BEATRIZSANTILLANES | CHAPTER 6

Question 1

BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE

Answer 1

D: a two-house legislature.

S: In order to get this bill passed, it will require bicameral approval from both houses of congress.

Question 2

APPORTIONMENT

Answer 2

D: the process of allotting congressional seals to each state according to its proportion of the population, following the decennial census.

S: Apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives and state legislatures is based on census data.

Question 3

BILL

Answer 3

D: a proposed law.

S: The proposed bill will create jobs.

Question 4

IMPEACHMENT

Answer 4

D: the power delegated to the House of Representatives in the Constitution to charge the president, Vice President, or other “civil officers,” including federal judges, with “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” This is the first step in the constitutional process of removing government officials from office.

S: The president Donald J. Trump should be impeached.

Question 5

EDMUND BURKE

Answer 5

D: conservative British political philosopher of the eighteenth century who articulated the view that elected representatives should act as “trustees” and use their own best judgment when voting.

S: In 1774 Burke was elected a member of Parliament for Bristol.

Question 6

TRUSTEE

Answer 6

D: role played by an elected representative who listens to constituents’ opinions and then uses his or her best judgment to make a final decision.

S: I have been promoted to trustee in our board today.

Question 7

DELEGATE

Answer 7

D: role played by a representative who votes the way his or her constituents would want, regardless of personal opinions; may refer to an elected representative to Congress or a representative to the party convention.

S: Before the president has his surgery, he will delegate his responsibilities to the vice-president.

Question 8

POLITICO

Answer 8

D: an elected representative who acts as a trustee or as a delegate, depending on the issue.

S: A politico should have the ability to give their best opinions and be rational with their decisions.

Question 9

INCUMBENCY

Answer 9

D: already holding an office.

S: During Trump’s incumbency, he managed to waste millions of dollars to build a wall that is going to be of no use.

Question 10

REDISTRICTING

Answer 10

D: the process of redrawing congressional districts to reflect increases or decreases in seats allotted to the states, as well as population shifts within a state.

S: He regarded congressional redistricting as a major issue.

Question 11

GERRYMANDERING

Answer 11

D: the drawing of congressional districts to produce a particular electoral outcome without regard to the shape of the district.

S: They are able to gerrymander the results to however they want.

Question 12

MAJORITY PARTY

Answer 12

D: the political party in each house of Congress with the most members.

S: The head of state, the prime minister, is a member of the majority party in a multiparty system.

Question 13

MINORITY PARTY

Answer 13

D: the political party in each house of Congress with the second most members.

S: For eight years, he toiled in the House minority party.

Question 14

PARTY CAUCUS (OR CONFERENCE)

Answer 14

D: a formal gathering of all party members.

S: They repeatedly noted that 85 percent of the party caucus voted together.

Question 15

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

Answer 15

D: the only officer of the House of Representatives specifically mentioned in the Constitution; the chamber’s most powerful position; traditionally a member of the majority party.

S: The have been fifty-four individuals that have served as speakers of the house.

Question 16

MAJORITY LEADER

Answer 16

D: the head of the party controlling the most seats in the House of Representatives or the Senate; is second in authority to the Speaker of the House and in the Senate in regarded as its most powerful member.

S: Being majority leader is a good position to be in.

Question 17

MINORITY LEADER

Answer 17

D: the head of the party with the second highest number of elected representatives in the House of Representatives or the Senate.

S: He will be running for minority leader next year.

Question 18

WHIP

Answer 18

D: party leader who keeps close contact with all members of his or her party, takes vote counts on key legislation, prepares summaries of bills, and acts as a communications link within a party.

S: Communication is the key between the whip and its members.

Question 19

PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

Answer 19

D: the official chair of the Senate; usually the most senior member of the majority party.

S: The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a President pro tempore.

Question 20

STANDING COMMITTEE

Answer 20

D: committee to which proposed bills are referred; continues from one Congress to the rest.

S: A standing committee was established to coordinate the army and navy.

Question 21

JOINT COMMITTEE

Answer 21

D: standing committee that includes members from both houses of Congress set up to conduct investigations or special studies.

S: The Joint Committee on Reconstruction was not revived in the next Congress.

Question 22

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

Answer 22

D: special joint committee created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and the Senate.

S: The conference committee will meet tomorrow at 9 in the morning.

Question 23

SELECT (OR SPECIAL) COMMITTEE

Answer 23

D: temporary committee appointed for a specific purpose.

S: Assign this issue to the select committee for further detailing.

Question 24

HILLARY CLINTON

Answer 24

D: first female major party candidate for president of the United States, a Democrat, who ran against President Donald J. Trump in 2016. Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013; New York senator from 2001 to 2009; former First Lady.

S: It is very courageous to run for president, especially as a woman, just like Hillary Clinton did.

Question 25

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RULES

Answer 25

D: the influential “Rules Committee” determines the scheduling and conditions, such as length of debate and type of allowable amendments, for all bills in the House of Representatives (but not in the Senate, where debate is less regulated).

S: An important committee is the House of Committee on Rules because without it, many people would not be able to have a say in to the making of bills.

