Exam 11: The Congress

When a committee chairperson sets a bill aside to ignore it rather than to send it to a subcommittee,the bill has been _____.

Which of the following statements is true of a congressional committee? 

If,by choosing to vote,the Speaker of the House creates a tie,_____.

In the context of the bicameral legislature of Congress,the framers: 

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Defense convenes to expand a clause in its proposed bill on military assistance for counter-terrorism operations in the United States.The Senate Appropriations Committee on Defense in this case is _____.

In the context of the legislative process,discuss how a bill is referred to committees.

The House of Representatives has twice exercised its impeachment power against a president.

The Homeland Security Committee is an example of a _____ in Congress.​ 

Which of the following is an oversight body for the U.S.Congress? 

Identify a requirement that must be met by a state in drawing congressional district boundaries.

The District of Columbia,American Samoa,Guam,the Northern Mariana Islands,and the U.S.Virgin Islands all send _____ to the House of Representatives.

Where a party's voters are scarce,the boundaries of a district can be drawn to include as many of the party's voters as possible.This is a characteristic of _____.

The Constitution provides for the _________ of House seats among the states on the basis of their respective populations.

In 1842,Congress passed an act that required all states to send representatives to Congress from _____.

Identify a difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate.

The _____ normally proposes time limits on debate for any bill.

A _____ refers to a Congress consisting of two chambers.

The use of unlimited debate in the Senate to obstruct legislation is called _________.

Which of the following is an example of an entitlement program? 

Which of the following statements is true of the advice and consent powers of the Senate?​