POLI 201 Exam 2
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1. Two Houses of Senate, House of Representatives
Congress
2. How many Sena- 100, 2 for every state
tors are there?
3. How many mem- 435, each state has at least 1, based on population
bers of the House
are there?
4. For any piece of be introduced by a member of Congress, majority of both House and Senate
legislation to be- MUST vote yes
come law, it must
__
5. Powers of Con- tax and spend, raise an army/navy and declare war, regulate commerce, coin
gress money (regulate currency), make all laws "necessary and proper" (elastic clause)
6. How long are 6 year staggered terms
terms for Sena-
tors?
7. How long are 2 years
terms for House
members?
8. ___ has special Senate
powers over for-
eign relations
9. Advice and con- Senate ratifies treaties and confirms presidential appointments
sent capacity
10. Senate
, POLI 201 Exam 2
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The Framers be-
lieved which of
the two houses
of Congress was
more "aristocrat-
ic" and insulated?
11. The Framers be- Senate
lieved which of
the two hous-
es of Con-
gress would keep
a steadier eye
on the nation's
long-term inter-
ests?
12. Bills raising rev- House, Senate
enue originate in
the __, with the
__ having an un-
restricted right to
amend them
13. To balance pow- recommend new laws, call Congress into special session, veto
er, the executive
branch was given
the authority to
14. Why do you love casework, pork-barrel spending, homestyle
your Congress-
man?
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15. Casework processing requests from constituents for information and help in dealing with
government agencies
16. Pork Barrel earmarks, federal funds secured for local projects
17. Gerrymandering Drawing a district so as to concentrate the opposition party's voters in a small
number of districts that the party wins by large margins, thus "wasting" many of
its votes while creating as many districts as possible where one's own party has a
secure, though not overwhelming, majority
18. In 2012 all $1.7 Million
House incum-
bents raised, on
average, ___
19. The better fi- 91
nanced candi-
date won __% of
the time in 2012
20. #1 most expen- television ads
sive item in office
campaigns
21. Quality Candi- previously served in elected office, much more likely to win, run when the chance
dates of winning is high
22. Bureaucracy diverse collection of departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions, and other
units of the executive branch that carry out national policies
complex structure of offices, tasks, and rules in which employees have specific re-
sponsibilities and work within a hierarchy of authority. Government bureaucracies
are charged with implementing policies
23. faithfully executed
, POLI 201 Exam 2
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The roots of the
bureaucracy are
found in the Con-
stitution, which
authorizes Con-
gress to make
laws and the
president to see
that they are ___
24. The Framers energy
viewed the exec-
utive as the nec-
essary source of
"__" in govern-
ment
25. The Constitution little
said (little/much)
about how the
executive would
be organized
26. The first con- executive branch
gress began the
foundations of
the __ by reestab-
lishing the de-
partments that
had existed un-
der the Articles
27. treasury, foreign affairs (renamed State), war (now known as Defense)
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1. Two Houses of Senate, House of Representatives
Congress
2. How many Sena- 100, 2 for every state
tors are there?
3. How many mem- 435, each state has at least 1, based on population
bers of the House
are there?
4. For any piece of be introduced by a member of Congress, majority of both House and Senate
legislation to be- MUST vote yes
come law, it must
__
5. Powers of Con- tax and spend, raise an army/navy and declare war, regulate commerce, coin
gress money (regulate currency), make all laws "necessary and proper" (elastic clause)
6. How long are 6 year staggered terms
terms for Sena-
tors?
7. How long are 2 years
terms for House
members?
8. ___ has special Senate
powers over for-
eign relations
9. Advice and con- Senate ratifies treaties and confirms presidential appointments
sent capacity
10. Senate
, POLI 201 Exam 2
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_czgogi
The Framers be-
lieved which of
the two houses
of Congress was
more "aristocrat-
ic" and insulated?
11. The Framers be- Senate
lieved which of
the two hous-
es of Con-
gress would keep
a steadier eye
on the nation's
long-term inter-
ests?
12. Bills raising rev- House, Senate
enue originate in
the __, with the
__ having an un-
restricted right to
amend them
13. To balance pow- recommend new laws, call Congress into special session, veto
er, the executive
branch was given
the authority to
14. Why do you love casework, pork-barrel spending, homestyle
your Congress-
man?
, POLI 201 Exam 2
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_czgogi
15. Casework processing requests from constituents for information and help in dealing with
government agencies
16. Pork Barrel earmarks, federal funds secured for local projects
17. Gerrymandering Drawing a district so as to concentrate the opposition party's voters in a small
number of districts that the party wins by large margins, thus "wasting" many of
its votes while creating as many districts as possible where one's own party has a
secure, though not overwhelming, majority
18. In 2012 all $1.7 Million
House incum-
bents raised, on
average, ___
19. The better fi- 91
nanced candi-
date won __% of
the time in 2012
20. #1 most expen- television ads
sive item in office
campaigns
21. Quality Candi- previously served in elected office, much more likely to win, run when the chance
dates of winning is high
22. Bureaucracy diverse collection of departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions, and other
units of the executive branch that carry out national policies
complex structure of offices, tasks, and rules in which employees have specific re-
sponsibilities and work within a hierarchy of authority. Government bureaucracies
are charged with implementing policies
23. faithfully executed
, POLI 201 Exam 2
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_czgogi
The roots of the
bureaucracy are
found in the Con-
stitution, which
authorizes Con-
gress to make
laws and the
president to see
that they are ___
24. The Framers energy
viewed the exec-
utive as the nec-
essary source of
"__" in govern-
ment
25. The Constitution little
said (little/much)
about how the
executive would
be organized
26. The first con- executive branch
gress began the
foundations of
the __ by reestab-
lishing the de-
partments that
had existed un-
der the Articles
27. treasury, foreign affairs (renamed State), war (now known as Defense)
