01:790:104 Study Guide - Final Guide: United States Constitution, Enumerated Powers, Incorporation Of The Bill Of Rights
30 Oct 2014
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Advice and consent- feature of power to review and confirm presidential nominees for various positions. Only in senate, hor doesn"t have this feature. Agenda setting: the power of the media to bring public attention to particular issues and problems. Appropriations: the amounts of money approved by congress in statutes (bills) that each unit or agency of government can spend. Rfra (religious freedom restoration act)- law to attempt to broaden the free exercise law and was a direct response to previous case. Boerne vs. flores- in 1997, part of this act was overturned by the united states supreme. Court in city of boerne v. flores, because it overstepped congress"s power to enforce the fourteenth amendment. It proved rfra unconstitutional because it was out of transgressional grounds. Closed rule: provision by the house of rules committee limiting or prohibiting the introduction of amendments during debate. Determines the rules that will govern action on the bill on the house floor.
