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- Both the president and Congress are inaugurated in the month of ____ following the November election.
- The fixed number of members of the House of Representatives is ____
- The most powerful member of the House of Representatives is the _____
- The most senior member of the Senate majority party holds the position known as ___________
- Members of different parties uniting over a common interest form a(n) ____
- The Great Compromise led to the formation of a(n) _____, or two-house, Congress.
- The head of a congressional committee is called a ____
- The area of the state represented by a member of the House of Representatives is called a ___?
- Answer Location: Constitutional Provisions Governing Federalism Article IV of the Constitution obliges the federal government to ensure that all states adhere to republican principles.
- A motion made by senators to stop a debate on a bill is called ___?
- What is the term for the drawing of district lines to specifically benefit one political party?
- What is the term for a formal way of using long speeches to prevent or delay a bill?
- Answer Location: Historic Transfers of Policy to Washington Which of the following is true about the ways that both the New Deal and the Great Society programs broadened the scope of federal responsibilities?
- Answer Location: The Political Logic of Nationalization District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) banned hand guns in Washington D.C.
- Answer Location: Nationalization—The Solution to States' Collective Dilemmas The damage done from air pollution is an example of an externality.
- Answer Location: The Stick: Unfunded Mandates Partial preemption is where certain federal laws allow the states to administer joint federal-state programs so long as they conform to federal guidelines
- Answer Location: Coordination Problems Which of the following is an example of the federal government solving a coordination problem among the states?
- Answer Location: Free Federal Dollars The Supreme Court's decision in NFIB v. Sebelius(2012) is an example removing the federal government's carrots but not the stick.
- Answer Location: The National Government's Advantage in the Courts In Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority (1985), the Supreme Court approved the application of federal wage-and-hour laws to state and local employees.
- Answer Location: Evolving Federalism: A Byproduct of National Policy Nationalization of public policy emerged due to a grand design of power consolidation on the part of the executive