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Edexcel Politics 7. US Politics: Constitution and Congress

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An agreement in either chamber, made without objection, to waive the chamber's normal rules
Unanimous Consent Agreement
The model of representation that is better reflected in the Senate
Trustee Model
That, the principle legal consequence of which is that laws vary widely between states
Federalism
A 1776 document justifying American sovereignty apart of the Kingdom of Great Britain, on the basis of natural rights, &c.
Declaration of Independence
That, the five principles of which were; government by consent, separation of powers, federalism, private property, and individual civil liberties
Declaration of Independence
That, two recent marginally defeated examples of which are to mandate a balanced budget, and to outlaw flag desecration
Constitutional Amendment
The number of years one must have been a US citizen to qualify for membership of the House of Representatives and Senate respectively
7 and 9
The time between elections for the Presidency
Four Years
That the disadvantages of the process of which are that it; can perpetuate outdated practices, can allow unrepresentative minorities or small states to thwart the will of the majority, and that poor examples can still be enacted as with prohibition
Amendment
An increasingly common type of vote in either chamber in which the majority of one party votes against the majority of the other party
Party Unity Vote/Party Vote
That which is superseded by legitimate federal law if the two conflict, per the Supremacy Clause
State Law
The three key principles of the US Constitution in alphabetical order
Checks and Balances, Federalism, and Separation of Powers
A loose 1781 compact between the 13 states that formed a new nation, replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
Articles of Confederation
Powers not delegated to the federal government but instead held by the states or the people per the Tenth Amendment
Reserved Powers
The third stage of the legislative process in which the order in which bills will be debated is decided (by the House Rules Committee in the House of Representatives, and by a unanimous consent agreement in the Senate)
Timetabling
The electoral system used in the US
First Past the Post
Those two historical events that caused the federal government to assume greater powers, alphabetically
American Civil War, and the New Deal
That party which has slightly more often controlled the Senate
Republicans
That position in government which has become the norm since 1969, with only 13 years without it
Divided Government
That which George W. Bush's increased spending on defence and homeland security was a response to
9/11 and the War on Terror
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