Ch. 11 AP Gov.
applies only when the Congress is not in session
A pocket veto differs from a regular presidential veto in that the pocket veto
filibustering
A senator can effectively prevent the Senate from voting by
the House can limit the time of debate and amendments to bills while the Senate has unlimited debate and amendment power.
A significant difference between House and Senate rules is
appoint federal judges
Article I grants Congress the power to do all of the following EXCEPT
representing constituents by mirroring their personal, politically relevant characteristics
Descriptive representation refers to
Rules Committee
The House Committee that acts as a "clearinghouse" for the thousands of bills introduced each term is called the
Conference Committee
When the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, the differences are resolved by a
A strong challenger
Compared to House incumbents, Senate incumbents are more likely to face the problem of
means the other party doesn't challenge the incumbent
A "safe seat" in Congress
a conference committee
A bill has been approved in the House and Senate, albeit in slightly different versions. The bill now goes to
Ways and Means Committee
A freshman congressman who wants to influence tax policy would want to be appointed to which committee?
House Rules Committee
After a House committee reviews a bill and writes its report, the bill goes to the
defense contracts.
All of the following are examples of entitlement programs EXCEPT
the Congress can charge, try, sentence and jail the president in an impeachment
All of the following are true about impeachments EXCEPT;
it is constitutional
All of the following are true about the line-item veto EXCEPT
The Speaker is chosen directly by the American people
All of the following are true about the office of the Speaker of the House EXCEPT
congress can override the pocket veto by a two thirds vote in both houses
All of the following are true of pocket vetoes EXCEPT;
Ways and Means Committee.
All revenue bills must originate in the
members of Congress only.
Bills are formally introduced in Congress by ________.
revenue
Bills may be introduced in either house of Congress with the exception of ______ bills, which must originate in the House of Representatives
the main source of cohesion and division within Congress.
By and large, partisanship is
for challengers and non-incumbents rather than incumbents.
Campaign spending tends to be greatly more important
Sixteenth Amendment
Congress' authority to levy an income tax comes from which of the following?
the fragmented nature of Congress.
Congress' inability to consistently provide leadership on broad national issues is due to
the state legislature
Congressional district boundaries are drawn by
a census and the various state legislatures
Congressional districts for the House are determined in the majority of states by
disrupt the seniority system in committees and hurt the political power of certain states
Congressional term limitations would
a two-thirds majority
Constitutional Amendments must pass in both houses of Congress by
Rules committee
Defining the conditions and scheduling a bill for floor debate in the House of Representatives is the responsibility of the
residency in the state from where you are to be elected
Election to the Senate requires
it must receive the support of a simple majority of its members.
For a bill to pass in either chamber of Congress,
Congress rather than the president usually takes the lead in addressing broad national issues.
General characteristics of the U.S. Congress include all except which one of the following?
By the president and are confirmed by the Senate
How are Cabinet members chosen?
a bill of attainder
If the Congress were to impeach a President, find him guilty of a crime, and then jail him, this would be
the emphasis that members of Congress place on pork-barrel legislation.
In Congress, the role of representation of the nation through political parties is illustrated by all except which one of the following?
is not the presiding officer of his/her chamber.
In contrast to the Speaker of the House, the Senate majority leader
the president is granted more authority by the Constitution in the area of lawmaking.
In initiating broad legislative proposals, the president enjoys all of the following advantages over Congress except
service in Congress was not seen as a lifetime career for most of its members.
In the nation's first century
policies affecting special interests
In which area has Congress been more likely than the president to exert leadership?
the power of the court to use judicial review
Marbury v. Madison (1803) established
pigeonholed in committee.
Most bills introduced in Congress end up being
are defeated in committee.
Most bills that are introduced in Congress:
in committees
Most legislative work is done
concerned with national issues, but even more concerned with local ones
Most members of Congress are
by committees and their respective subcommittees
Most of the work on legislation in Congress is done
a loss of seats in Congress by members who are of the same party as the President.
Off year congressional elections usually result in
the president
On broad issues of national significance, Congress is ordinarily most responsive to the initiatives of
two thirds vote in both houses of Congress
Overriding a presidential veto requires
standing committees
Permanent committees dealing with such matters as agriculture, finance, and foreign policy are known as
amendments to bills which would not ordinarily get passed on their own
Riders are
they funnel federal money into targeted areas
Riders are frequently unpopular with the general public because
executive agreements
Senatorial consent is required for all of the following EXCEPT
the Senate majority leader.
