Examples Congress

Question 1

Powers of HOR, concurrent and senate

Answer 1

HOR: all money bills

Concurrent: creating leg, override veto, declare war

Senate: ratify treaties, confirm appts

Question 2

Veto overriding

Answer 2

Congress overrode 4/12 president bush’s vetoes eg water resources development bill

Question 3

Impeachment

Answer 3

Trump 2019 and 2021

Question 4

VP if elec college deadlocked

Answer 4

Only twice, 1800 and 1824

Question 5

Bill Clinton on representation

Answer 5

1992: his administration should “look like america”

Question 6

Pork barrel politics

Answer 6

Big dig highway Boston 1991-2007

$14.6 billion (meant to be 3) and overran by a decade

Question 7

Gerrymandering

Answer 7

North Carolina: 2020 majority of voters support democrats but majority seats won by republicsns

Question 8

Caucuses

Answer 8

Pro choice
AI
Blue dog
Congressional black
House freedom- most right wing

Question 9

Incumbent

Answer 9

Crowley 1999-2019 until AOC

Question 10

Pressure groups

Answer 10

Pro choice/life, pro gun/ control, healthcare

Question 11

Committee stage

Answer 11

Professor Vile 1999: how it comes out, is largely in their hands.

Question 12

Filibuster

Answer 12

1957: story thurmond on civil rights bill 24 hours

Question 13

Pocket veto

Answer 13

Clinton last to use, consumer bankruptcy overhaul bill december 2000

Question 14

How many bills become law

Answer 14

2-3%

Question 15

Bipartisan acts

Answer 15

Jobs act 2012
CARES act 2020

Question 16

Approval of pres

Answer 16

Trumps lowest since ww2 (41% average)

Question 17

Watergate scandal

Question 18

Incumbents fundraising

Answer 18

Incumbent senators raised 7X as much as challengers during 2018 election cycle (for HOR it was 8X)