Test 3 Multiple Choice

Question 1

Eligibility for the House

Answer 1

• 25 years, 2 years, as many terms as you want

Question 2

Casework

Answer 2

• focus on individual problem

Question 3

Pork Barrel Legislation

Answer 3

• add to legislation to benefit district to build up acceptance

Question 4

Representation in the House (fixed when and how)

Answer 4

• 435, 1908; law

Question 5

Committees: 
Joint 
Standing 
Conference 
Special

Answer 5

• Joint- both houses
Conference- hammer out differences
Special- Watergate
Standing- always

Question 6

Credit Claiming

Answer 6

• candidates state something and tall political record and stances on issues

Question 7

Franking

Answer 7

• free mailing, cannot do it 30 days before

Question 8

Term Limits (President and Congress)

Answer 8

• President: 2 terms 22 amendment

Congress: no term limit

Question 9

Oversight

Answer 9

• making sure the President is acting properly, a hearing

Question 10

The Seniority System

Answer 10

• how they run committees, changed in 70s; guiding principle

Question 11

House Rules Committee

Answer 11

• determine open or closed bill rule, determine where the bill goes, most powerful committee in Congress (Speaker of House)

Question 12

The Senate and Treaties

Answer 12

• approved by 2/3, shares power with President

Question 13

Council of Economic Advisors

Answer 13

• they prepare an economic report and help solve economy issues, unemployment rate and how much to tax or spend is provided by this and given to President

Question 14

Office of Management and Budget

Answer 14

• help prepare the budget, proposes and then congress decides

Question 15

The White House Staff

Answer 15

• close proximity to President yet they are not elected

Question 16

Social Security

Answer 16

• takes up a lot of money, besides defense spend most here

Question 17

Budget Deficit

Answer 17

• 18 trillion, all revenue minus all expenditures and come up with negative value

Question 18

Expenditures

Answer 18

• spending money

Question 19

Appropriations

Answer 19

• deciding where money goes, how to spend money appropriately

Question 20

Continuing Resolution

Answer 20

• cannot decide on budget therefore use last years plus a little, prevent gridlock and trouble

Question 21

Omnibus Bill

Answer 21

• proposed law that covers a number of unrelated topics

Question 22

Pendleton Act

Answer 22

• entrance exam, promoted based off merit

Question 23

Hatch Act

Answer 23

• can: vote, be in a political party
• Cannot: actively campaign, collect funds, sway people
Passed in 1930s

Question 24

Bureaucratic Discretion

Answer 24

• Congress has written laws but bureaucrats get to decide how it is used

Question 25

Adjudication

Answer 25

• settled in unofficial court by that bureaucracy(power to rule like a judge would)

Question 26

Cabinet Security Appointment Process

Answer 26

• President choose, senate approves, 2/3

Question 27

Iron Triangles

Answer 27

• 3 parts: Congress, governmental bureaucrats, special interest lobby groups

Question 28

Government Corporations

Answer 28

• USPS

- have to keep up or else government won’t fund them

Question 29

Independent Regulatory Commission

Answer 29

• Federal Communications Commission- no bad language

Question 30

Presidential Persuasion

Answer 30

• power to persuade, act aggressive on certain issues: bully pulpit

Question 31

Pardons

Answer 31

• forgiven, cannot be taken up in courts again (forget), cannot issue pardon after office

Question 32

Income Tax Amendment

Answer 32

• 16th amendment

Question 33

Executive Privilege

Answer 33

•President has power to keep things private