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1
Who is the Minority Leader of the Senate?
Chuck Schumer
Mitch McConnell
Chuck Brown
Paul Ryan
2
Which one is NOT one of the purposes of congressional committees?
Filter through the large number of bills introduced
Breaking work up into smaller units
Help the public learn about important issues
Fight over every piece of legislation MMA style
3
The criminal offense of making false statements under oath
subpoena
perjury
liar liar pants on fire
immunity
4
Name the two senators from Oklahoma.
Mullins and Hern
Inhofe and Lankford
Pelosi and Ryan
McConnell and Schumer
5
How many times is a bill read before it passes to the next house?
One
Two
Ten
Three
6
Which court case said that the Court CAN decide in conflicts over redistricting?
I honestly have no idea!
Baker vs. Carr
Carr vs. Carr
Baker vs. Baker
7
What is the current reelection rate for members of Congress?
90%
99%
75%
50%
8
Each congressional district has about how many people?
300,000
1 million
10,000
650,000
9
I can write a sentence or two about how gerrymandering got its name.
Yep!
Maybe!
Nope!
We talked about this?
10
What is the minimum number of seats in the House that a state can have?
10
1
0
2
11
In each house of Congress, from where are the leaders chosen (the ones who set the agenda)?
Popular vote of the people
Minority party
Majority party
President
12
System that makes the majority member with the longest membership the leader of that committee
Nepotism
Majority System
Boondoggle
Seniority System
13
Who is the Majority Leader of the Senate?
Mitch McDonald
Mitch McConnell
Paul Ryan
Mitt Romney
14
Rules are more flexible in which house?
White House
Senate
House of Representatives
Buckingham Palace
15
the yearly financial plan for the national government
earmarks
revenue bill
national budget
appropriations bill
16
willful obstruction of justice
impediment
obnoxiousness
contempt
blockade
17
Who is the presiding officer of the House and the most powerful leader?
Ariana Grande
Speaker of the House
Majority Whip
President Pro Tempore
18
How long does one session last?
What's a session?
Two years
Four years
One year
19
A private meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office
Censure
Quorum
Caucus
Pow wow
20
How many members are in the Senate?
50
1000
100
435
21
On what day does Congress always start its term?
January 20th
February 20th
January 3rd
January 1st
22
Which amendment made January 3rd the starting day of a Congressional term?
22nd Amendment
27th Amendment
54th Amendment
20th Amendment
23
Where is a bill placed when it is first introduced in the House?
The jukebox
Nowhere, it's read aloud
The hopper
The box
24
A member of a lawmaker's personal staff who handles requests from constituents
Caseworker
Phil Buster
Constituent
Whip
25
How much time does the
Senate
allow to debate on legislation?
Unlimited
5 minutes
1 hour
1 day
26
Which is NOT one of the qualifications to be come a US Representative?
Legal resident of the state they represent
Married
US citizen for 7 years
25 years old
27
What did the Reapportionment Act of 1929 limit?
The House to 100 members
The Senate to 100 members
The House to 435 members
The President to 2 terms
28
How is the Speaker of the House chosen?
By all members of the House
In a caucus of the majority party
By secret ballot
In a quorum of the House
29
powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution
Thanos powers
elastic powers
implied powers
expressed powers
30
A proposed law
Bill
Law
Ordinance
Mandate
31
Which of the following is NOT one of the privileges of being a member of Congress?
They may shop for items on Amazon with taxpayer dollars
They cannot be arrested while in Congress or on their way
They cannot be sued for anything they say on the floor
They may refuse to seat a member
32
Who has to pass a bill before it can go to the President?
Senate
The voters
Both houses of Congress
House of Representatives
33
The minimum number of members who can be present for a legislative body to take official action
Smattering
Committee
Quorum
Caucus
34
A committee of
both the House and Senate
that usually acts as a study group
Joint Committee
Congress
Standing Committee
Conference Committee
35
A person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
Congressman
Population
People
Constituent
36
What type of legislature is the US Congress?
Unicameral
Bicameral
Divided
Democratic
37
As a whole; statewide
Entirety
Nationwide
Statewide
At-Large
38
A group within a standing committee that specialized in a
subcategory
of the standing committee
Posse
Subcommittee
Conference committee
Joint committee
39
A schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
Agenda
Calendar
List
Schedule
40
Who does most of the work in Congress?
