Module XI Assessment

A  the filibuster

B  the budget process

C  the actions of the leadership

D  committees

A  tabled

B  vetoed

C  neglected

D  amended

A  a majority of senators agree on a bill

B  the speaker steps away from the podium

C  the chamber votes for cloture

D  the Speaker or majority leader intervenes

A  a select committee includes members of both chambers, while a standing committee includes only members of the House

B  a select committee must stay in session, while a standing committee goes into recess

C  a select committee is convened for a specific and temporary purpose, while a standing committee is permanent

D  a select committee is used for bill reconciliation, while a standing committee is used for prosecutions

A  the majoritarian nature of the House–a majority can run it like a cartel

B  the constitutional position of the House

C  the larger size of the House 

D  the State of the Union address being delivered in the House chamber

A  decreasing the rate at which incumbents are elected

B  increasing the sensitivity representatives have to their constituent demands

C  decreasing the number of majority minority disctricts

D  increasing the number of minority members in Congress

A  legislate in a way that is best for the nation regardless of the costs for the constituents

B  legislate in a way that carefully considered the circumstances and issues so as to reach a solution that is best for everyone

C  legislate in the way he or she thinks is best for the constituents

D  legislate in the way he or she believed constituents wanted, regardless of the anticipated outcome

A  the local constituents tend to care about things that affect them

B  the local candidates will always win

C  the local constituents want action on national issues

D  the act of campaigning always occurs at the local level where constituents are

A  broad discussion of policy issues

B  less media coverage than House races

C  less money than House races

D  narrow discussion of specific policy issues

A  the power to regulate the sale of tobacco in states

B  to power to increase taxes on the wealthiest one percent

C  the power to put the president on trial for high crimes

D  the power to override a presidential veto

A  states can gain but never lose districts

B  districts include urban and rural areas

C  states have been known to create more districts than they have been apportioned

D  districts are often drawn to benefit partisan groups

A  according to the state’s geographic size

B  based on each state’s need

C  according to the state’s population

D  based on the state’s economic size

A  large and small states

B  the House and the Senate

C  the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution

D  slave and non-slave states