Question 1

Why is the Senate more individualistic than the House?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lower number of members makes parties more difficult. 
B)  The president plays a much greater role in the Senate. 
C)  The Constitution mandates that the Senate be more individualistic. 
D)  Senate debate and procedure rules permit such behavior relative to the House. 
E)  The Senate is not more individualistic than the House. 
A)  Lower number of members makes parties more difficult. 
B)  The president plays a much greater role in the Senate. 
C)  The Constitution mandates that the Senate be more individualistic. 
D)  Senate debate and procedure rules permit such behavior relative to the House. 
E)  The Senate is not more individualistic than the House.

Question 2

Which of these is a power given to Congress in the Constitution?

Accepted Answer

A)  executive agreements 
B)  drafting treaties 
C)  vetoing legislation 
D)  coining money 
E)  nominating judges 
A)  executive agreements 
B)  drafting treaties 
C)  vetoing legislation 
D)  coining money 
E)  nominating judges

Question 3

What is the most limiting factor for the power of congressional party leaders?

Accepted Answer

A)  size of the chamber 
B)  level of campaigning of representatives 
C)  coordination of fellow partisans 
D)  number of committees 
E)  number of parties in the electorate 
A)  size of the chamber 
B)  level of campaigning of representatives 
C)  coordination of fellow partisans 
D)  number of committees 
E)  number of parties in the electorate

Question 4

What is the Rules Committee? How does the Rules Committee support the power of party leaders in the House of Representatives? How does the absence of a parallel institution in the Senate increase the power of individual senators relative to party leaders?

Accepted Answer

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Question 5

Compare and contrast the constituencies and terms of office of members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.Why did the framers provide for different electoral mechanisms to select representatives and senators? How do these institutional choices relate to the different procedures and characters of each house of Congress?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Which of these is the best explanation for why logrolling works?

Accepted Answer

A)  Representatives will vote together to get their own pet projects passed as well. 
B)  Representatives desire to work together in drafting and passing legislation. 
C)  Committees require that members draft legislation together. 
D)  Representatives pick which committees their bills go to. 
E)  Presidents appreciate the work that logrolling takes and pass these bills. 
A)  Representatives will vote together to get their own pet projects passed as well. 
B)  Representatives desire to work together in drafting and passing legislation. 
C)  Committees require that members draft legislation together. 
D)  Representatives pick which committees their bills go to. 
E)  Presidents appreciate the work that logrolling takes and pass these bills.

Question 7

Which of these is a combined committee between members of the House and Senate?

Accepted Answer

A)  agriculture 
B)  conference 
C)  standing 
D)  special 
E)  member 
A)  agriculture 
B)  conference 
C)  standing 
D)  special 
E)  member

Question 8

Why do the jurisdictions of committees matter?

Accepted Answer

A)  The party caucuses determine the jurisdiction of committees. 
B)  Bills are drafted entirely in committees. 
C)  Committee jurisdictions determine what bills are heard in what committee. 
D)  Committees are the same between the House and Senate. 
E)  Only standing committees hear legislation. 
A)  The party caucuses determine the jurisdiction of committees. 
B)  Bills are drafted entirely in committees. 
C)  Committee jurisdictions determine what bills are heard in what committee. 
D)  Committees are the same between the House and Senate. 
E)  Only standing committees hear legislation.

Question 9

What presidential tool is most useful at the end of a Congressional session?

Accepted Answer

A)  appointment powers 
B)  signing statements 
C)  executive orders 
D)  pocket vetoes 
E)  advertisements 
A)  appointment powers 
B)  signing statements 
C)  executive orders 
D)  pocket vetoes 
E)  advertisements

Question 10

Why are committees a central feature of the distributional model?

Accepted Answer

A)  Members pay party leaders to be assigned to committees. 
B)  Committees allow members to insert specialized allocations into bills. 
C)  Parties control access to committees in the referral process. 
D)  Members do not value committees independently of monetary gain. 
E)  Committees are not a central feature of the distributional model. 
A)  Members pay party leaders to be assigned to committees. 
B)  Committees allow members to insert specialized allocations into bills. 
C)  Parties control access to committees in the referral process. 
D)  Members do not value committees independently of monetary gain. 
E)  Committees are not a central feature of the distributional model.

