GOVT 220 Quiz Congress

GOVT 220 Quiz Congress

1. Which of the following best describes the typical member of Congress?
2. A temporary legislative committee established for a limited time period and for a special purpose is known as which of the following?
3. The complexity of the procedure for enacting a law gives the advantage to which of these?
4. The drawing of legislative district boundaries to give one side an advantage is known as which of the following?
5. The Seventeenth Amendment allowed which of the following positions to be elected by the people?
6. When the president is a Republican and the Senate is also controlled by Republicans, but the House of Representatives is controlled by Democrats, it demonstrates which of the following?
7. The conservative coalition in Congress from the post-World War II era until the 1980s consisted of whom?
8. The original purpose of the General Accounting Office (GAO), now the Government Accountability Office, was to perform what?
9. A concurrent resolution passed by Congress seeks to do what?
10. Selection of committee chairpersons in each chamber of Congress is most often based on which of the following?
11. Since the 1980s, why has the conservative coalition become less important?
12. How is the Speaker of the House chosen?
13. The power of advice and consent on treaties and presidential nominations was given only to which of the following?
14. What is one proposed explanation for why congressional seats have become less marginal?
15. How can Congress pass a bill over a presidential veto?
16. A discharge petition is used by the House to do what?
17. The people whom a legislator represents and spends considerable time and effort serving are known as which of the following?
18. In order to fund programs established by authorization bills, Congress must pass which of the following?
19. The most important committees in Congress are permanent bodies that possess expertise resulting from their jurisdiction over certain policy areas. These are known as what kind of committees?
20. The typical public opinion poll shows which of the following?
21. Which of the following statements concerning term limits is incorrect?
22. What is a typical example of pork-barrel legislation?
23. What kind of committee is most likely to deal with a bill near the end of its legislative process?
24. Why was the Office of Compliance created to oversee the law, rather than have the president execute the law?
25. Which of the following is the committee in the House that proposes time limitations on debate for bills?
26. How many members are in the U.S. House of Representatives?
27. Who primarily serves as the day-to-day leader of the Senate?
28. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution confers on Congress all but which of the following powers?
29. Most of the Founders of the American republic believed that most of the power that would be exercised by a national government should be in the hands of which of the following?
30. The seniority system provides which of the following?