The scheduling of bills in the Senate is left up to
senators think of themselves as being equals and are only willing to be led by persuasion.
Senators are generally less likely to follow orders of their leaders than House members because
congressional or presidential authority should dominate on broad issues
Since the founding of the United States, the debate over the representative function of Congress has centered on whether
implied powers
The "elastic clause" grants Congress
providing a check on the Office of Management and Budget's yearly estimate of revenues and expenditures.
The Congressional Budget Office has the responsibility for
often a favored tool of the president due to the lack of Congressional oversight
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) is
House has become more conservative than the Senate.
The Framers considered the Senate to be the more ideologically conservative of the two houses. Recently the
limited the Spoils System and created a system of civil service exams
The Pendleton Act
begin bills that raise or lower taxes
The Senate can do all of the following EXCEPT
the President
The United States grants diplomatic recognition through
legislative veto
The ability of Congress to delegate to the President legislative powers while retaining the right to prohibit the President's acts is a
I, II, III, IV and V
The above quote gives Congress the right to: I. create the Federal Reserve System II. outlaw racial discrimination practiced by state law III. raise the drinking age to 21 IV. create the cabinet V. set the total number of seats in the House of Representatives at 435
one campaign in Washington raising campaign funds and a second back home appealing for votes
The author states that successful candidates now run two campaigns
aid to the elderly and the poor.
The biggest category of federal expenditures is spending for
the sheer magnitude of the task.
The biggest obstacle to effective congressional oversight is
by the leaders of the majority party
The chairmen of the standing committees of Congress are chosen
blocking legislation rather than passing it.
The congressional lawmaking process is biased toward
the House of Representatives
The constitution requires that all expenditures of money must originate in
Congress.
The dominant political institution during most of the nineteenth century was
kill it in committee
The effect of pigeonholing a bill is to
to control legislative power
The framers created a bicameral legislature
Office of Management and Budget.
The institution responsible for compiling the president's budget proposal is the
individual income taxes.
The largest contribution to federal revenue comes from
its jurisdiction over a particular policy area.
The major source of a committee's power is
keeping the public policy agenda of the majority party on track.
The majority floor leader of the House is responsible for
most members are now career politicians who want to stay in Congress.
The modern Congress is different from the nineteenth century Congress in that;
Majority Leader
The most important party leadership position in the Senate is that of:
was fixed at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929
The number of members in the House of Representatives
vice president of the United States
The official head of the Senate is the
logrolling
The trading of votes between members of Congress so that each gets the legislation he or she wants is
was used in the 1950s and 1960s to stall civil rights legislation
The use of the filibuster, a tactic to block the passage of legislation
435; 100
There are currently ________ voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and ________ voting members of the U.S. Senate
ends a filibuster.
Through a vote for cloture, the Senate
growth in the national security state and growth in the social service state.
Two conditions associated with the dramatic government growth in the United States over the past half century are
Advising the president and helping to coordinate American foreign policy
What is the National Security Council (NSC) in charge of
filibuster
What is the strategy employed in the Senate to prevent a bill from coming to a vote?
it was passed in both houses by more than 2/3rds vote
When a bill is veto proof it means
amendments to the bill are allowed.
Whenever the House operates under "open rule"
The Clinton administration closed the budget deficit to reach a balanced budget in 1998.
Which of the following conclusions may be drawn from the graph on p. 463 of your textbook?
Executive agreements
Which of the following does not involve senatorial advise and consent?
cloture
Which of the following ends debate in the Senate
Incumbency
Which of the following factors usually plays the largest role in the reelection of members of Congress?
their incumbency status
Which of the following is most likely to determine a candidate's chance of getting elected to Congress?
A hearing is held to investigate misuse of funds within a federal agency
Which of the following is the best example of legislative oversight
Party-line voting has increased in recent years.
Which of the following statements about voting in Congress is true?
Large budget deficits make the U.S. government more financially dependent on foreign investors.
Which of the following statements is true about U.S. budget deficits?
Agriculture
Which of the following would be an attractive committee for a member of Congress from Montana looking to serve his or her constituency?
Seniority is no longer absolute in selection of committee chairs, but it is usually followed.
Which one of the following statements about the seniority principle is most accurate?
California
________ has the most seats in the U.S. House of Representatives