Gov Terms U1&partU2
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- multiple referrals
- a bill is sent to more than one committee
- confederal system
- states are sovereign
- subcommittees
- smaller committees within committees [?????]
- coalition
- alliance between different factions for same goal
- name-request job
- job to be filled by someone who the gov't specified
- special-district governments or authorities
- a local/regional gov't in charge of one single function (ie School Board)
- House Rules Committee
- committee in charge of determining under what rule (closed, open etc) a bill can come to the floor
- Conservative Coalition
- Republicans and conservative Democrats
- joint resolution
- proposition that needs approval from House, Senate and President
- quorom
- minimum number of members present to conduct business
- Impoundment of funds
- ????
- restrictive rule
- parts of a bill can be amended on floor and parts cannot
- Party Polarization
- gap between parties is wide
- unitary system
- federal gov't is sovereign
- third-order devolution
- non-governmental organizations make public policy (power from local governments to charities/other orgs?)
- division vote
- voting procedure where members stand (are are counted)
- revenue sharing
- law providing that a certain percent of federal taxes must be distributed to the states for almost any purpose (ended 1986)
- grants in aid
- money given to states and localities that specifies the purpose of the money (similar to categorical)
- excepted service
- ?????
- public bill
- bill that legislates on a topic of general concern
- open rule
- bill can be amended on floor
- sequential referral
- a bill is sent to different committees (or parts of the bill) but not all at the same time
- power
- ability to get others to do what you want
- Special act charter
- city rules
- General Accounting Office
- legislative agency that evaluates and investigates all expenditures and transactions of gov't
- authorization legislation
- permission from legislature to begin or continue a gov't program/agency
- Legislative Veto
- rejection of action of an agency without consent of president (1983-unconstitutional)
- police power
- power of state to promote health, safety and morals
- federal system/regime
- fed gov't and states share sovereignty
- discharge petition
- if a committee votes for this, after 30 days a bill leaves committee to go to the floor
- second order devolution
- flow of power from states to local governments
- concurrent resolution
- proposition that needs approval from House and Senate
- delegate model
- representative should represent views of constituents (Representational)
- Sophmore Surge
- representatives often win their second term
- dillon's rule
- strict construction in cities
- Marzist theory
- equality of income, socialism, no private ownership
- 22nd Amendment
- 2 term (10 year) limit for president
- private bill
- bill that legislates on a topic of local or group-specific concern
- 25th Amendment
- sets out succession line for president
- home-rule charter
- loose construction in cities
- closed rule
- bill cannot be amended on the floor
- legitimacy
- being backed by law (in action)
- 17th Amendment
- provides for the direct election of US senators
- bill of attainder
- outlawed in Constitution; allows someone to be found guilty without trial
- trustee approach
- representative should act in his best judgement (Attitudinal)
- democratic centralism
- citizens can vote, but there is only 1 party (china)
- Congressional Budget Office
- legislative office that predicts finances for the country (and how they are affected by proposed legislation)
- double-tracking
- acknoledge a filibuster and then move onto other business
- authority
- rightful exercise of power (power+legitimacy)
- competitive service
- employees are appointed to jobs in gov't agencies based on merit (exam and criteria)
- select committees
- committees appointed for a limited time and purpose