Congress (American Government)

Recall cards on the U.S. Congress. Institutional design: the Connecticut Compromise, the size, term, and age rules for the House and Senate, inherent powers, constituency, and majority-minority districts. Congressional elections: surge-and-decline theory, name recognition, and constituent casework. Representation: the trustee, delegate, and politico models, descriptive and collective representation, and pork-barrel politics. House and Senate organization: the Speaker, majority and minority leaders, whips, the president pro tempore, the vice president as president of the Senate, and standing, joint, select, and conference committees. And the legislative process: bills, committee referral, markup, the filibuster, cloture, the two-thirds veto override, omnibus bills, and oversight.