Chapter 13 Test

Question 1

House va congress

Answer 1

House of Rep

• 435 members (2 year terms)
• $based legislation
• house, weighs and means committee

Congress

• 100members(6 year terms)
• foreign treaties

Question 2

Standing committee

Answer 2

Personage committees that consider bills for subject areas

Question 3

Select committees

Answer 3

Created for a limited time and purpose

Question 4

Joint committee

Answer 4

Committees on which both senators and representatives serve on

Question 5

Conference committee

Answer 5

Created by a joint committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill

Question 6

Simple resolution

Answer 6

Expression on procedural matters

Question 7

Concurrent resolutions

Answer 7

To solve house and procedural matters

-not require presidential approval

Question 8

Joint resolution

Answer 8

Basically a proposed law that need 2/3 majority vote (unless it’s an amendment)

Question 9

Multiple referral

Answer 9

A bill that is referred to several committees

Question 10

Sequential referrals

Answer 10

Speaker may send a bill to another committee after it is done with the first one

Question 11

Discharge petition

Answer 11

Allows a bill to return to floor after 30 days

Question 12

Closed rule

Answer 12

House rules committee

• departs time limit
• forbids bill from being amended on floor

Question 13

Open rule

Answer 13

House rules committee

-may be Amended on floor

Question 14

Restricted rule

Answer 14

House rules committee

-some amendments may be made on floor

Question 15

Logeolling

Answer 15

Supporting one members legislation in return for their support of your legislation

Question 16

Whip

Answer 16

Senator or rep who helps party leader stay informed about what party members are thinking

Question 17

Pork

Answer 17

Stuff added to make a bill more appealing to everyone

Question 18

Advantages to having majority party in congress

Answer 18

• elect leader of houses
• easier to pass bills
• first pick of committee members

Question 19

Checks and balances

Answer 19

On president
-override veto (2/3)
-approves treatise and approvals
BY president
-veto
-call meetings

Judicial
-lower courts
-can remove someone
-approve appointments
BY judicial
-Judicial review

Question 20

Congress vs parliament

Answer 20

Congress

• members elected by people
• not elect president

Parliament

• voters elect parties not people
• members select prime minister