Unit 2A

Question 1

House of Representatives Qualifications

Answer 1

must be at least 25 years old, a United States citizen for at least seven years and an inhabitant of the state he or she represents

Question 2

Senate Qualifications

Answer 2

age (at least thirty years of age); U.S. citizenship (at least nine years); and residency in the state a senator represents at time of election

Question 3

Powers of the House

Answer 3

the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach federal officials, and elect the President in the case of an Electoral College tie

Question 4

Powers of the Senate

Answer 4

takes action on bills, resolutions, amendments, motions, nominations, and treaties by voting; voting in a variety of ways, including roll call votes, voice votes, and unanimous consent

Question 5

Process of a Bill Becoming a Law

Answer 5

if a bill has passed in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and has been approved by the President, or if a presidential veto has been overridden, the bill becomes a law and is enforced by the government

Question 6

Speaker of the House

Answer 6

the speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House and is simultaneously its presiding officer, de facto leader of the body’s majority party, and the institution’s administrative head; speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions

Question 7

Senate Majority Leader

Answer 7

the majority leader is seen as the de facto leader of the Senate, especially in modern times, and thus, in accordance with Senate rules, the presiding officer of the day gives the majority leader priority in obtaining recognition to speak on the floor of the Senate and they determine which bills get voted on

Question 8

Whips

Answer 8

an official of a political party whose task is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. This means ensuring that members of the party vote according to the party platform, rather than according to their own individual ideology or the will of their donors or constituents; party enforcers

Question 9

House Rules Committee

Answer 9

is a committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is responsible for the rules under which bills will be presented to the House of Representatives, unlike other committees, which often deal with a specific area of policy

Question 10

Standing Committee

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Conference Committee

Answer 11

exist to draft a compromise bill that both houses can accept

Question 12

House Only

Answer 12

discharge petition, committee of the whole

Question 13

Senate Only

Answer 13

filibuster, cloture, hold, unanimous consent

Question 14

Discharge Petition

Answer 14

a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by “discharging” the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution

Question 15

Committee of the Whole

Answer 15

a committee of the House on which all Representatives serve and which meets in the House Chamber for the consideration of measures from the Union calendar

Question 16

Filibuster

Answer 16

is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision

Question 17

Cloture

Answer 17

a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote - 60 votes

Question 18

Hold

Answer 18

indication of disapproval for a bill, strong hesitation will likely lead to a filibuster - 60 votes to cancel

Question 19

Unanimous Consent

Answer 19

nobody objects - all agree

Question 20

Reapportionment

Answer 20

the process by which congressional districts are redrawn and seats are redistributed among states in the House

Question 21

Redistricting

Answer 21

process of redrawing the boundary lines of the districts from which public officials are elected and typically follows the release of each federal decennial census

Question 22

Gerrymandering

Answer 22

manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class

Question 23

Baker v. Carr

Answer 23

Baker v. Carr (1962) is the U.S. Supreme Court case that held that federal courts could hear cases alleging that a state’s drawing of electoral boundaries, i.e. redistricting, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution

Question 24

Shaw v. Reno

Answer 24

using the Shaw v. Reno decision, the justices decided that using racial reasons for redistricting is unconstitutional. Since Georgia’s General Assembly used “race for its own sake and not other districting principles,” their actions were rendered unconstitutional

Question 25

Logrolling

Answer 25

the practice of exchanging favors, especially in politics by reciprocal voting for each other’s proposed legislation

Question 26

Pork Barrel

Answer 26

the use of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes

Question 27

Politico

Answer 27

role played by elected representatives who vote the way their constituents would want them to, regardless of their own opinions

Question 28

Trustee

Answer 28

make decisions based off what they think is best for the people “you voted for me, you should trust what I believe”

Question 29

Delegate Theories

Answer 29

the view that an elected representative should represent the opinions of his or her constituents

Question 30

Lame Duck President

Answer 30

A president is a lame duck after a successor has been elected, during which time the outgoing president and president-elect usually embark on a transition of power