Test: AP Gov Chapter 12 - 19 Questions

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  1. 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
  2. a legislature divided into two houses. The U.S. Congress and every American state legislature except Nebraska's are bicameral
  3. Congressional committees formed when the Senate and the House pass a particular bill in different forms. Party leadership appoints members from each house to iron out the differences and bring back a single bill
  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.
  5. 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
  6. the mighty list of federal projects, grants, and contracts availiable to cities, business, colleges, and intitutions available in a congressional district.

6 True/False Question

  1. Whips → 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

          

  2. 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

          

  3. caucus (congressional) → 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.

          

  4. Speaker of the House → a legislature divided into two houses. The U.S. Congress and every American state legislature except Nebraska's are bicameral

          

  5. legislative oversight → Congress's monitoring of the bureaucracy and its administration of policy, performed mainly through hearings

          

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

          

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