Question 11

How can votes on the floor of the House and Senate be utilized by interest groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Scores of closeness to the group's interest are generated through votes. 
B)  Senators are differentiated from representatives. 
C)  Interest groups use votes to push for new interest groups. 
D)  Representatives utilize these to grade their party leaders. 
E)  Interest groups judge based on individual bills. 
A)  Scores of closeness to the group's interest are generated through votes. 
B)  Senators are differentiated from representatives. 
C)  Interest groups use votes to push for new interest groups. 
D)  Representatives utilize these to grade their party leaders. 
E)  Interest groups judge based on individual bills.

Question 12

The ____________________ is more responsive to constituents than the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  president/House 
B)  Supreme Court/House 
C)  bureaucracy/Senate 
D)  Supreme Court/president 
E)  House/Senate 
A)  president/House 
B)  Supreme Court/House 
C)  bureaucracy/Senate 
D)  Supreme Court/president 
E)  House/Senate

Question 13

Which of these is the best explanation for why representatives might not vote in a manner consistent with majority opinion in their district?

Accepted Answer

A)  The majority opinion is factually incorrect. 
B)  The minority opinion is the position of the opposition party. 
C)  The representative is facing a tough primary election challenger. 
D)  The representative is facing a tough general election challenger. 
E)  The representative will never vote against the district majority opinion. 
A)  The majority opinion is factually incorrect. 
B)  The minority opinion is the position of the opposition party. 
C)  The representative is facing a tough primary election challenger. 
D)  The representative is facing a tough general election challenger. 
E)  The representative will never vote against the district majority opinion.

Question 14

Which of these is a constitutionally mandated institution of Congress?

Accepted Answer

A)  majority leader of the Senate 
B)  speaker of the House 
C)  minority leader of the House 
D)  speaker of the Senate 
E)  committee chair 
A)  majority leader of the Senate 
B)  speaker of the House 
C)  minority leader of the House 
D)  speaker of the Senate 
E)  committee chair

Question 15

Why are staffs for legislative and campaign work separate entities?

Accepted Answer

A)  The sizes are too much to deal with under one heading. 
B)  The president mandates that staff be organized in this fashion. 
C)  Congress functions more efficiently in this fashion. 
D)  The separation is mandated by election law. 
E)  The separation is mandated by the Constitution. 
A)  The sizes are too much to deal with under one heading. 
B)  The president mandates that staff be organized in this fashion. 
C)  Congress functions more efficiently in this fashion. 
D)  The separation is mandated by election law. 
E)  The separation is mandated by the Constitution.

Question 16

Why were disappearing quorums effective before the Reed Rules?

Accepted Answer

A)  Representatives could be counted as not present and stop consideration of bills. 
B)  Representatives could speak at length against bills and could not be stopped. 
C)  Representatives could not be forced to vote on measures and often did not. 
D)  Senators could be counted as not present and stop consideration of bills. 
E)  Senators could speak at length against bills and could not be stopped. 
A)  Representatives could be counted as not present and stop consideration of bills. 
B)  Representatives could speak at length against bills and could not be stopped. 
C)  Representatives could not be forced to vote on measures and often did not. 
D)  Senators could be counted as not present and stop consideration of bills. 
E)  Senators could speak at length against bills and could not be stopped.

Question 17

What effect did the districting cases of Baker v.Carr and Wesberry v.Sanders have?

Accepted Answer

A)  All districts are of the same geographic size. 
B)  All states have more equal representation in the House. 
C)  All states have equal representation in the Senate. 
D)  All districts have roughly equal populations within states. 
E)  All state legislatures are roughly the same size. 
A)  All districts are of the same geographic size. 
B)  All states have more equal representation in the House. 
C)  All states have equal representation in the Senate. 
D)  All districts have roughly equal populations within states. 
E)  All state legislatures are roughly the same size.

Question 18

Why do liberal representatives largely come from liberal districts and conservative representatives from conservative districts?

