Chapter 11

Question 1

There are ________- members of Congress.____ in the senate. 2 from each state and _______ in the House of representatives.

Answer 1

535

100

435

Question 2

There is a very high proportion of ______ In Congress with _______ and ___- being the predominant occupations.

Answer 2

Millionaires

Business

Law

Question 3

Less than_______ percent of Congress are African American American. there are only_______ Hispanics in the house and ____in the Senate. Only___ Senators and ____-members of the House are women

Answer 3

10

25

3

78

20

Question 4

Why are incumbents almost

always re-elected?

Answer 4

Outspent opponent 12 to 1

higher visibility

credit claiming

Opponents are weak/ lack of idendification

Question 5

A___________- legislature is a legislature divided into two houses. This means that no bill can be passed unless both the House of Representatives and the Senate vote to approve the bill.

Answer 5

Bicameral

Question 6

The House is ______times larger

Answer 6

More than 4

Question 7

__% of incumbent congressmen win when seeking re-election

Answer 7

90

Question 8

The _____ is selected by the majority party. This is the only legislative office mandated by the constition. The_____-is third in line to the presidency if the president and vice president dies , resigns or is impeached

Answer 8

Speaker of the house

the speaker of the house

Question 10

The _____presides over the house; makes committee assignments, appoints party leadership staff, and controls which bills go to coomittees

Answer 10

Speaker of the House

Question 11

Congressional____ conduct most of the work in Congress. They do the following:

Answer 11

Committees

theyhandles a specific duty rather than the general duties of Congress

Question 12

List the types of committees:

Answer 12

Standing committes, Joint committees, conference committees, select committees, ways and means committees

Question 13

________committee- separate subjsect matter committees in each house that handle bills in different policy aeras(Eg, agriculture, armed services, budget, judiciary)

Answer 13

Standing

Question 14

__________ committe -membership is drawn from senate and housed broader areas policy(ex, economy and tax

Answer 14

Confederence committe

Question 15

_____ committee-formed wioth members of both houses to iron out the differences in a bill

Answer 15

JOINT

Question 16

_________is th eprocess of monotoring the administration of passed legislation. Thid is aslo the job of the committe which sponsored the legislation.

Answer 16

Legislative

Question 17

Every committe includes members og bothe parties, but the majority of the members of each commitee as well as the committe chairman(leader) come from the ___ party in Congress

Answer 17

Majority

Question 18

A——–is an informal groupings of members from both parties and/or houses of congress, which members share an interest or characterestic. A _____-can be based on regional groupings, ideological groupings or economic interests(eg, the African American caucus, the steel caucus, the sun belt caucus

Answer 18

caucus

caucus

Question 19

A___________is proposed law drafted in precise legal language. There are about_______bills introduced to each congress. Only members of the House and Senate can formally submit________for consideration

Answer 19

bill

9.000

BILL

Question 20

The_______will often try to influence Congress to pass or not pass a bill into law by lobbying Congress of posing the threat of a veto

Answer 20

President

Question 21

________is also a big inluence on congressional voting, especially in social welfare and economic policy. The constituency of each member also influences his vote although most constituents are unaware of the voting record of their congressmen

Answer 21

Party ideology

Question 22

There are over___________lobbyists representing nearly _________ORGANIZATIONs . This massive lobbying effort prompted congress to pass a law requiring anyone hiring lobbyists to lobby members of Congress, to disclose what issues they are seeking to influence, how much they are spending on the effort and the identiy of their clients

Answer 22

12,000

12,000

Question 23

Aspects of Congress which make it unrepresentative of the American people include

Answer 23

Its members are America elite. Its leadership is chosen by its own members not by any votes of the citizen. voters have little direct influence over the individuals who chair key committees or lead congrassional parties.

Senate is approportioned represent states, not population, citizens in less populated states, therefore have greater say in key decisions