Poli Sci Study Guide 2

Can be introduced by anyone but only proposed by a member of congress. The person who introduced it is called the sponsor

Determines how long a bill can be debated and whether to allow an open or closed rule for amending it

Can kill a bill by delaying a vote or making it easy for the opponents to add poison pill/killer amendments

Can bring bills up for an immediate floor vote

Since the senate is small, there are no time constraints on debate

Tactic to delay the vote on a bill

Cloture requires 60 members to vote

Senate members can add any amendments they want

Amendment that brings federal money to home state

Provision within legislation that appropriates money to specific project. Illegal in house but not senate

Negotiates compromises between senate and house's versions of the same bill. Must go back for voting in both houses once written

If prez does nothing for 10 days, a bill passes

If congress ends in those 10 days, it's the president's choice

For a normal veto they must give the reasons in writing

- standing committee: permanent, special committees

- joint committee: made of members of both house and senate. Used to communicate to public or investigate

- Select committee: temporary committees for special investigations

- Conference committees: temporay committees, negotiate compromises

Bill stuck in a committee

A discharge petition brings it out

Leader of the house

Elected by majority party

Direct floor debate

Influences committee assignments

Sort bills by committee

Keeps party members in line and helps determine party policy and agenda

Keeps party members in line

Determines party legislative agenda

Help their party leaders keep the members loyal

Vp is prez of senate by const

Only votes to break a tie

Presiding officer in senate when vp is absent

Honorary position, given to senior of majority party

Has the most power

Controls the legislative agenda

Power broker and policy initiator

Power broker but cannot initiate policy or control agenda

Help me with this bill and I'll help with yours

Introduced by articles of conf in 1787, reaffirmed by congress in 1789

1883

Eliminated spoils system for gov jobs, changed it to exams and merit

1890

Congress can regulate and break up monopolies/trusts. Actually used to break up labor unions

1939

Gov employees can vote in elections but not partisan politics

1966

Declassified gov documents

1960s-1990s

1971, 1974

Created federal election commission

Required disclosure and limitations on contributions to campaigns

1973

Limited prez power to use troops overseas, put a time limit on use, gave congress power to withdraw troops. Completely ignored by prez

1974

Established congressional budget committees and congressional budget office, presented the prez from refusing to fund congress initiatives

1985

Tried and failed to balance the budget

2001

Education standards, state testing, sanction bad schools

1995

Make congress recognize and vote on unfunded mandates

1917, 1918Limited freedom, gov could control public activity

Limited freedom, gov could control public activity

Repealed in 1921

1924

Limited number of immigrants

1965

No literacy tests, states can't change voting procedures w/o federal permission. Fed officials can count votes

1967

1968

Banned public discrimination by race and employment discrimination based on gender

1972

No gender discrimination in federal education

1990

Mandated reasonable accommodations in public facilities

Bans job discrimination

1993

Aka motor voter act

Can register to vote when applying for a driver's license

2001

Police can convict suspected terrorists

1933-1939

Expanded role of gov, created social welfare programs

1996

Recipients of welfare must fet a job within 2 years and only receive benefits for 5 years

States distribute welfare money

2002

Aka McCain feingold bill

Banned soft money, raised hard money limit to $2000

Mostly struck down by Supreme Court in 2010 citizens united v federal election commission

Handle foreign policy

Ceremonial head of state

Force congress into session

Must brief congress on state of the union

Can veto legislation

Grant reprieves and pardons

Commander in chief

1964

Power of prez to commit unlimited troops for unlimited length of time in Vietnam war

Prez has any power not directly prohibited by const

Unlimited power for prez

Top aid to the prez, controlle which can see the prez and organizes the white house

Nsc

Advises the prez on military situations

Helps prez formulate policies on everything domestic

Omb

Prepares the budget, allocates it to cabinet departments

Economic policy

Negotiates complex trade and tariff agreements on behalf of prez