congress gov quizzes

according to the Reapportionment Act of 1929, the maximum number of representatives in the House of Representatives is a) 435 b) 100 c) 535 d) 200

435

who presides over the senate's daily proceedings and does not have a vote unless there is a tie?

President of the Senate

who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives who assigns each House bill to an appropriate committee?

Speaker of the House

which of the following scenarios would be considered logrolling? a) a senator proposes a plan to redraw the geographic boundaries of legislative districts in their state to support one political party over the other party b) a senator holds the floor of the Senate, refusing to give it up and preventing a vote on the bill c) a senator agrees to vote on another senator's bill, provided that the senator will support their own legislation d) a senator adds a federally- funded project that benefits their district to a bill that will be passed through Congress

a senator agrees to vote on another senator's bill , provided that the senator will support their own legislation

which of the following best reflects the holding in the case Baker v. Carr (1962)? a) declared that racial gerrymandering was a violation of the due process clause b) stated that the tenth amendment exclusively reserves the power to review congressional districts to the states c) created a one- person, one- vote standard for reviewing congressional districts d) stated that the seventeeth amendment requires regular review of the constitutionality of congressional districts

created a one- person, one- vote standard for reviewing congressional districts

for 45 of the last 50 fiscal years, the United States' spending has exceeded revenue which means that the budget is at a(n) a) surplus b) appropriation c) sequestration d) deficit

deficit

what is one method that members of Congress can use to get a bill to pass?

discharge petition

which of the following actions by a state government would most likely violate the precedent established by Shaw v. Reno (1993)? a) drawing new congressional district lines in a city to favor one political party over another b) drawing new congressional district lines after the census shows population growth in a city c) drawing new congressional district lines that gave more voting power to people who lived in rural areas d) drawing new congressional district lines in a city that grouped people based on race

drawing new congressional district lines in a city that grouped people based on race

congress setting aside parts of the budget for specific projects is known as a) logrolling b) redistricting c) gerymandering d) earmarking

earmarking

federal spending for which of the following is determined by laws that lie outside the regular budgetary process? a) military procurement b) government-subsidized housing programs c) educational assistance programs such as student loans d) entitlement programs such as social security

entitlement programs such as social security

what is one method used by members of the senate to stop legislation from being voted on?

fillibuster

Establishing the boundaries of the United States congressional districts to give one party an advantage over another party is referred to as a) apportionment b) reapportionment c) gerrymandering d) fillibustering

gerrymandering

the largest source of federal revenue is a) capital gains tax b) social security tax c) property tax d) income tax

income tax

Much of the steady increase in federal government expenditures since 1960 has been caused by a) increases in mandatory spending, such as entitlement programs b) higher interest rates caused by an increase in the discount rate c) increased purchases of United States government securities by foreign investors d) the growth of the United States trade imbalance

increases in mandatory spending, such as entitlement programs

Advocates of shifting the task of drawing United States House districts from state legislatures to independent commissions are likely to claim which of the following as an advantage of independent commissions? a) House districts drawn by independent commissions are immune from challenges by the United States Department of Justice b) Independent commissions are more likely to create majority- minority districts where they are appropriate c) independent commissions significantly reduce the influence of partisan gerrymandering in the redistricting process d) independent commissions are more likely to create districts where minor parties can be victorious

independent commissions significantly reduce the influence of partisan gerrymandering in the redistricting process

Federal benefits that must be funded by Congress and must be paid to all citizens who meet eligibility criteria are called a) discretionary appropriations b) individual entitlements c) tax expenditures d) distributive benefits

individual entitlements

which statement accurately summarizes the impact of shaw v. reno? a) it created a strict standard of scrutiny when creating new legislative districts, ruling that race cannot be the predominant factor b) it struck down several provisions in the Voting Rights Act 0f 1965, giving states more power to create new Voter Id laws c) it increased states' powers to create districts based on race so as to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights act of 1965

it created a strict standard of scrutiny when creating new legislative districts, ruling that race cannot be the predominant factor

pork barrel legislation is best defined as which of the following? a) laws that are created by the president without congressional approval b) laws that include provisions on how agriculture and farming should be conducted c) laws that include federally- funded local projects that benefit a specific district d) laws that die in committees because they are unpopular

laws that include federally-funded local projects that benefit a specific district

which of the following views would support "big government" when dealing with the economy? a) conservative b) liberal c) moderate d) libertarian

liberal

Senator Jon Snow has proposed a bill to increase funds to the military to fight the White Walkers threatening to invade the North. He hasn't received enough support to get the bill to pass, so he reaches out to Senator Daenerys Targaryen for her support. She agrees to support his bill as long as Senator Snow supports her legislation that allows public schools to teach High Valyrian as an elective language. This is an example of which of the following? a) fillibuster b) gerrymandering c) logrolling d) pork barrel legislation

logrolling

which of the following categories accounted for the majority of spending in 2017, according to the chart? a) mandatory b) net interest c) discretionary d) pork- barrel

mandatory

congress member Chidi Anagonye has proposed an Agriculture Appropriations bill that would fund important agricultural food programs and food services. While the bill was in committee, Congress member Eleanor Shellstrop added an amendment to the bill that would send $250,000 to her district in Arizona for an Arizona Fried Shrimp Institute. She says she will only vote for the bill if it includes the funds for her district this is an example of which of the following? a) gerrymandering b) fillibuster c) logrolling d) pork barrel legislation

pork barrel legislation

which of the following is NOT a method of gerrymandering? a) packing b) kidnapping c) cracking d) sacking

sacking

a district in which voters of each district elect one representative from that district is a a) single member district b) general ticket system c) at large voting d) gerrymandered district

single member district

an example of a discretionary item in the federal budget is a) interest on the public debt b) spending on financial security c) social security payments d) medicaid

spending on financial security

The boundaries of United States congressional districts are usually determined by a) Bureau of the Census b) state legislatures c) President d) House Rules Committee

state legislatures

which of the following is NOT involved in determining the federal budget? a) The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) b) The President of the United States c) State legislatures d) House of Representatives

state legislatures

which of the following best describes gerrymandering? a) the party in power wins four or five surrounding districts by very small margins b) the supreme court requires that state legislatures must adopt the doctrine of one person, one vote c) the party in control of the state legislature draws districts boundaries in such a way as to favor its own candidates in subsequent elections d) by polling voters, party officials are able to determine how citizens will vote

the party in control of the state legislature draws district boundaries in such a way as to favor its own candidates in subsequent elections

every ten years congressional redistrcting occurs for which of the following reasons? a) to assign members of the House of Representatives to new committees b) to divide a state into new political districts after changes in population c) to reshape political districts to benefit one party over the other d) to determine how many state legislators will be eligible to run for congress

to divide a state into new political districts after changes in population