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Desire B
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Answer:judiciary, legislative, executive
Does district of columbia have a voting member in congress?
Answer:no

What happens after president obama nominates a new suprime court
justice ?
Answer:senate confirmation
which colony did not attend the first constitnental congress?
Answer:Georgia
According to the “dual nature of congress” theory, what two responsibilities
must members of congress balance?
Answer:well being of the people, work well together to serve the state,
lawmaking v
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Kauffman mentions that Madison only succeeded about 40% of the time in
getting his proposals adopted at the constitutional convention
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The ideas that he had gave
enlightenment to the evolution of the constitution
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What are the three constitutional requiremnts to be a senator ?
Answer:30 years old, american citizen for 9 years, have to be in house of
representativ for a certain time ( live in yur state)
Name two reasons why incumbents win election more often than
challengers ?
Answer:name recognition, senority in congress, tends to raise more $,
already serving
Define terms:
Answer:hard money: when people can donate/give money to candidates but
it is regulated
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Federal elections commission(fec):
Answer:they regulate and make sure that elections campaigns are done
properly; not taking illegal money, not taking a certain amount of money
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They make sure that any legislative idea
corrolates with their political parties by consulting with their political parties
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Define:
ad-hoc committee: committee used for a short period of time to discuss a
single issue or bill
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Standing committee: also called permananet committees, these committee
that continue from one congress to the next and have a set legislative
jurisdiction over particular issue areas, for example, the agriculture
committee has jurisdiction over legislation that influence agriculture policy
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Which one is used more often by the current congress and why ?
Answer: Permanent or standing committers are used most often by the
current congress because they allow the committee to build expertise on
specific subject matters and can help manage the workload of the House or
Senate
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fec (2010)
campaign financing terms:
bipartisan reform reform act ( bcra)
campain financing:
congress: the electoral connection:
gerrymandered districts:
checks on congress:
ideology of the court:
oligarchy:
checks on congress:
constitutional features:
ratifying the constitution:
development of congress:
first continental congress:
second continantal congress:
omnibus legislation:



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