1. Front of Game Pieces “Agenda setting” President The Vice Bicameral
War Powers Resolution
Overriding a president’s decision
“Contract with America”
Joint resolution
Diplomatic Recognition
Must originate in the House
Legislative Veto
Resolve differences in House and Senate bills
President Pro Tempore
Congressional Research Service
Revenue Bills
Conference Committee
Executive agreement
Standing Committee
22nd Amendment
Mandated a two-term limit for the presidency
Brokered between the President and other heads of state
Handle bills in the house and the Senate
Requires the President to consult with Congress when activating troops
Represents the government before the Supreme Court
“Agenda setting”
The process of changing or rewriting legislation in committee
The State of the Union
The Solicitor General
The ability of the President to determine policy priorities
“Mark up”
“Advice and Consent”
Originalism
Power to remove an elected official from office
Robert Bork
The Senate
Denied a Supreme Court seat by the Senate in 1987
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The U.S. constitution should be interpreted as the Framers intended
Impeachment
Ratifies treaties and confirms appointments
President
The Vice
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison
The president of the Senate
The process of talking a bill to death
Established the doctrine of judicial review
Filibuster
Veto
The length of the term of a senator
The practice of giving government jobs to supporters
The President refusing to spend money appropriated by Congress
Redistricting

2. The process of redrawing district lines for elections
Committee chairs were chosen this way until the 1970s
Discharge petition
Six Years
“Spoils system”
Impoundment
White House Chief of Staff
John Roberts
Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Can take a bill out of committee and put it on the House floor
Clinton v. Jones
Oversees the President’s staff and manages President’s schedule
Department of Education
Presidents do lots of micromanaging of staff members
Circuit courts
Christmas-tree bill
Circular Model
The courts that exist below the Supreme Court
Bill with a lot of amendments
Seniority
Ways and Means Committee
Allowed voters to challenge constitutionality of voting districts
Established a competitive exam system for federal jobs
Executive Order
Baker v. Carr
Chief tax-writing arm of Congress
The Pendleton Act
Divided government
Choose the President if the Electoral College deadlocks
Most powerful individual in the House
Independent Regulatory Agencies
Whip
The House of Representatives
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Pressure members to support congressional leadership
Make rules for large industries and businesses
Speaker of the House
The ability of a president’s popularity to influence lower-level elections
Media role in determining what issues become nationally important
Gatekeeper
Unitary System
Minority Leader
Coattail effect
Concentrates powers in a central government
Pyramid Model
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ruled that there was no absolute “unqualified” executive privilege
Regulates the money supply
Majority Leader

3. Front of Game Pieces The first female Supreme Court justice
The Federal Reserve
The first female Supreme Court justice
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Postal Service
U.S. v. Nixon
Right to be first senator heard on the floor
Stare Decisis
Emphasizes the following of precedent in court decisions
Forbade bureaucrats from engaging in party activities
Example of a government corporation
Attorney General
25th Amendment
Hatch Act
Allows individuals or organizations to tell the Supreme Court how they feel about a case
National Security Council
Logrolling
Amicus curiae brief
Includes the President, Vice President, Sec. of Defense & Sec. of State
When a member of Congress supports a project in return for the same treatment
The most recently created cabinet department
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Franking Privilege
Helps the President prepare the budget
Believes judges should play a minimal role in policymaking
Gerrymandering
The ability of an incumbent to enjoy free mailings
Judicial Restraint
Samuel Alito
Members of Congress giving benefits to their districts to get votes
Declared the line-item veto unconstitutional
Select Committees
Closed Rule
Pork
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Sets strict time limits on debate and forbids amendments on the floor
Formed for specific purposes and usually temporary
Clinton v. City of New York
Groupings of members of Congress that agree on the same issues
Issued by the losing justices of a Supreme Court decision
Separated balloting for president and vice president
Dissenting Opinion
12th Amendment
Joint Committee
Caucus
Shaw v. Reno
Iron triangle
The Office of Personnel Management
National Science Foundation
Commander-in-Chief