AP Govt - AMSCO Ch 3 p. 93-112

Sponsor

• The member who introduces a bill and typically assumes authorship.

• When a bill grows to mammoth size and takes care of several facets of law or addresses multiple programs.

• When funds are directed to a very specific purpose, such as building a senior citizen center in a legislator’s district.

• Reshaping of congressional districts to reflect population changes determined by the U.S. Census.

The amendments in the House must be germane, which means

• Directly related to the topic of the bill.

• Unrelated to the original bill.

• Added to benefit a member’s own agenda or programs.

• Connected to the Senate.

Which of the following is not true about Riders/Non-German Amendments?

• They are directly related to the topic of the bill.

• They can occur in the Senate.

• They are often unrelated to the original bill.

• They are often added to benefit a member’s own agenda or programs.

Omnibus Bill

• When a bill grows to mammoth size and takes care of several facets of law or addresses multiple programs.

• When funds are directed to a very specific purpose, such as building a senior citizen center in a legislator’s district.

• The difference between spending and revenue.

• Reshaping of congressional districts to reflect population changes determined by the U.S. Census.

Pork Barrel Spending/Earmark

• When funds are directed to a very specific purpose, such as building a senior citizen center in a legislator’s district.

• When a bill grows to mammoth size and takes care of several facets of law or addresses multiple programs.

• The difference between spending and revenue.

• Reshaping of congressional districts to reflect population changes determined by the U.S. Census.

Which of the following is not a model of representation?

• Deficit

• Delegate

• Trustee

• Politico

Deficit

• The difference between spending and revenue.

• When funds are directed to a very specific purpose, such as building a senior citizen center in a legislator’s district.

• The member who introduces a bill and typically assumes authorship.

• So much congestion of opposing forces that nothing can move forward.

Gridlock

• So much congestion of opposing forces that nothing can move forward.

• Illogical district lines that are drawn to give the advantage to one party.

• When a bill grows to mammoth size and takes care of several facets of law or addresses multiple programs.

• The member who introduces a bill and typically assumes authorship.

Redistricting

• Reshaping of congressional districts to reflect population changes determined by the U.S. Census.

• The difference between spending and revenue.

• Districts with close elections.

• Illogical district lines that are drawn to give the advantage to one party.

This case is about whether federal courts could rule on the way states draw their state boundaries for the purpose of electing members of the state legislature. Do federal courts have the power to decide cases about the apportionment of population into state legislative districts?

• Baker v. Carr (1962)

• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

• United States v. Lopez (1995)

• Shaw v. Reno (1993)