Congress

The ____________ is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.

• Majority Leader
• House Speaker 
• Main Whip 
• The Vice President

_______ serve as a “Liaison” between the party leadership and the “Rank-and-file” members and ensure all their party members are showing up to vote. 

• House Speaker
• Senators
• whips
• Congressmembers

_____________ attempt to carry out the decisions/beliefs of their party, and to control which legislation (bills) come to a vote on the floor. 

• whips
• rank and file members
• majority/minority leaders

A __________________ is  a legislative sub-organization of specialized Congressmembers in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty and reviews Bills.

• House of Representatives 
• Floor Specialists 
• Committees
• Senate 

The current Speaker of the House is

• Mitch McConnell
• Kevin McCarthy
• Joe Biden
• Paul Ryan

If the president of the Senate is absent, then the ___leads.

• president pro tempore
• Speaker of the House
• Representative
• no one; Congress doesn't meet.

Question 9
Permanent legislative panels in the House or Senate that specialize in the consideration of particular subject areas are called

• select committees
• joint committees
• conference committees
• standing committees 

Question 14
Who is the most powerful member of the House of Representatives 

• The majority whip
• The floor leader
• The majority leader
• The Speaker of the House 

Question 22
This congressional title goes to the individual who encourages fellow party members to vote as the party leadership wants

• the floor leader
• the majority leader
• the whip
• the Speaker of the House

Question 25
This title goes to the spokesperson and main strategist for the majority party in the Senate

• floor leader
• majority leader
• president pro tempore
• whip