Unit 2A Review

Question 1

What if the President doesn’t like Congress?

Answer 1

They can use their veto power.

Question 2

Committees are grouped into four:

Answer 2

Standing, Joint, Conference, Select (special) committees

Question 3

Senate and House of Representatives are known as:

Answer 3

Committees.

Question 4

What is the definition of Senate:

Answer 4

an assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation.

Question 5

What is the definition of the House of Representatives:

Answer 5

the U.S. House of Representatives makes and passes federal laws.

Question 6

Establishes what departments get
funding?

Answer 6

Appropriations

Question 7

Is Appropriations a part of the Senate or HoF?

Answer 7

Both

Question 8

Makes debate rules (House of
Representatives is hierarchical) ?

Answer 8

House Rules Committee.

Question 9

Is House Rules Committee a part of the Senate or HoR?

Answer 9

House of Reps.

Question 10

Establishes the budget?

Answer 10

Budget Committee.

Question 11

Is the Budget Committee a part of the Senate or HoR?

Answer 11

House of Reps.

Question 12

Leads foreign-policy legislation &
works with the Department of State?

Answer 12

Foreign Relations.

Question 13

Is Foreign Relations a part of the Senate or HoR?

Answer 13

Senate.

Question 14

Makes taxes law?

Answer 14

Ways and Means.

Question 15

Are Ways and Means a part of the Senate or HoR?

Answer 15

House of Reps.

Question 16

Oversees the working of our
military, research and
development, nuclear energy?

Answer 16

Armed Services.

Question 17

Is the Armed Services a part of the Senate or HoR?

Answer 17

Senate

Question 18

Joint Committees:

Answer 18

Are study committees that exist in a few policy areas with membership
drawn from both the Senate and the House.

Question 19

Select Committees:

Answer 19

Temporary committees appointed for a specific (“select”) purpose.

Question 20

Members seek committee assignments that will help them achieve three
goals:

Answer 20

(1) re-election.
(2) influence in Congress.
(3) opportunity to make policy in areas they think are important.

Question 21

Goes to the member of the majority party who has served on the committee the longest?

Answer 21

Committee Chair.

Question 22

1. Watergate (1973)
2. Assassinations (JFK and MLK) (1976)
3. Intelligence (9/11) [Permanent Special Com.]
   Are all examples of:

Answer 22

Select Committees.

Question 23

1.) Joint Economic Committee
2. Joint Committee on the Library (maintains the Library of Congress and
National Mall)
3. Joint Committee on Printing (literally the committee on printing paper)
4. Joint Committee on Taxation (works w/ House Ways and Means)
-Are all examples of:

Answer 23

Joint committees.

Question 24

Why was Article 1 of the Constitution written the way it was?

Answer 24

Overcomes problems with the Articles of Confederation

Question 25

Why did the framers choose a two-house structure?

Answer 25

• Compromise between large and small states (Connecticut Compromise)
• Influence of the British Parliament (House of Commons & House of Lords)
• Combination of Popular (House) & Elite (Senate) Power
• Slows down the legislative process

Question 26

Who is Congress?

Answer 26

Senate and the House of Represenatives.

Question 27

President of the Senate =

Answer 27

VPOTUS

Question 28

President Pro Tempore:

Answer 28

a) Acts in absence of the
VPOTUS
b) Most senior party member

Question 29

Senate Majority Leader:

Answer 29

a) Real Power and Authority.
b) Schedules bills, rounds up
votes, assigns committees.

Question 30

Senate:

Answer 30

Less rules, More
individual power.

Question 31

House:

Answer 31

More rules, Structured
hierarchy.

Question 32

Speaker of the House:

Answer 32

a) Presides over House.
b) Makes committee assignments.
c) Appoints Party Leaders.
d) Assigning bills to committees.

Question 33

Majority Leader:

Answer 33

a) Schedule bills.
b) Rounds up votes.

Question 34

Majority/Minority Whips:

Answer 34

a) Lean on wavering congressmen
whose votes are critical.

Question 35

How many representatives are in the HoR?

Answer 35

435 (elected by population).

Question 36

How many senators are in the Senate?

Answer 36

100 (two for each state).

Question 37

Who is the President of the Senate?

Answer 37

The Vice President of the USA.

Question 38

HoR requirements:

Answer 38

• 25 years old; citizen for 7
  years; resident of the state
  they represent
• 2 year terms
• Represent the people
• 435 members (based on
  state population)

Question 39

Senate Requirements:

Answer 39

• 30 years old; citizen for 9 years;
  resident of the state they
  represent
• 6 year terms
• Represent the state
• 100 members (equal
  representation)
• Originally chosen by state
  legislatures, until the 17th
  amendment