American Government Exam 2

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  1. Delegate
    a representative who votes according to the preference of his or her constituency
  2. Advice and consent
  3. Inherent powers
    powers claimed by a president that are not expressed in the constitution
  4. Cloture
    a ruling allowing a majority of 2/3 or 3/5 of the members of a legislative body to set a time limit on debate over a given bill
  5. Incumbent
    holding a political office for which one is running
  6. Redistricting
    the process of redrawing districts and redistributing legislative representatives
  7. Bureaucracy
    • The complex structure of offices, tasks, rules and principles of organization that are employed by all large-scale institutions to coordinate the work of their
    • personnel.
  8. Apportionment
    the process occurring after every decennial census (10 years), that allocates congressional seats among the fifty states
  9. Filibuster
    • a tactic used by members of the senate to prevent action on legislation they oppose by continuously holding the floor and speaking until the majority
    • backs down. Senate has unlimited time to speak on the floor, takes a 3/5 vote of the senate to end a filibuster.
  10. Oversight
    the effort by congress, through hearings, investigations, and other techniques, to exercise control over the activities of executive agencies
  11. Trustee
    a representative who votes based on what he or she thinks is best for his or her constituency
  12. Logrolling
    a legislative practice whereby agreements are made between legislators in voting for or against a bill; vote trading
  13. Gerrymandering
    manipulating of electoral districts to serve the interests of a particular group
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American Government Exam 2
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