Quiz

Question 1

speaker of the house

Answer 1

The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer and its most powerful leader.
- Nancy pelosi

Question 2

majority leader of the house

Answer 2

the Speaker’s top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party’s legislative program and to steer important bills through the House
-HOYER, Steny Hamilton

Question 3

Minority leader of the house

Answer 3

The minority party in the House elects its own leaders—the minority leader and the minority whip. Their responsibilities parallel the duties of the majority party, except that they have no power over scheduling work in the House.
- MCCARTHY, Kevin

Question 4

House majority whip

Answer 4

_Jim Clyburn

an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature

Question 5

House minority whip

Answer 5

an assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature

-Joseph Scalise

Question 6

VP

Answer 6

The vice president may recognize members and put questions to a vote, but he or she is not an elected senator so this person may not take part in Senate debates or cast a vote except in the event of a tie.
- Kamala Harris

Question 7

Pres pro temporate

Answer 7

the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president
-Patrick Leahy

Question 8

Senate majority leader

Answer 8

The job of the majority leader is to steer the party’s bills through the Senate, which is done by planning the work schedule and agenda in consultation with the minority leader. The majority leader also makes sure that party members attend important sessions and gets support for key bills.
- Chuck Schumer

Question 9

Senate minority leader

Answer 9

critiquing the majority party’s bills and keeping his or her own party united.
-Mitch McConnell

Question 10

Senate majority whip

Answer 10

do the detailed work that supports leaders. A key job is making sure that legislators are present in the chamber when key votes come up.
-Senators Dick Durbin

Question 11

Senate minority whip

Answer 11

-John Thune
do the detailed work that supports leaders. A key job is making sure that legislators are present in the chamber when key votes come up.

Question 12

caucus

Answer 12

an event held before an election where members of a political party select delegates to send to the national party convention, where they will also vote to nominate a candidate

Question 13

concurrent jurisdiction

Answer 13

authority shared by both federal and state courts

Question 14

quorum

Answer 14

the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action

Question 15

unanimous consent

Answer 15

a motion by all members of the Senate who are present to set aside formal rules and consider a bill from the calendar

Question 16

filibuster

Answer 16

a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote

Question 17

cloture resolution

Answer 17

a procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate

Question 18

What is a committee

Answer 18

the real work of crafting bills takes place in the committee rooms. There, the members of Congress hear testimony from experts on different sides of an issue, propose amendments, and vote on whether to send the bill to the full House or Senate. While bills can still be amended on the floor, most of the final language will resemble what the committee members wrote.

Question 19

purposes of a comittee

Answer 19

• The committee system serves several important purposes. First, it allows members of Congress to divide their work among many smaller groups. Lawmakers can become specialists, over their years of service, on the issues that their committees consider.
• Second, from the huge number of bills that are introduced in Congress, committees select those few that are to receive further consideration.
• Third, by holding public hearings and investigations, committees help the public learn about key problems and issues facing the nation.

Question 20

standing committee

Answer 20

a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues

Question 21

subcommittee

Answer 21

a group within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility

Question 22

select committee

Answer 22

a temporary committee formed to study one specific issue and report its findings to the House or Senate

Question 23

joint committee

Answer 23

a committee that consists of members from both the House and Senate, formed to act as a study group that reports back to the House and Senate on a topic or bill

Question 24

conference committee

Answer 24

a temporary joint committee set up when the House and the Senate have passed different versions of the same bill

Question 25

chairpersons

Answer 25

They make the key decisions about the work of committees, such as when the committees will meet, which bills they will consider, and for how long. They decide when hearings will be held and which witnesses will be called to testify for or against a bill. Chairpersons also hire staff members for committees and control their budgets. Finally, chairs manage floor debates that take place on the bills that come from their committees.

Question 26

seniority system

Answer 26

a system that gives the member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee the leadership of that committee

Question 27

personal staff

Answer 27

the people who work directly for individual senators and representatives

Question 28

committee staff

Answer 28

the people who work for House and Senate committees

Question 29

administrative assistant

Answer 29

a member of a lawmaker’s personal staff who runs the lawmaker’s office, supervises the schedule, and gives advice

Question 30

legislative assistant

Answer 30

a member of a lawmaker’s personal staff who makes certain that the lawmaker is well informed about proposed legislation

Question 31

legislative oversight

Answer 31

power of the legislative branch to review the policies, programs, and activities of the executive branch on an ongoing basis