unit 4 1-15

Question 1

appropriation

Answer 1

money that congress has allocated to be spent

Question 2

appropriations committee

Answer 2

congressional committee that deals with federal spending

Question 3

appellate jurisdiction

Answer 3

authority of a court to hear an appeal from lower court

Question 4

bureaucracy

Answer 4

departments, agencies, bureaus, and commissions in the executive branch of government

Question 5

casework

Answer 5

personal work done by a member of congress for his constituents

Question 6

civil law

Answer 6

concerns non criminal disputes between private parties

Question 7

class action lawsuit

Answer 7

lawsuit brought on behalf of a class of people against a defendant (e.g. lawsuits brought by those who have suffered from smoking against tobacco companies

Question 8

closed rule

Answer 8

Rules Committee rule that bans amendments to a bill

Question 9

cloture

Answer 9

senate motion to end a filibuster that requires a 3/5 vote

Question 10

concurring opinion

Answer 10

written by a supreme court justice who voted with the majority, but for different reasons

Question 11

Conference committee

Answer 11

works out compromise between differing House-Senate versions of a bill

Question 12

constituents

Answer 12

the people who are represented by elected officials

Question 13

discharged petitions

Answer 13

a motion to force a bill to the House floor that has been bottled up in committee

Question 14

dissenting opinion

Answer 14

written by a supreme court justice who express a minority viewpoint in a case

Question 15

executive agreement

Answer 15

an agreement between the president and another head of state that, unlike a treaty does not require Senate consent