CONGRESS (QUIZ 2)

This Is How We Rollllllllllllllll

100

The person who runs the House of Representatives and becomes president after the vice president.

What is the Speaker of the House?

200

The person who runs the Senate (most of the time).

What is the majority leader?

300

When this happens, the Vice President votes in the Senate.

What is a tie?

400

This is the person who is under the majority/minority leaders.

Who is the whip?

500

The presiding officer of Senate

Who is the vice president?

Stay, Stay, Stay

100

The #1 way for a member to get reelected 

What is to be incumbent?

200

Representatives act on the expressed wishes of their constituents 

What is the Delegate Model?

300

Representatives use their own judgement 

What is the Trustee Model?

400

Members switch between the other two models

What is the Politico Model?

500

Name an advantage that allows a member to be reelected more easily.

What are name recognition, credit claiming, casework, franking privilege, access to media, ease in fundraising, experience running a campaign, and redistricting?

I'm Just a Bill and I'm Sitting Here on Capitol Hill

100

This where all revenue bills start

Where is the House of Representatives?

200

This is what a bill becomes if everything goes right.

What is a law?

300

LONG speeches or debates made to halt action on a bill

What are filibusters?

400

Put these in 5 order of where a bill goes:

Full House/Senate

Subcommittee

Full Committee

House/Senate Committee

Conference Committee

House/Senate Committee

Subcommittee

Full Committee

Full House/Senate (for debate)

Conference Committee

500

The four things a president can do to a bill

What is sign (make it a law), veteo, wait 10 days (and it becomes law), wait 10 days (Congress adjourns-no law)?

Better When We're Together

100

True/False: Every member must be on a standing committee

True

200

Committee where the House and the Senate meet

What is the Joint Committee?

300

Committee where a bill is ironed out

What is a Conference Committee?

400

People who have the power in Committees

What are committee chairs?

500

Committee established for a limited amount of time for a certain issue

What is a select/special committee?

Basic Being Basic

100

Two house congress (House of Representatives/Senate)

What is a Bicameral Legislature?

200

Number of senators from each state

2

300

Process of redrawing congressional lines for politics

What is gerrymandering?

400

Number of voting members in HoR

435

500

1. Define Pork Requests

2. Define Oversight Function

3. Define Divided Government

1. Power to review, monitor, and supervise the executive branch, federal agencies, and policy implementation

2. Legislation that allows representatives to bring money and jobs to their districts

3. Legislation that allows representatives to bring money and jobs to their districts