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Quiz am ch11 26-xx, erstellt von c2c0b5e2 am 12/07/2014.
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Frage 1

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In initiating broad legislative proposals, the president enjoys all the following advantages over Congress EXCEPT
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  • the president being more likely to take a national perspective on policy issues.
  • the president being granted more authority by the Constitution in the area of lawmaking.
  • the president's actions receiving more attention from the national media.
  • the president having the authority to make policy decisions even when there are conflicting views within the executive branch, while congressional leaders cannot impose their views on other members who disagree with them.
  • a lack of fragmentation.

Frage 2

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Most members of Congress are
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  • concerned with national issues, but even more concerned with local ones.
  • controlled by special interest groups.
  • interested only in the work of the subcommittee on which they serve.
  • opposed to the seniority system.
  • more interested in oversight than in making laws.

Frage 3

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By and large, partisanship is
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  • irrelevant to the work of Congress.
  • a huge source of both cohesion and division within Congress.
  • relevant only in the context of local representation.
  • important in lawmaking and representation but not in oversight.
  • more important in foreign policy than in domestic policy.

Frage 4

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The oversight responsibility of Congress is
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  • relatively easy to carry out.
  • becoming less and less important to the nation.
  • more interesting to most legislators than policy making responsibilities.
  • the most time consuming task for most legislators.
  • None of these answers is correct.

Frage 5

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What is the biggest reason that Congress does not vigorously pursue its oversight function?
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  • the sheer magnitude of the task
  • its inadequacy as a means to control the bureaucracy
  • its inadequacy as a means to control the power of the president
  • its inadequacy as a way to generate publicity for members of Congress
  • its inadequacy as a means to control the judiciary

Frage 6

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Which of the following is one of the three major functions of Congress's policymaking role?
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  • lawmaking
  • check the president
  • appease special interests
  • inform the people
  • check the Supreme Court

Frage 7

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Bills are formally introduced in Congress by
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  • members of Congress only.
  • executive agencies.
  • interest groups.
  • the Supreme Court.
  • All these answers are correct.

Frage 8

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Most of the work on legislation in Congress is done
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  • by committees and their respective subcommittees.
  • on the floor of the House and Senate.
  • by conference committees.
  • by the president.
  • by bureaucratic agencies.

Frage 9

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The scheduling of bills in the Senate is left up to
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  • the Senate Scheduling Committee.
  • the Senate majority leader.
  • each of the Senate committees.
  • the Senate historian.
  • the Senate parliamentarian.

Frage 10

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News media coverage of Congress and the president is
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  • about equal in amount.
  • heavily tilted toward presidential coverage.
  • largely focused on Congress and its members.
  • typically focused on areas where there is consensus between the two institutions.
  • typically focused on areas where the House as opposed to the Senate is the leading chamber.

Frage 11

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There are currently ________ voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and ________ voting members of the U.S. Senate.
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  • 535; 100
  • 435; 100
  • 150; 31
  • 300; 100
  • 600; 300

Frage 12

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What is the strategy employed in the Senate to prevent a bill from coming to a vote?
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  • mark up
  • filibuster
  • cloture
  • pocket veto
  • conference committee

Frage 13

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For a bill to pass in either chamber of Congress, it must
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  • receive the support of a third of its members.
  • receive the support of a simple majority of its members.
  • receive the support of two-thirds of its members.
  • be passed within two weeks of its passage by the other chamber.
  • be passed within a month of its passage by the other chamber.

Frage 14

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The dominant policymaking political institution during most of the nineteenth century was
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  • the president and the executive branch.
  • Congress.
  • the Supreme Court.
  • the bureaucracy.
  • the mass media.

Frage 15

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Defining the conditions and scheduling a bill for floor debate in the House of Representatives is the responsibility of the
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  • Ways and Means Committee.
  • Rules Committee.
  • Budget Committee.
  • Appropriations Committee.
  • Judiciary Committee.

Frage 16

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Which of the following statements is true?
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  • Political parties are unimportant in the organization of the U.S. Congress.
  • Party-line voting rarely occurs in Congress.
  • Party-line voting has increased in recent years.
  • Partisanship makes virtually no difference in the votes cast in Congress.
  • None of these answers is correct.

Frage 17

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Since the founding of the United States, the debate over the representation function of Congress has centered on whether
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  • key decisions should be made by a small number of representatives in committee or by the whole membership in floor debate.
  • the primary concern of a representative should be the interests of the nation or of his or her constituency.
  • congressional or presidential authority should dominate on broad issues.
  • the House or the Senate is more responsive to the public.
  • the House or the Senate should take the lead on foreign policy issues.

Frage 18

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The trading of votes between members of Congress so that each gets the legislation he or she wants is called
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  • gerrymandering.
  • pandering.
  • logrolling.
  • pork-barreling.
  • cloturing.

Frage 19

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"Mark up" of a bill means that
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  • a president has crossed out sections of the bill that he or she finds personally objectionable.
  • a bill has been approved after floor debate has finished.
  • witnesses at committee hearings suggest modifications of the bill.
  • the House Speaker and Senate majority leader have written a bill in a way that they favor.
  • None of these answers is correct.

Frage 20

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Committees kill more than ________ percent of the bills submitted in Congress.
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  • 10
  • 25
  • 45
  • 66
  • 90

Frage 21

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Nearly ________ percent of all PAC contributions go to the incumbents.
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  • 10
  • 30
  • 50
  • 70
  • 90

Frage 22

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A bill has been approved in the House and Senate, albeit in slightly different versions. The bill now goes to
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  • the president for his or her veto or signature.
  • a conference committee.
  • the standing committees in the House and Senate where the bill originated.
  • the House Rules Committee.
  • the Senate Rules Committee.

Frage 23

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What percentage of state legislators are women?
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  • less than 5 percent
  • more than 20 percent
  • about 50 percent
  • about 60 percent
  • more than 40 percent
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