Quiz on Congressional Handout
AP GOVERNMENT
Mr. Chrisman
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In determining how to cast their votes, members of Congress will take into
consideration three different views. Name them.
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4. Because we have two separate chambers in Congress, we have a _______________
legislature.
5. Membership in the House of Representatives is based on ____________________.
6. How is membership in the Senate determined?
7-8. In the House, a Representative must be _____ years of age, a citizen of the U.S.
for ____ years, and a resident of the state to be represented.
9-10. A Representatives term is ____ years while a Senator serves a ____ year term.
11-12. In order to qualify for the Senate, you must be _____ years of age, a U.S.
citizen for ____ years, and a resident of the state you want to represent.
13. All revenue bills must originate in which chamber? _______________
14-15. Under the necessary and proper clause, Congress has acquired two important
evolutionary powers. Name them.
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16. What is the most important leadership position in the House? _______________
The majority party selects this individual.
17. This position is often a stepping-stone to the position of Speaker and has the
responsibility of scheduling bills and for rounding up votes for bills the party favors.
______________________
18. The individuals who are assigned to assist the floor leaders and act as gobetweens for the members and the leadership are called ______________________
19. The senior member of the majority party in the Senate who acts as the official
chair in the absence of the President of the Senate is called the __________________
20. Where is most of the real work in the Congress accomplished?
_______________________
21. _____________________ Committees are permanent committees and the most
important because they handle bills in different policy areas.
22. ___________________ Committees are usually temporary committees that are
created in the House or the Senate for a specific purpose.
23. ______________________ Committees consist of members of both chambers and
are created to conduct business between the two houses to help focus public attention
on major issues.
24. _____________________ Committees consist of members of both chambers and
are created to hammer out differences on a bill that was passed in a different version
by the House and the Senate.
25. A bill that has been held in a committee to die is said to have been
__________________
26. Who controls committee membership in both chambers? ___________________
27. Before a bill goes onto the House floor for debate (after it comes out of the
committee that has studied it), the bill has to go to the __________________
Committee to have the rules for debate established.
28. If a ______________ rule is created, then there are strict time limits on debate
and amendments from the floor are restricted.
29. This term results when congressional districts are drawn in an illegal manner to
give individuals in one district more political power than those of other districts. This
term is called _________________________.
30. When a political district is drawn to the advantage of the party in power to insure
the re-election of its candidates, this is called __________________________.
31. The primary constitutional responsibility of Congress is to __________________.
32. Who has the authority to introduce a bill into the House or the Senate?
33. In addition to passing bills, Congress can also pass resolutions. A _____________
Resolution is passed by either the House or the Senate and establishes rules,
regulations, or practices that do not have the effect of law.
34. A ______________________ resolution is passed by both houses and deals with
housekeeping and procedural matters and are not signed by the president and do not
have the effect of law.
35. A ___________________ resolution requires the approval of both houses and the
signature of the President and has the effect of law.
36. What is the fate of most bills in committees?
37. In the House, all-important bills and those that deal with revenue, must first go to
what committee for consideration? ______________________
38. In the Senate, if a member talks for an extended period of time in an effort to
delay action on a bill or to kill it, the Senator has conducted what is called a
_______________________.
39. A bill, in which senators attach their favorite ideas or riders, in an attempt to
sneak them through, is called a ___________________________ bill.
40. ___________________________ Legislation refers to bills that are introduced
that benefits constituents and hopefully gains votes for the congressman that
introduced it.
41. ______________________ occurs when a member of Congress supports another
member’s pet project in return for support for his or her own project.