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1
What percent of incumbents are re-elected in Congress?
50%
25%
90%
75%
2
There are a total of _______ voting members in the entire Congress.
435
535
218
100
3
A _____________ is a 3/5 vote from the Senate to end a filibuster.
Expenditure
Cloture
Stoppage
Deflection
4
Which of these can Congress NOT do?
Print Money
Establish Post Offices
Use Judicial Review
Declare War
5
What is the only formal power of the President of the Senate?
Providing Insight
Breaking a Tie
Passing Laws
Whipping Votes
6
House of Representative members are elected to _______ year terms.
Two
Five
Four
Six
7
What is logrolling?
The practice of trading votes among members
minimum number of members needed to vote
Drawing district lines in favor of majority party
talking a bill to death
8
Who is the current President Pro Tempore of the Senate?
Mitch McConnell
Patrick Leahy
Mike Pence
Nancy Pelosi
9
Which of the following is a Senator from Indiana?
Greg Pence
Nancy Pelosi
Mike Braun
Evan Bayh
10
Which committees are permanent and are the most basic of all committees?
Special Committees
Select Committees
Subcommittees
Standing Committees
11
Method used by politicians to redraw Congressional districts in their party's favor:
Apportionment
Slandering
Frankhoozling
Gerrymandering
12
When will the next term of congress begin?
January 3, 2023
November 4th, 2023
January 20th, 2024
November 5th, 2022
13
Approximately how many people are in each congressional district?
1,000,000
50,000
745,000
250,000
14
How old must someone be to be elected to the Senate?
40
45
25
30
15
The US Census occurs every _________ years?
Twelve
Ten
Five
Fifteen
16
When a legislator appropriates funds for special projects located within their congressional districts
Logrolling
Oversight
Markup
Pork Barrel
17
What is the quorum in the House of Representatives?
218
435
535
100
18
Who is the congressman from our district?
Mike Braun
Greg Pence
Victoria Spartz
Todd Young
19
Who is our current Vice President?
Kamala Harris
Dick Cheney
George H.W. Bush
Al Gore
20
What is the quorum in the Senate?
100
218
435
51
21
What are the two types of gerrymandering?
Packing and cracking
broken and divided
Smacked and racked
condensed and smashed
22
Which house of Congress is based solely on equal representation?
Standing Committee
Senate
Select Committee
House of Representatives
23
How many Congressional districts do we have here in Indiana?
7
15
9
12
24
Before it becomes a law, legislation is known as what?
Bill
Quorum
Rule
Quota
25
Which congressional district do we live in here in Muncie?
District 5
District 12
District 1
District 7
26
What is it called when the President refuses to sign a bill into law?
Pardon
Veto
Bill-Stop
Executive Order
27
This is NOT a qualification for the House of Representatives.
A law degree
Resident of the state elected in
At least 7 years a US citizen
At least 25 yrs old
28
What is the term for the way we divide up the 435 House of Representative seats?
Apportionment
Dividing
Districting
Slandering
29
When Congress holds hearings to investigate if the Dept of Education is spending money appropriately this is called ___
Oversight
Filibuster
Gerrymandering
Logrolling
30
Which article of the Constitution deals with the Legislative Branch?
Article 3
Article 5
Article 1
Article 2
31
Which is a committee formed to "iron out differences" between two versions of the same bill?
Subcommittee
Standing Committee
Select Committee
Conference Committee
32
What vote is needed to override a presidential veto?
2/3 in both houses
3/5 in the House
7/8 in both houses
1/2 in the Senate
33
Members of Congress can run for election ____________ time(s).
Unlimited
4
One
6
34
What is this woman's job?
Majority Whip
Speaker of the House
Vice President
President Pro Tempore
35
What is the minimum amount necessary to start the business of Congress called?
Group Majority
Limit
Quota
Quorum
36
In the Schoolhouse Rock song, Mr. Bill is "stuck" where?
In traffic
In debate
In committee
In limbo
37
What is the stalling tactic in Senate, known as "talking a bill to death?"
Cloture
Filander
Stop-Talk
Filibuster
38
Which committees arise out of special necessity or after major events? (9/11 Commission)
Subcommittee
Informal
Select
Standing
