Unit 2 Terms AMSCO AP Government and Politics fully solved graded A+

Unit 2 Terms AMSCO AP Government and Politicsbicameral - correct answers The division of a legislature into two separate assemblies (or houses) pork barrel spending - correct answers The use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes gerrymandering - correct answers Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party marginal seats - correct answers Political districts in which candidates elected to the House of Representatives win in close elections, typically with less than 55 percent of the vote. Seventeenth Amendment - correct answers Established the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states. Prior to its passage senators were elected by state legislatures standing committees - correct answers Permanent committees that meet regularly and are assigned work on an ongoing basis conference committees - correct answers Committees of Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill caucuses - correct answers Groups of members of the United States Congress that meet to pursue common legislative objectives. filibuster - correct answers An attempt to defeat a bill in the Senate by talking indefinitely, thus preventing the Senate from taking action on the bill cloture rule - correct answers Procedure that may be used to limit or end floor debate in the Senate implied powers - correct answers Powers inferred by the expressed powers that allow Congress to carry out its functions (powers not expressly stated in the constitution but are reasonably suggested) omnibus bill - correct answers Packages together several measures into one or combines diverse subjects into a single bill. ex. reconciliation bills, combined appropriations bills, and private relief and claims bills. redistricting - correct answers The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population Baker v. Carr (1962) - correct answers A court case that ordered state legislative districts to be as near equal as possible in population; Warren Court's judicial activism. "One man, one vote." Shaw v. Reno (1993) - correct answers A court case that decided that redistricting based on race must be held to a standard of strict scrutiny under the equal protection clause while bodies doing redistricting must be conscious of race to the extent that they must ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act President Pro Tempore - correct answers The constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer riders - correct answers Amendments attached to a bill, usually unrelated to the subject of the underlying bill Rules Committee - correct answers House committee that determines which bills come to the floor and sets rules and procedures for how they will be debated and amended joint committees - correct answers Refers to a committee consisting of members of the House of Representatives and the Senate