7 Written Questions

1. Congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation
2. An office mandated by the constitution. The speaker is chosen in practice by the majority party, has both formal and informal powers, and is second in line to succeed to the presidency should that office become vacant
3. a proposed law, drafted in precise, legal language. Anyone can draft a bill, but only a member of the House of Representatives or the Senate can formally submit a bill for consideration
4. Congress's monitoring of the bureaucracy and its administration of policy, performed mainly through hearings
5. the mighty list of federal projects, grants, and contracts availiable to cities, business, colleges, and intitutions available in a congressional district.
6. A strategy unique to the Senate whereby opponents of a piece of legislation try to talk it to death, based on the tradition of unlimited debate. Today, 60 members present and voting can halt a filibuster
7. the most important influencers of the congressional agenda. They play dominant roles in scheduling hearings, hiring staff, appointing subcommittees, and managing committee bills when they are brought before the full house

6 Multiple Choice Questions

1. An institution unique to the House of Representatives that reviws all bills coming from a House committee before they go to the full House
   1. select committees
   2. conference committees
   3. House Rule Committee
   4. joint committees
2. Party leader who work with the majority leader of minority leader to count votes beforehand and lean on waverers whose votes are crucial to a bill favored by the party
   1. casework
   2. Whips
   3. bill
   4. filibuster
3. Principal partisan ally of the Speaker of the House or the party's wheel horse in the Senate. The majority leader is responsible for scheduling bills, influencing committee assignments, and rounding up votes in behalf of the party's legislative positions
   1. pork barrel
   2. minority leader
   3. seniority system
   4. majority leader
4. activities of members of Congress that help constituents aas individuals; cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get.
   1. incumbents
   2. casework
   3. Whips
   4. bill
5. a legislature divided into two houses. The U.S. Congress and every American state legislature except Nebraska's are bicameral
   1. majority leader
   2. bicameral legislature
   3. minority leader
   4. filibuster
6. Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses
   1. select committees
   2. Standing committees
   3. conference committees
   4. joint committees

6 True/False Question

1. conference committees → Congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation
   

   True        False

2. Standing committees → Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses
   

   True        False

3. caucus (congressional) → a group of members of Congress sharing some interest or characteristic. Most are composed of members from both parties and from both houses
   

   True        False

4. incumbents → those already holding office. In congressional elections, incumbents usually win.
   

   True        False

5. minority leader → Principal partisan ally of the Speaker of the House or the party's wheel horse in the Senate. The majority leader is responsible for scheduling bills, influencing committee assignments, and rounding up votes in behalf of the party's legislative positions
   

   True        False

6. seniority system → a simple rule for picking committee chairs, in effect until the 1970s. The member who had seved on the committee the longest and whose party controlled Congress became chair, regradless of party loyalty, mental state, or competence
   

   True        False