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Local projects designed to create jobs for constituents and gain favor in districts
Legislative Projects
Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending
contituency projects
casework
2
Acts as an agent of voters and does not use their own judgement
Trustee
Congressman
Delegate
3
How many members are in the House and Senate?
435, 100
435, 150
200, 100
480, 85
4
Who is the Speaker of the Texas House?
Dan Patrick
Paul Ryan
Travis Clardy
Joe Straus
5
An office that evaluates spending and oversees the performance of federal agencies and programs
Rules Committee
Congressional Budget Office
Legislative Budget Board
Government Accountability Office
6
The added votes received by congressional candidates of a winning presidential party
Resolution
Coattail effect
Chubbing
Iron Triangle
7
How is the Lieutenant Gov. elected? Who is the LG?
Elected by the voters; Joe Straus
Elected by the Senate majority; Greg Abbott
Elected by the Governor; Dan Patrick
Elected by the voters; Dan Patrick
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Which is not a key criteria to become a committee chair in the U.S. Congress?
served the longest on the committee
have been on 5 different committees
member of majority party
be a member of congress
9
Impeachment by the _____, removal by the _____.
Senate, House
House, Senate
Congress, Legislature
Speaker of the House, Vice President
10
Efforts made by Congress to exercise control over the executive branch
Gerrymandering
Legislative Oversight
Pork Barrel Spending
Legislative Hold
11
How long does the Texas Legislature meet during a regular session?
30 days
140 days
200 days
90 days
12
Which is not a function of standing committees?
examine/draft bills
hold committee hearings
balance budget
legislative oversight
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Temporary committees created to conduct studies on specific events or issues
procedural committee
interim committee
special committee
standing committee
14
All are powers of the U.S. Speaker of the House except:
appoints committee chairs
runs the House
Recognizes members to speak
assigns bills to committees
15
Permanent committees responsible for legislation in particular policy areas w/ continuing staff
special committee
Standing committee
conference committee
rules committee
16
All are qualifications to be in the Senate except:
citizen for 9 years
citizen for 8 years
cannot hold another gov. office
30 years old
17
What does it mean to have a biennial session?
Legislature meets twice a year
Legislature meets anually
Legislature meets every two years
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Legislative work on behalf of individual constituents to solve their problems w/ gov. agencies
Cloture
Filibuster
Casework
Earmarks and Pork Barrel Spending
19
Which is NOT a reason congress needs committees?
Specilization
Organzies Party Members
Expertise
Division of Labor
20
What term do we use for the voters in a state or district?
congress
party members
friends
constituency
21
All are qualifications to be in the House except:
citizen for 7 years
30 years old
25 years old
citizen of state they represent
22
What is the length of term for the Texas House and Senate representatives?
H: 2 years S: 4years
H: 6 years S: 4 years
H: 2 years S: 6 years
H: 4 years S: 2 years
23
Whose your favorite PSC 142 SI leader?
Not Candace
The worker at subway
Not Candace
Candace :)
24
What is a lawmaking body of elected officials?
A Legislature
Casework
Committee
Constituency
25
What term do we use to describe the national legislature?
Congress
House vs. Senate
Party House
The Legislature
26
What is the redrawing of district boundaries in states for U.S. Congress and state offices?
Redistricting
Gerrymandering
Reappotionment
Resolution
27
Who is the U.S. Speaker of the House?
Donald Trump
Paul Ryan
John Cornyn
Mike Pence
28
A special committee created to resolve differences between House and Senate versions of a bill
interim committee
standing committee
conference committee
special committee
29
Efforts of congressman to stand for American ideals or identity common to constituency values
Resolution
Policy entrepreneurship
Symbolic Representation
Chubbing
30
What vote is required to remove the president?
3/5th
1/5th
2/3rd
Majority Vote
31
What is the length of term for the U.S. House and Senate members?
H: 6 years S: 2 years
H: 3 years S: 5 years
H: 2 years S: 4 years
H: 2 years S: 6 years
32
When the legislative districts are drawn to benefit particular candidates or party
Gerrymandering
Redistricting
Casework
Pork Barrel Spending
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An official entrusted to act in the best interests of the electorate based on his own knowledge
Legislator
Delegate
Trustee
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What does the Legislative Budget Board do?
does whatever they want
Helps coordinate budgeting
Allocates money to agencies
Redraw district lines
35
What are special sessions in the Texas Legislature?
Sessions called by the Liteuant Governor to address issues
The sessions that The Legislature usually meets
Sessions called by the Governor to address issues/bills
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What is a Rules Committee?
determines how and when a debate on a bill takes place
Writes legislative spending rules
Analyzes budget and provides economic forecast
oversees the performance of federal agencies and programs
