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Edexcel Politics 7. US Politics: Constitution and Congress

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Congressional elections that fall in the middle of the President's four year term, often serving as a 'referendum' on the President's performance
Mid-term Elections
An approach to comparative politics that focuses on the political, religious, social, economic, &c. ideas within each nation
Cultural Approach
The age requirements for membership of the House of Representatives and Senate respectively
25 and 30
The way in which bills run in Congress in relation to the interaction between both chambers, which can result in two very different versions of the same bill being produced
Concurrently
That individual who, in a period of divided government, can be considered 'leader of the official opposition' to the President
Speaker of the House of Representatives
The 1868 amendment that guaranteed equal protection and due process for all US citizens (anyone born in or naturalised in the US)
Fourteenth Amendment
That which determines representation in the House of Representatives
Population
Permanent, policy specialist committees of either chamber of Congress with proportional party representation that conduct the committee stage of the legislative process, scrutinise the executive, and in the case of the Senate, begin the confirmation process for presidential appointments
Standing Committees
That from the President, Supreme Court, and from within Congress itself, which makes legislation difficult, alongside low party loyalty
Obstruction
That position in government the principle disadvantage of which is that partisan concerns may be put before national ones, potentially resulting in obstruction
Divided Government
The French philosopher who originally proposed the idea of 'separation of powers', most notably in his 1748 book 'De L'Esprit des Loix'
Montesquieu
The number of voting members of the House of Representatives
435
An annual presidential speech to both chambers of Congress, the Justice of the Supreme Court, &c. setting out his/her legislative agenda
State of the Union Address
A situation of distinct cultures, beliefs, religious convictions, &c. across one country as can be seen amongst the US States
Regionalism
Those four occupational groups which predominate in Congress, alphabetically
Bankers, Business People, Lawyers, and Politicians
A standing committee of the House of Representatives that is not party proportional, which timetables bills in the chamber and rules of whether and what type of amendments can be made
House Rules Committee
The predominate approach to comparative politics that focuses on the institutions and processes within a political system
Structural Approach
The two contrasting ways in which the US and UK Constitutions came about respectively
Revolution and Evolution
The percentage of the US population that is Hispanic-American
16.3%
The time between elections to the House of Representatives
Two Years
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