7 Written Questions

1. Congressional committees appointed for a specific purpose, such as the Watergate investigation
2. An institution unique to the House of Representatives that reviws all bills coming from a House committee before they go to the full House
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
4. Congressional committees on a few subject-matter areas with membership drawn from both houses
5. 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
6. Separate subject-matter committees in each house of Congress that handle bills in different policy areas
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. 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
   1. Whips
   2. filibuster
   3. incumbents
   4. bill
2. a legislature divided into two houses. The U.S. Congress and every American state legislature except Nebraska's are bicameral
   1. committee chairs
   2. minority leader
   3. bicameral legislature
   4. majority leader
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
   1. House Rule Committee
   2. conference committees
   3. select committees
   4. joint committees
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. bill
   2. incumbents
   3. casework
   4. Whips
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
   1. casework
   2. bill
   3. filibuster
   4. Whips
6. the mighty list of federal projects, grants, and contracts availiable to cities, business, colleges, and intitutions available in a congressional district.
   1. filibuster
   2. bill
   3. pork barrel
   4. casework

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
   

   True        False

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
   

   True        False

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.
   

   True        False

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
   

   True        False

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

   True        False

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

   True        False