Question 26

DISCHARGE PETITION

Answer 26

D: Petition that gives majority of the House of Representatives the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction.

S: Democrats have tried twice unsuccessfully to use a discharge petition to force a vote on legislation they support.

Question 27

SENIORITY

Answer 27

D: Time of continuous service on a committee.

S: In this office they honor seniority to those who have been committed for many years.

Question 28

MARKUP

Answer 28

D: A session in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor.

S: Bob missed the markup session and he missed very important information.

Question 29

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Answer 29

D: A procedure that allows the House of Representatives to deliberate with a lower quorum and to expedite consideration and amendment of a bill.

S: The committee of the whole meeting is next month and it will be a very eventful meeting.

Question 30

HOLD

Answer 30

D: A procedure by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill or nomination is brought to the floor. This request signals leadership that a member may have objections to the bill (or nomination) and should be consulted before further action is taken.

S: Bob need to forward these bills to the senator by 5pm today because we were told to hold them.

Question 31

FILIBUSTER

Answer 31

D: a formal way of halting senate action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate.

S: The senator will filibuster to prevent a vote on the bill.

Question 32

CLOTURE

Answer 32

D: Mechanism requiring the vote of sixty senators to cut off debate.

S: There was a call for cloture on the discussion so voting could begin.

Question 33

VETO

Answer 33

D: the formal, constitutional authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, thus preventing them from becoming law without further congressional action.

S: The president has no veto power, but has the right to return a law to Congress.

Question 34

POCKET VETO

Answer 34

D: if Congress adjourns during the ten days the president has to consider a bill passed by both houses of Congress, the bill is considered vetoed without the presidents signature.

S: if trump does not sign this bill, it will become a pocket veto.

Question 35

RICHARD M. NIXON

Answer 35

D: the thirty-seventh President, a republican, who served from 1969 through 1974. Nixon advocated detente during the Cold War and resigned rather than face impeachment and likely removal from office due to the watergate scandal.

S: the watergate scandal is still an issue today since President Richard M. Nixon.

Question 36

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974

Answer 36

D: act that established the congressional budgetary process by laying out a plan for congressional action on the annual budget resolution, appropriations, reconciliation, and any other revenue bills.

S: The Congressional Budget Office numbers will make clear that times are tight.

Question 37

RECONCILIATION

Answer 37

D: a procedure that allows consideration of controversial issues affecting the budget by limiting debate to twenty hours, thereby ending threat of a filibuster.

S: This issue is not worth of being reconciled.

Question 38

PORK

Answer 38

D: legislation that allows representatives to bring money and jobs to their districts in the form of public works programs, military bases, or other programs.

S: Pork is very beneficial to the representatives.

Question 39

PROGRAMMATIC REQUESTS

Answer 39

D: federal funds designated for special projects within a state or congressional district. Also referred to as earmarks.

S: Programmatic requests works as guidance by the house and senate.

Question 40

DIVIDED GOVERNMENT

Answer 40

D: the political condition in which different political parties control the presidency and at least one house of Congress.

S: In 2018 the divided government had the elections of who would take control of the house.

Question 41

WAR POWERS RESOLUTION

Answer 41

D: passed by Congress in 1973 ; the president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a sixty day period in peacetime (which can be extended for an extra thirty days to permit withdrawal) unless congress explicitly gives its approval for a longer period.

S: The organization helped secure the passage of the War Powers Resolution.

Question 42

CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW

Answer 42

D: a process whereby congress can nullify agency regulations within a 60-day window by passing a joint resolution of legislative disapproval. The president’s approval of the resolution or a two-thirds majority vote in both houses to overrule a presidential veto is also required.

S: The congressional review for this issue has been passed.

Question 43

SENATORIAL COURTESY

Answer 43

D: A process by which presidents generally allows senators from the state in which a judicial vacancy occurs to block a nomination by simply registering their objection.

S: Senatorial courtesy is crucial to the efficient operation of the Senate.

Question 44

UNIFIED GOVERNMENT

Answer 44

D: The political condition in which the same political party controls the presidency and congress.

S: The check was delivered to the Unified Government on July 27.

Question 45

LOGROLLING

Answer 45

D: Vote trading; voting to support a colleagues bill in return for a promise of future support.

S: The government is filled with logrolling so candidates get their votes.

Question 46

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE (CRS)

Answer 46

D: Created in 1914, the non-partisan CRS provides information, studies, and research in support of the work of congress, and prepares summaries and tracks the progress of all bill.

S: The Congressional Research Service works exclusively for the United States Congress.

Question 47

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE (GAO)

Answer 47

D: Established in 1921, the GAO is an independent regulatory agency for the purpose of auditing the financial expenditures of the executive branch and federal agencies; until 2004, the GAO was known as the General Accounting Office.

S: Being an employee in the government accountability office is good because of the salary.

Question 48

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (CBO)

Answer 48

D: Created in 1974, the CBO provides congress with evaluations of the potential economic effects of proposed spending policies and also analyzes the president’s budget and economic projections.

S: This report describes how the Congressional Budget Office analyzed the new rules.