Exam 11: Congress

Whose job is it to convey the party's position to rank-and-file congresspersons,keep vote counts,pressure waverers,and report the views and complaints of the House to the party leadership?

Why did the government shut down in 2013?

Most of the work of Congress goes on in __________.

The __________ is the only House official mandated by the Constitution.

Whips serve what function?

What is the vice president's only constitutionally defined job?

The pork barrel may aid the district of a member of Congress by __________.

What best represents the trend of party polarization over the last three decades?

The __________ makes economic projections about the performance of the economy,the costs of proposed policies,and the economic effects of taxing and spending alternatives.

Which statement about incumbency is most accurate?

Over the past three decades,the distance between the political parties in Congress has been growing steadily.As the parties have pulled apart ideologically,they also have become more __________ internally.

__________ committees exist in both the House and Senate,may be temporary or permanent,and usually have a specific focus.

Because Congress is __________,it is fairly open to interest group influence.

What is substantive representation?

Why might incumbents want to deemphasize their policy positions during a reelection campaign?

Congress missed the fact that various agencies with responsibility for supervising the banking industry were negligent in identifying looming financial problems that led to the recession of 2008-2009.This suggests a failure of __________.

The vice president of the United States is the ceremonial leader of the Senate,but he or she has little real leadership responsibilities.The leader of the Senate responsible for the brunt of the work of the majority party is the __________.

In the House of Representatives,a bill goes to the Rules Committee __________.

The English politician and philosopher Edmund Burke advocated the concept of legislators as __________ who use their best judgment to make policy in the interests of the people.

Which example best demonstrates a legislator acting as a trustee of his or her constituency?