Chapters 11-13 Congress, Presidency and Bureaucracy
Study Guide
17th Amendment
Senate and House Basics
Powers of the
HOUSE
SENATE
Impeachment Process:
Reelection rates:
House:
Why are Senate reelection rates different than the House?
American Public Opinion of Congress:
Gerrymandering:
How has gerrymandering affected American Politics today?
Examples of Incumbent Advantages:
Why are PAC’s so powerful?
Who do PAC’s give more of their money to?
Explain the differences in Bill procedures in the House and the Senate:
Mark up sessions:
What affect can the President have in the process of a bill becoming a law? (3 examples)
1.
2.
3.
Explain the differences in the four committees:
Standing/Permanent
Joint
Select
Conference
Who usually sits in committee chair positions?
How has this rule changed in the Republican party?
Delegate
vs.
Trustee role of congressional members
List the Powers of the President:
What can’t the President Veto?__________________________________
Pardons
Reprieves:
Executive orders:
Executive Agreements:
Why have the Cabinet Departments grown over time?
What type of a role do Cabinet departments play today?
Who talks about the “Power to Persude”?
How does the President use his power to persuade today?
Legislative Liason staff to the President does what?
Divided Government:
Honeymoon Period:
BUREAUCRACY:
What issues do the larger governmental departments focus on?
List examples:
Cabinet Departments:
Independent Agencies:
Government Corporations:
Regulatory Agencies:
All of the above are ultimately under whose control????
Patronage/Spoils system
Civil Service/Merit System
Pendleton Act of 1883