17-18 3.4 Congress - Oversight and Voting

Congresses ability to oversee, investigate and exert power over agencies is known as...

• casework
• oversight
• educating the public
• legislating

When different parties control the presidency and one or both houses of Congress.

• divided government
• bipartisanship
• political conferencing
• representative democracy

a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person; especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance.

• partisanship
• democracy
• principled
• objective

Choice committee assignments, increasing influence with the leadership, and perhaps even more assistance from the campaign committees are reasons why Congressmen vote as...

• trustees
• delegates
• with their party

A congressmen voting as a trustee is basing their vote on...

• their own opinions
• the beliefs of their constituents
• the beliefs of interest groups
• pressure from the president

A congressmen voting as a delegate is basing their vote on...

• their own opinions
• the beliefs of their constituents
• pressure from the president
• pressure from interest groups

The practice of exchanging favors, especially in politics by reciprocal voting for each other's proposed legislation is known as

• logrolling
• oversight
• pigeonholeing
• partisanship

Interest groups can do all of the following to influence legislation except...

• provide congressmen with information about the bill
• explain their feelings about a particular bill to members of Congress
• mobilize constituent public opinion for or against legislation
• set up meetings between members of Congress and the President

Which of the following is a formal legislative power of the President?

• the veto
• calling up and pressuring members on the telephone
• using the media to influence the legislative agenda
• inviting Congressmen to the oval office to discuss legislation

What day of the week do members of the President's administration think is the most effective to go on television to push for particular legislation? 

• Sunday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Wednesday