Committees
Taxpayers
Whips
Speaker of the House
41
The Speaker's top assistant whose job is to help plan the majority party's agenda
Minority Leader
President Pro Tempore
Majority Leader
The Main Dude
42
A population count
Population
Count
Census
Censure
43
The process of
REASSIGNING
representation based on population, after every census
Censure
Redistrict
Gerrymandering
Reapportionment
44
Impoundment is the________ refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program
Senate's
president's
Supreme Court's
House's
45
What percentage of bills actually go to the full house for a vote?
50%
0.10%
10-20%
90%
46
Which is NOT one of the reasons that Congressmen have such a high reelection rate?
Party affiliation
Name recognition
Easier to raise funds
They pay people to vote
47
Which of the following is NOT one of the basic kinds of committees in Congress?
Standing committee
Joint committee
Personal committee
Select committee
48
All laws start out as __________________.
bills
paper
legislation
nonsense
49
There are 2 ways for bills to die in committee. One is to ignore it and let it die. What is #2?
No bills ever die, they always go to a full vote
Set it on fire
Kill it by majority vote
Bury it under paperwork
50
A
permanent
committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues
Standing Committee
Joint Committee
Subcommittee
Conference Committee
51
Which one is NOT one of the rules of a filibuster?
Must talk continuously (except to yield a question)
Can't go to the bathroom
Can't sit
Can't talk
52
How often is a census conducted?
20 years
Annually
5 years
10 years
53
To set up new
DISTRICT
lines after reapportionment is complete
Reapportionment
Gerrymander
Outline
Redistrict
54
Who presides over the Senate if the original person is absent?
Speaker of the House
Mary Fallin
President Pro Tempore
Vice-President
55
What is the main task of Congress?
Spend taxpayers' money
All the above
Interpret laws
Make laws
56
What is the fraction needed to override a presidential veto?
1/2
3/4
A presidential veto cannot be overridden
2/3
57
How long is a House of Representatives term?
10 years
6 years
2 years
4 years
58
A method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the law process and preventing a vote
Caucus
Veto
Filibuster
Stalling
59
Filibusters can only occur in which house?
White House
My House
House of Representatives
Senate
60
Which branch did the Founders think was most important?
Legislative
Executive
Media
Judicial
61
An assistant to the party floor leader in the legislature who "whips" members into shape
Majority leader
Caseworker
Whip
Cowboy
62
How long is a Senator's term?
6 years
Senators have a term?
4 years
2 years
63
According to the Constitution, who is the person that presides over the Senate?
Vice-president
President Pro Tempore
Speaker of the House
President
64
Which one is NOT a qualification to become a US Senator?
Citizen for 9 years
30 years old
Military service
Resident of the state they want to represent
65
A vote of formal disapproval of a member's actions
Spanking
Censure
Veto
Rebuke
66
The type of committee when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
Combo committee
Standing committee
Joint committee
Conference committee
67
(Article 1 Section 8) that gives Congress the power to make all laws “necessary and proper”
expressed powers
due process clause
elastic clause
immunity clause
68
court order that forces a witness to testify in a trial
warrant
immunity
subpoena
summons
69
freedom from prosecution for witnesses whose testimony ties them to legal acts
immunity
contempt
protection
perjury
70
To draw a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections
Census
Redistrict
Gerrymander
Salamander
71
The President can do 3 things to a bill once he receives it. Which one is NOT one of them?
Sign it
Ignore/pocket veto
Amend it
Veto it
72
Committee members are considered _____________, so other lawmakers usually agree with them.
Genuises
Experts
Old
Wealthy
73
Elected official already IN office
Representative
Senator
Outcumbent
Incumbent
74
a proposed law to authorize spending money
allocation of funds
revenue bill
national budget
appropriations bill
75
powers directly stated in the Constitution
expressed powers
implied powers
the powers that be
elastic powers
76
Who is the Minority Leader of the HOUSE?
Mitch McConnell
Chuck Grassley
Kevin McCarthy
Tom Holland
77
A procedure that allows each senator to speak only one hour on a bill under debate
Jabberwocky
Quorum
Censure
Cloture
78
A period of time during which a legislature meets to conduct business
Assembly
Term
Session
Jam Session
79
Who follows the Vice-President in the line of succession to the presidency?
President Pro Tempore
Majority Leader
First Lady
Speaker of the House
