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Question 1
An open rule allows members of the media to vote on the passage of a bill
A closed rule puts severe limits on floor debate and amendments, whereas an open rule
permits floor debate and makes amendments easier
An open rule puts severe limits on floor debate and amendments, whereas a closed rule
permits floor debate and makes amendments easier
What are the differences between a closed rule and an open rule in the House?
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Question 2
the resources available to higher officials, usually opportunities to make partisan
appointments to offices
a proposal in Congress to provide a specific person with some kind of relief
federal spending intended to benefit a particular district or set of constituents
Pork barrel is
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the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one
racial or ethnic groups or political party
the process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives;
happens every decennial
the process, occurring after every decennial census, that allocates congressional seats
among the 50 states
Redistricting is
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Question 4
the process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives;
happens every decennial
the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one
racial or ethnic groups or political party
the process, occurring after every decennial census, that allocates congressional seats
among the 50 states
Gerrymandering is
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Question 5
the process of redrawing election districts and redistributing legislative representatives;
happens every decennial
the process by which seats in the House of Representatives are distributed among the
fifty states
the apportionment of voters in districts in such a way as to give unfair advantage to one
racial or ethnic groups or political party
Apportionment is
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Question 6
Speaker of the House
Whip
Majority leader
The chief presiding office of the House of Representatives, generally from the
majority party, is known as the
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Question 7
Whip
Speaker of the House
Majority Leader
In the House and in the Senate, a high leadership position whose primary duty is
to enforce voting discipline in the chambers and conferences
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Question 8
a permanent legislative committee that meets regularly and has the power to propose and
write legislation that covers a particular subject
temporary committees whose members are appointed by the Speaker of the House and
the presiding officer of the Senate, created to work out a compromise on House and
Standing Committees are
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Senate versions of a piece of legislation
temporary legislative committees set up to highlight or investigate a particular issue or
address an issue not within the jurisdiction of existing committees
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Question 9
a special type of joint committee that reconciles different bills passed in the House and
Senate so a single bill results
temporary legislative committees set up to highlight or investigate a particular issue or
address an issue not within the jurisdiction of existing committees
permanent committees with the power to propose and write legislation that covers a
particular subject
Conference Committees are
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Question 10
temporary committees whose members are appointed by the Speaker of the House and
the presiding officer of the Senate, created to work out a compromise on House and
Senate versions of a piece of legislation
a small legislative committee created to fulfill a specific purpose and then disbanded; also
called an ad hoc, or special, committee
permanent committees with the power to propose and write legislation that covers a
particular subject
Select Committees are
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Filibuster
Veto
Cloture
A parliamentary maneuver used in the Senate to extend debate on a piece of
legislation as long as possible, typically with the intended purpose of obstructing or
killing it is known as a
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Question 12
Filibuster
Cloture
Veto
A parliamentary process to end a debate in the Senate, as a measure against the
filibuster; invoked when three-fifths of senators vote for the motion
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Question 13
Decreased
Stayed the same
Increased
Since the Republican Revolution of 1994, polarization in Congress has
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Question 14
Party unity vote
Logrolling
roll-call vote
Vote in which each legislator’s yes or no vote is recorded as the clerk calls the
names of members is known as a
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Question 15
appropriations
oversight
impeachment
The amounts of money approved by Congress in statutes (bills) that each unit or
agency of government can spend is known as
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