Basis AP Gov Unit 4

Which of the following gives the federal gov the greatest amount of income?

• Income taxes
• Social Security and payroll taxes
• Money collected from tariffs
• Corporate taxes

Which of the following is an accurate statement about committees in Congress?

• An individual representative or senator can serve on only one committee and one subcommittee
• Membership on key committees is limited to fixed terms
• Standing committees oversee the bureaucracy's implementation of legislation
• Committee recommendations tend to have little influence on floor voting

Which of the following best defines earmarks?

• Money set aside for interest payments on the debt
• Legislative provisions that direct approved funds to be spent on specific projects
• Spending authorized by permanent law on programs like Social Security and Medicare
• Appropriated entitlements, such as food stamps

The advantages of incumbency in Congressional elections include which of the following? 
I. Incumbents receive more campaign contributions than do challengers
II. Incumbents are able to provide important services for individual voters
III. The gov provides campaign funds for incumbents

• I and II
• I only
• II only
• II and III 

Which of these events triggers reapportionment of seats in the House of Representatives?

• The election of new Representatives every 2 years
• A change in House leadership
• The decision of the House to authorize redistricting
• A census conducted every 10 years

Incumbent members of the House more often win reelection than do incumbent senators for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

• Representatives' constituents more often belong largely to the representative's party
• Senators have more political power than representatives, and Senate races are accordingly contested more aggressively
• Representatives may use their franking privileges to publicize their achievements via direct mail to constituents
• Representatives more often run uncontested

Which of the following is NOT a step in passing the annual federal budget?

• Federal agencies submit their budget requests directly to Congress
• The Office of Management and Budget reviews the budget requests of the various federal agencies
• The appropriations committees in the House and Senate consider the proposed budget 
• The budget committees in the House and Senate consider the proposed budget 

Which of the following statements about Congress is TRUE?

• Members of Congress only occasionally interested in and pay attention to constitutents
• The legislative process is frequently lengthy, decentralized, and characterized by compromise and bargaining
• Debate in both houses is structured by elaborate rules enacted by leaders of the majority party
• The growth in the size of Congress as an organization is the principal cause of growth in the federal budget deficit

Which of the following would best describe gerrymandering?

• A group of Congress members teaming together in order to get legislation passed
• Dividing the states into regional electoral districts
• Dividing states along party lines in order to determine party strategy
• Drawing electoral districts within a state in order to favor a political party or candidate

Which of the following is NOT a check on the power of the president that the Constitution gives to Congress?

• Congress can pass a law the president has vetoed
• Congress can reject the president's selections to fill key positions in the Executive Office of the President
• Congress can refuse to fund a program the president supports
• Congress can reject the president's nominees for federal judges