARES Act
2020
- $2.2 trillion COVID care package under Trump
- passed senate unanimously
bipartisan support during national emergencies
CHIPS and sciences Act
2022
- Biden Bipartisan leg
- aimed at expanding semi-conductor industry
good leg will pass as long as not ideologically controversial
Miers and Bolten subpoena cases
2008
- congress issued subpoenas to former white house employees
- administration claimed executive privelege
congressional oversight limited by executive power
USMCA
2020
- replaced NAFTA
- free trade agreement (not treaty) (united states mexico canada agreement)
- passed with bipartisan support
congress control over foreign policy
New START
2010
- New strategic arms reduction treaty
- treaty negotiated by Obama
- bipartisan support
senate control over foreign policy, whilst executive negotiates treaties, he cannot negotiate something that will not pass congress
Trans-Pacific Partnership
2016
- Trade agreement started by Obama
- Trump withdrew USA from deal
congressional influence over foreign affairs is limited - they can only reject what they don’t want
Brett Kavanaugh confirmation
2018
- accused of sexual misconduct
- congressional investigation carried out but key evidence left out of ruling
congressional oversight
Treaty on disabled rights
2012
- negotiated by Obama
- failed senate ratification by 6 votes
senate influence over foreign policy
Betsy DeVos confirmation
2017
- appointed as education sec by Trump
- tie broken by VP Mike Pence
- no democratic support
partisanship in appointmnets process
Bill Clinton impeachment
1998
- impeached by Republican House
- senate did not bring charges
partisanship
Trump 1st impeachment
2019
- over trump border wall dispute
- R controlled senate refused to overturn veto
- longest gov shutdown in history
- D HoR impeached, R senate failed to bring charges
Trump 2nd impeachment
2021
- D HoR impeached him for making several statements that ‘encouraged and foreseeably resulted in lawless action;
- failed to pass through R senate as saw no point in it seeing as though it was the end of the presidency
Administrative Procedures Act
1946
- outlines procedural requirements for administrative agencies to follow when making rules and regulations
congressional oversight of executive
War Powers Resolution
1973
- President must inform Congress w in 48 hours of deploying troops
- troops can stay for 60 days without congressional approval
- w out congressional consent, 30 day withdrawal period
congressional oversight of executive
Federal Vacancies Reform Act
1998
- gives president 300 days to temporarily fill positions w acting officers
- loophole: president can assign nonexclusive duties of vacant position to a person to perform
failure to oversee executive
Nationa Emergencies Act
1976
- president has to inform congress of declaring national emergency - congress must approve
- unclear definitions within act mean president can act beyond constitutional limits
congress oversight of executive
