American Government and Politics Today, Brief Edition, 2014-2015

216 PART THREE • iNsTiTuTioNs oF AMERiCAN govERNMENT A bill goes to full committee, then usually to a specialized subcommittee f ...

CHAPTER NiNE • THE CoNgREss 217 Fiscal Year (FY) A twelve-month period that is used for bookkeeping, or accounting, purposes. Us ...

218 PART THREE • iNsTiTuTioNs oF AMERiCAN govERNMENT Authorization A formal declaration by a legislative committee that a certai ...

CHAPTER NiNE • THE CoNgREss 219 Continuing Resolution A temporary funding law that Congress passes when an appropriations bill h ...

220 PART THREE • iNsTiTuTioNs oF AMERiCAN govERNMENT Do you know the names of your senators and your representative in Congress? ...

CHAPTER NiNE • THE CoNgREss 221 agenda setting 199 appropriation 218 authorization 218 bicameralism 197 casework 199 conference ...

222 PART THREE • iNsTiTuTioNs oF AMERiCAN govERNMENT the majority party will be the chairperson of a committee. 8 The foremost p ...

CHAPTER NiNE • THE CoNgREss 223 testyourself LO1 Describe the various roles played by Congress and the constitutional basis of i ...

224 President Barack Obama with first lady Michelle Obama on election night 2012. Obama won reelection by defeating Republican c ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 225 WHo CAn BEComE PREsidEnT? The president receives a salary of $400,000, plus $169,000 for expens ...

226 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT Twelfth Amendment An amendment to the Constitution, adopted in 1804, that s ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 227 Chief Executive The role of the president as head of the executive branch of the government. Ci ...

228 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT Commander in Chief The role of the president as supreme commander of the mi ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 229 Advice and Consent Terms in the Constitution describing the U.S. Senate’s power to review and a ...

230 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT Executive Agreement An international agreement made by the president, witho ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 231 State of the Union Message An annual message to Congress in which the president proposes a legi ...

232 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT Pocket Veto A special veto exercised by the chief executive after a legisla ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 233 raised more than half a billion dollars for the Democratic Party during his two terms. Presiden ...

234 PART THREE • insTiTuTions of AmERiCAn GovERnmEnT “Going Public.” Since the early 1900s, presidents have spoken more to the p ...

CHAPTER TEn • THE PREsidEnCy 235 Constitutional Power A power vested in the president by Article II of the Constitution. Statuto ...