Which committee in the House sets conditions for debate and amendments?
What is Rules Committee?
100
How often does the number of representatives have to change based on population?
What is every ten years?
100
This is the best predictor in the outcome of a Congressional election (hint not a demographic).
What is incumbency?
100
When submitting budget requests, executive agencies submit these proposals to this person.
What is the President
100
The amount the government spends in excess of its revenues
What is budget deficit
200
This committee reconciles differences between the House and Senate version of a bill?
What is a conference committee?
200
This is the purpose of a filibuster
to kill or delay a bill
200
What person oversees the Senate and is the tie-breaking vote on any bill
Who is the Vice President
200
This type of veto is unconstitutional, but is still used by some state governors.
What is a line-item veto?
200
The term used for the relationship between the federal bureaucracy, congressional committees, and lobbyists.
What is an iron triangle?
300
This type of committee is a permanent subject-matter committee
What is a standing or permanent committee?
300
Revenue Bills start in the House in what committee
What is the Ways and Means
300
The art of gerrymandering can create an election where one party is more likely to hold that seat in the House.
What is a safe seat
300
An add on to a bill or legislation that might have very little to do with the actual bill is called a
What is a Rider
300
This type of policy is where the Federal Reserve Board is responsible for
What is Monetary Policy
400
This type of committee may investigate an issue, but cannot forward a bill to either house of Congress
What is a joint committee?
400
"markup" of a bill will occur in this type of committee as well as a possible vote whether to send to the floor
What is committee or sub committee
400
The right of members of Congress to send mail to their constituents at the government's expense
What are franking privileges?
400
The president failing to sign a bill after Congress's session has ended.
What is a pocket veto
400
Federal benefits that must be funded by Congress and paid to citizens who meet eligibility requirements.
What are entitlements?
500
This committee handles how much money will be spent in a given year on particular government activities?
What is Appropriations Committee?
500
This is used in the Senate to end debate on a bill, but it requires 3/5 of the vote.
What is cloture?
500
Party unity is maintained by this system of influence where members of Congress from each party go around to court, push or find out how votes for a policy are looking
What is the Whip System
500
Supporting one another's legislation in Congress so hopefully down the road other members will support your legislation is known as this
What is logrolling
500
An example of this would be Congress conducting an investigation to uncover an executive department's wrongdoing.