Midterm Flashcards
Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution gives Congress the power to:
Regulate interstate commerce
Regulate commerce within a state
Seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned by:
Each state’s proportion of the national population
Seats in the Senate are apportioned by:
Giving each state two seats
Every member ever elected to the House of Representatives has been:
At least 25 years old
Every member ever elected to the Senate has been:
At least 30 years old
The framers expected
The House of Representatives to be strongly influenced by public opinion
Members of Congress tend to behave as though they are motivated primarily by:
All of the above explain congresspersons’ behavior equally well
One aspect of the Senate designed to insulate it from shifts in public opinion is:
Only a third of Senate seats are up for reelection in each congressional election year
An example of a pork-barrel bill is a bill that provides money to build:
A senior citizen center in SLO
Most bills introduced into congress
Die at the committee stage
Decisions about which bills reach the floor in the House are made by
The rules committee
A filibuster can be ended by a three-fifths vote of:
The senate
Conference Committees
Are used for the House and Senate to agree on the same version of a bill
Majority party leaders
are more powerful in the house
