Multiple Choice 3

Question 1

What are requirements to be a member of the house?

Answer 1

25 years old, 7 year citizenship

Question 2

What are requirements to be a member of the senate ?

Answer 2

30 years old, 9 year citizenship

Question 3

How long are the terms for the senate and the house?

Answer 3

House: 2 years
Senate: 6 years

Question 4

Which constitutional amendment allowed senators to be directly elected? How were senators previously selected?

Answer 4

-17th amendment
They used to be appointed by state legislatures

Question 5

What is pork barrel spending?

Answer 5

When a member of congress tries to get money for a project within their own district of state

Question 6

What is logrolling?

Answer 6

Members of congress trading votes to get their earmarks passed

Question 7

What are enumerated powers of just the house

Answer 7

All bills to raise revenue have to start in the house

Question 8

What are enumerated powers of just the senate?

Answer 8

The senate has to approve presidential appointees

Question 9

What is oversight?

Answer 9

The ability of congress to ensure laws are being followed with the original Intention or to investigate members of the executive branch

Question 10

What are constituencies

Answer 10

Bodies of voters in an area who elect a representative or senator

Question 11

What is apportionment?

Answer 11

The process of determining the number of representatives for each state using census data

Question 12

What is redistricting?

Answer 12

States redraw boundaries of the electoral districts

Question 13

What is gerrymandering?

Answer 13

The international use of redistricting to benefit a specific interest or group of voters, usually a political party

Question 14

What are majority- minority districts?

Answer 14

A majority voters of minority ethnicity within a district

Question 15

What is an incumbent?

Answer 15

A person that is already holding office ( as opposed to running for the first time)

Question 16

What is the incumbency advantage and what are some advantages they have?

Answer 16

The advantages held by those already in office. They usually already have name recognition , casework and more money

Question 17

What is the franking privilege?

Answer 17

Free use of mail for communications with constituents

Question 18

What is casework?

Answer 18

• Ability to use the office to aid constituents with federal services

Question 19

What is the majority party?

Answer 19

• the party with the most seats in each chamber

Question 20

What is the minority party?

Answer 20

Party with the second most seats in each chamber

Question 21

What jobs do party leaders have?

Answer 21

• Set legislative goals
• choose leaders
  -Assign committees
• Unify party message

Question 22

What role does the speaker of the house have

Answer 22

Most powerful person in the house of reps

Question 23

What is the role of the majority leader in both the house and the senate

Answer 23

In the house, they are the second most powerful person
In the senate, they are the most powerful person

Question 24

What is the role of the minority leader in both the house and senate?

Answer 24

They are the top person of the minority party in both chambers

Question 25

What is the role of the whip in both the house and the senate ?

Answer 25

Person that keeps track of the vote count and rally support for legislation

Question 26

What is the role of the vice president in the senate?

Answer 26

They are the official leader of the senate under the constitution, but they cast the tie breaking vote if there is a tie vote

Question 27

What is the role of the president pro tempore?

Answer 27

They preside over the senate when the vice president is not there

Question 28

What is the role of a commitee chair?

Answer 28

The person in charge of the standing commitee

Question 29

What is a standing committee?

Answer 29

- a permanent commitee in congress where most of the work gets done

Question 30

What is a joint committee ?

Answer 30

A fairly weak committee where both chambers gather information

Question 31

What is a conference committee?

Answer 31

A temporary committee that has to come up with an identical bill to pass both chambers when they have different versions of a bill

Question 32

What is a select committee?

Answer 32

A temporary committee that is normally for investigating

Question 33

What is a discharge petition?

Answer 33

A house procedure to get a bill out of committee

Question 34

What is the role of the house rules committee

Answer 34

A commitee that makes rules for debate( ONLY HOUSE OF REPS)

Question 35

What is a veto?

Answer 35

When the president objects a bill

Question 36

What is a unanimous consent agreement?

Answer 36

-If all senators agree to debate a bill

Question 37

What is a filibuster?

Answer 37

Unlimited debate with intention to talk a bill to death

Question 38

What is closure?

Answer 38

Limiting debate to get a vote

Question 39

What is a hold?

Answer 39

When a senator delays passing of a bill

Question 40

What is a hold?

Answer 40

When a senator delays passing of a bill

Question 41

What is mandatory spending?

Answer 41

Spending that is required by existing laws in the budget

Question 42

What is an entitlement program?

Answer 42

A program that people qualify for under the law

Question 43

What is discretionary spending?

Answer 43

The rest of government spending for programs and policies

Question 44

What is the budget process?

Answer 44

Submitted budget by the president Congress passed the budget Goes back to president to sign

Question 45

What is a budget deficit?

Answer 45

When the government spends greater than government revenue

Question 46

What is a budget surplus?

Answer 46

Government spending less than government revenue

Question 47

What is the national debt?

Answer 47

Total amount of money owed by the federal government

Question 48

What is social security?

Answer 48

Created to be payment to senior citizens

Question 49

What is the delegate role?

Answer 49

Voting the way your constituents want you to vote

Question 50

What is the trustee role?

Answer 50

Member of congress sho voted based on their own knowledge and judgement

Question 51

What is the politico role?

Answer 51

You have to balance your judgement and your political party when it comes to voting

Question 52

What is gridlock?

Answer 52

Congress fails to get a lot done especially because of party politics

Question 53

What is divided government?

Answer 53

When the president is of one party and at least one chamber had a different majority party

Question 54

What is bipartisanship?

Answer 54

Agreement between parties to work together to pass legislation

Question 55

What is descriptive representation?

Answer 55

Members of congress mirroring the makeup of the country ( diversity)