The process of distributing seats in a legislature. This can be be based on population or equal representation.

A congressional function where officials are removed from office following action in the House of Representatives and a trial in the Senate for "treason, bribery, or high crimes or misdemeanors."

The actual place where congress is located.

Select all of the following that are involved in the process of impeachment

A Proposed Law

Congress is divided into these small groups of people assigned to consider and change Bills.

The process of changing bills before they go to the whole house or senate for a vote.

The leader of the House of Representatives

The leader of the Senate

The longest serving member of the Senate from the majority party who's 3rd in line for the Presidency.

A commitee in the House of Represenatives that gets to determine the time and circumstances for debating a bill

A procedure in the house where a bill can be forced out of committee when a majority of members desire it.

The drawing of electoral districts designed to produce an electoral outcome (designed to let a certain group win) without any regard to the size, shape, or people.

The redrawing of lines between electoral districts that occurs when a state gains or loses seats in the House of Representatives.

A single Senator stops a bill to get "more information."

A single Senator or group of Senators talk a bill to death by not yielding the floor for a final vote to close debate.

A vote on the floor of the Senate to close debate that requires the concurrence of 60 Senators. Frequently denied by minority parties that want to kill a bill.

A failed law passed by Congress in 1973 that was designed to rein in the war-making power of the President

Select all of the following that are true regarding the War Powers Act.

The President refuses to sign a law, sends back to congress for changes (No law)! Congress can override ⅔ vote.

Congress goes into recess following the passage of a proposed law and the President does nothing for 10 days. Which of the following is considered to have happened in this scenario?

Which of the following has happened if the President accepts a proposed law before it has been on his desk for 10 days?

Which of the following occurs if the president does not sign a law after 10 days and congress is still in session

Agreements signed between other nations and the President of the United States that requires a 2/3s concurrence of the Senate

Government agencies created by congress with a small area of responsibility that perform a specific service on behalf of the President. The leaders of these agencies are appointed by, and can be fired by, the President.

Federal agencies that regulate particular industries originally were designed to be above politics and have boards of directors and a chairperson that has a specific term of office, so they cannot be easily removed by the President such a the Securities and Exchange Commission (oversees Wall Street) and the National Labor Relations Board (Oversees union and corporate relationships)

Businesses established by Congress to perform functions that could be performed by private businesses, but are generally not profitable.

An office created in 1939 by FDR that contains the closest advisors to the President (Even closer than the cabinet) such as the National Security Council and Advisor, Council of Economic Advisors, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of the Vice-President, and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

A system of hiring executive officers that involves the firing of officials from a previous administration and replacing them with officials from the new administration (Often political loyalists who get jobs, which is called Patronage).

Hiring executive officials based on qualifications, test scores, and ability, other than loyalty.

Power of the President to deal with other countries including making treaties with other countries, appointing, sending, and receiving ambassadors, and deciding which countries the United States will officially deal with, and on what terms we will deal with them.

A name used by the media to refer to the President and the many federal agencies and people under the President’s control.

Power of the President to change the sentence of a person that has been convicted of a crime.

Power of the President to nullify act of the courts by completely erasing all information about a criminal case and its aftermath?

Power of the President to nullify an act of congress, or saying no to it.

Agreements between the President of the United States and the leader of another country that do not require ratification by the Senate, but are only binding to the current President in office.

The official residence of the President, but is also used by the media when referring to the people that are the closest physically and politically to the President.

The ability of the President to choose civil officers, judges, and ambassadors for the federal government.

Which of the following terms refers to approving something? States do this with constitutional amendments proposed by congress.

Which of the following terms refers to choosing a person for a job/position in the federal government? The president of the U.S. does this when they choose civil officers and judges.

Which of the following is a person that works as a leader of a federal agency for the President?

Select all of the following officials that are appointed by the President of the United States, but must then be approved by the U.S. Senate.