Accepted Answer

A)  State legislators know the preferences of every citizen in their state and draw district boundaries to perfectly match this. 
B)  Representatives poll on every issue and always vote in accordance with the majority opinion from these polls. 
C)  Political parties perfectly match the liberal-conservative dimension and thus members vote with their party on all votes. 
D)  Citizens vote for candidates which are most like them, thus producing representatives who share the general majority opinion in districts. 
E)  Representation is inconsistent, and members simply vote their conscience on every issue in the chamber. 
A)  State legislators know the preferences of every citizen in their state and draw district boundaries to perfectly match this. 
B)  Representatives poll on every issue and always vote in accordance with the majority opinion from these polls. 
C)  Political parties perfectly match the liberal-conservative dimension and thus members vote with their party on all votes. 
D)  Citizens vote for candidates which are most like them, thus producing representatives who share the general majority opinion in districts. 
E)  Representation is inconsistent, and members simply vote their conscience on every issue in the chamber.

Question 19

What is the impact of the power and duties of the House Rules Committee relative to proceedings in the Senate?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is no difference between the two committees. 
B)  Senators have more power than representatives. 
C)  The House has greater partisan control of floor proceedings. 
D)  The Senate has greater partisan control of floor proceedings. 
E)  The parties have complete control in the House over all proceedings. 
A)  There is no difference between the two committees. 
B)  Senators have more power than representatives. 
C)  The House has greater partisan control of floor proceedings. 
D)  The Senate has greater partisan control of floor proceedings. 
E)  The parties have complete control in the House over all proceedings.

Question 20

Which is a type of congressional committee?

Accepted Answer

A)  separate 
B)  regular 
C)  national 
D)  agriculture 
E)  standing 
A)  separate 
B)  regular 
C)  national 
D)  agriculture 
E)  standing

Why is the Senate more individualistic than the House?

Which of these is a power given to Congress in the Constitution?

What is the most limiting factor for the power of congressional party leaders?

What is the Rules Committee? How does the Rules Committee support the power of party leaders in the House of Representatives? How does the absence of a parallel institution in the Senate increase the power of individual senators relative to party leaders?

Which of these is the best explanation for why logrolling works?

Which of these is a combined committee between members of the House and Senate?

Why do the jurisdictions of committees matter?

What presidential tool is most useful at the end of a Congressional session?

Why are committees a central feature of the distributional model?

How can votes on the floor of the House and Senate be utilized by interest groups?

The is more responsive to constituents than the .

Which of these is the best explanation for why representatives might not vote in a manner consistent with majority opinion in their district?

Which of these is a constitutionally mandated institution of Congress?

Why are staffs for legislative and campaign work separate entities?

Why were disappearing quorums effective before the Reed Rules?

What effect did the districting cases of Baker v.Carr and Wesberry v.Sanders have?

Why do liberal representatives largely come from liberal districts and conservative representatives from conservative districts?

What is the impact of the power and duties of the House Rules Committee relative to proceedings in the Senate?

Which is a type of congressional committee?

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Why is the Senate more individualistic than the House?

Which of these is a power given to Congress in the Constitution?

What is the most limiting factor for the power of congressional party leaders?

What is the Rules Committee? How does the Rules Committee support the power of party leaders in the House of Representatives? How does the absence of a parallel institution in the Senate increase the power of individual senators relative to party leaders?

Which of these is the best explanation for why logrolling works?

Which of these is a combined committee between members of the House and Senate?

Why do the jurisdictions of committees matter?

What presidential tool is most useful at the end of a Congressional session?

Why are committees a central feature of the distributional model?

How can votes on the floor of the House and Senate be utilized by interest groups?

The ____________________ is more responsive to constituents than the ____________________.

Which of these is the best explanation for why representatives might not vote in a manner consistent with majority opinion in their district?

Which of these is a constitutionally mandated institution of Congress?

Why are staffs for legislative and campaign work separate entities?

Why were disappearing quorums effective before the Reed Rules?

What effect did the districting cases of Baker v.Carr and Wesberry v.Sanders have?

Why do liberal representatives largely come from liberal districts and conservative representatives from conservative districts?

What is the impact of the power and duties of the House Rules Committee relative to proceedings in the Senate?

Which is a type of congressional committee?

Introduction

the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Rights and Liberties

the Presidency

the Bureaucracy

the Judiciary

Public Opinion

Political Participation

Interest Groups and Social Movements

Political Parties

Elections and Campaigns

Mass Media and the Press

Economic Policy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy

Filters

The is more responsive to constituents than the .