Delaney Murphy - Unit 3 Study Guide PDF

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Name \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Government Unit 3- Congress Study Guide +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **House of Representatives** | **Senate** | | | | | -Designed after the House of | -Each state has 2 senators | | Commons in england | | | | -17th amendment: people can vote | | -Meant to give common people a | for senators | | voice in government | | | | -Represent their state | | -Elected directly by the people | | | in the regions of the state where | | | they live | | | | | | -Represent their district | | +===================================+===================================+ | **Qualifications of HoR** | **Qualifications of Senate** | | | | | -Must be 25 years old, us citizen | -Must be 30 years old | | for 7 years, must live in the | | | state they were elected in | -Us citizen for 9 years | | | | | | -Live in the state they are | | | elected | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Term Length for HoR and | **Special Power of House** | | Senators** | | | | - | | Hor- 2 year terms | | | | | | Senate- 6 year terms | | | | | | Senate terms are staggered every | | | 2 years "continuous body" | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Special Power of Senate** | **Vice-President role in Senate** | | | | | - | -President of the senate | | | | | | -Has the ability to break a tie | | | vote in senate | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **President Pro-Tempore** | **Revenue Bills** | | | | | -Position in the senate | -A proposal for a federal law | | | that is used by the government to | | -Serves in the lace of the vice | gain appropriation funds | | president in running the | | | operations of the senate | | | | | | -Most senior senator of majority | | | party | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Gerrymandering** | **17^th^ Amendment** | | | | | -Congressional districts that are | -The people could vote for | | drawn to the favor of one party | senators. | | or the other | | | | -Before, they were elected by the | | | state legislatures | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Taxation** | **Duties** | | | | | -the imposition of compulsory | **-**Taxes on goods coming into | | levies on individuals or entities | the US | | by governments | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Excises** | **Imposts** | | | | | **-**Taxes on the sale, use or | -General tax term that includes | | purchase of goods | both Duties and Excises | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Commerce Clause** | **Money Powers** | | | | | -Allows Congress to regulate | -Credit: ability to borrow money | | anything that deals with | | | interstate travel | -Coin money and regulate its | | | value | | | | | | -Provide punishment for | | | counterfeiting money | | | | | | -Bankruptcy: set up laws | | | regarding bankruptcy | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Defense Powers of Congress** | **District of Columbia Powers** | | | | | **-**Congress can declare war | - - - | | | | | -Control laws regarding the | | | military | | | | | | -Can call on militias and make | | | laws for the militia | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Necessary and Proper Clause** | **Other Powers of Congress** | | | | | -Gives Congress power to make any | -Implied powers: Powers which are | | laws regarding the powers | not directly mentioned in the | | established and to allow those | Constitution, but are assumed in | | laws to be carried out. | order to fully utilize te | | | expressed powers. | | -Elastic clause, ability to make | | | laws on implied powers | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Speaker of the House** | **House Minority Leader** | | | | | \- Presides over the house and is | -The person accepted as the | | the acknowledged leader of the | minority party leader | | majority party. | | | | -Hakeem Jeffries, New York | | -Mike Johnson, Louisiana | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Whip** | **Senate Majority Leader** | | | | | Checks to make sure that party | -Acknowleged as the leader of the | | members are present for votes and | majority party in the Senate. | | will vote along party | | | expectations. | -Chuck Schumer, New York | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Committee Chairman** | **Standing Committees** | | | | | -Rules over a committee, | -Seperates the committees so that | | determines when the committee | bills of a particular type are | | meets, which bills they will look | always sent to the same | | at, and any other business of the | committee. | | committee | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **House Rules Committee** | **Select Committee** | | | | | -Decided which bills the House | -Only exists for a short time for | | will look at | a specific purpose | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Conference Committee** | **Process of Bill to Law (know | | | the various possibilities)** | | -Members of both House and Senate | | | meet to work out differences in | -Bill goes through first reading | | similar bills. | in either the senate or the | | | house, bill can be changed | | | | | | -If the bill passes, it moves to | | | the other chamber, if it fails | | | its dead | | | | | | -Bill is read and debated again, | | | changes can be made in the second | | | chamber. | | | | | | -If the bill is passed, it is | | | sent to the president, if not, it | | | is dead, if the president passes | | | it, | | | | | | -The president signs the | | | bill,vetoes the bill, or kills it | | | | | | -If the bill was passed with | | | changes, the conference committee | | | will try to fix it so both the | | | house and the senate are pleased | | | with the bill | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Cloture** | **Filibuster** | | | | | -A procedure through which the | - - | | senate can limit the amount of | | | time spent debating a bill | | | (cutting off a filibuster) if a | | | supermajority of 60 senators | | | agree | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Pork** | **Omnibus Legislation** | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | -When a law is made that gives | -a large bill that is generally | | money or resources to a specific | made up of numerous smaller bills | | area or project that benefits the | on the same broad topic | | politician who proposed it and | | | the people who live there | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Earmarks** | **Ohio House Member (this | | | district)** | | -When funds are set aside for a | | | specific purpose or project | - - - | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+ | **Ohio Senators** | | | | | | -Sherrod Brown, Democrat | | | | | | -Has been in politics since 1975, | | | Took Senate office in 2007, | | | reelected in 2018, running for | | | reelection now | | | | | | -JD Vance, Republican | | | | | | -No previous political | | | experience, author of Hillbilly | | | elegy, elected 2022, served in | | | the marines, graduated Yale law | | | school | | +-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+