The House session begins on this date of odd numbered years.
What is January 3rd?
100
presides when VP absent influences Senate through personal contacts
What is president pro tempore?
100
direct contact made by a lobbyist in order to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors
What is lobbying?
100
a committee of the House and the Senate that usually acts as a study group and reports its findings back to the House and the Senate
What is a joint committee?
200
a two chamber legislature
What is bicamerial legislature?
200
It takes a 2/3 majority to pass a bill in the House. How many memebers is this?
What is 290?
200
How many Senators are there?
What is 100?
200
What does NAM stand for?
What is National Association of Manufacturers?
200
a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
What is a standing committee?
300
a population count
What is a census?
300
presiding officer of the House; decides which members speak first, appoints the members of some committees,
schedules bills for action, refers bills to the proper committee
What is majority leader?
300
What is the number of votes it takes to override a veto in the Senate?
What is 67?
300
What does UAW stand for?
What is UNited Auto Workers?
300
a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee's responsibility
What is a subcommittee?
400
to draw a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
What is gerrymandering?
400
assist floor leader; keep watch on how members vote, persuade members to vote as the party wishes, make sure that members are present to vote
What is a whip?
400
This is a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote
What is a filibuster?
400
What is the oldest agricultural interest group, started around the Civil War?
What is Grange or Patrons of Husbandry?
400
The most prestigious committees in the House are Rules, Ways and Means and this committee.
What is Appropriations?
500
elected official that is already in office
What is an incumbent?
500
How often is the House of Represenatatives up for re-election?
What is every two years?
500
He holds the record of longest filibuster at 24 hrs. 18 min at age 57.
Who is Strom Thurmond, D, SC?
500
Green Peace is an example of this type of interst group.
What is Environmental?
500
In the Senate the most important committees are Finance, Appropriations, and this committee.