AGAP Test Ch 06 Congress

__________ is the process of allotting congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of the population.

• Apportionment
• Appropriations
• Gerrymandering
• Redistricting

The Constitutional Convention resulted in what form of legislature?

• bicameral
• direct
• unicameral
• unified

In the House of Representatives, who is second in authority to the Speaker of the House?

• majority leader
• majority whip
• minority leader
• president pro tempore (or pro tem)

Congress is __________ than the general population.

• less partisan
• less well paid
• happier
• wealthier

A(n) __________ committee is created to reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate.

• conference
• appropriations
• ways and means
• standing

Pork may aid the district of a member of Congress by __________.

• diverting unallocated funds to the service sector
• increasing jobs and revenue with federally funded projects
• increasing revenue through private market investment
• taxing corporations less so they provide health insurance for employees

An elected official who votes the way his or her constituents would want is a __________.

• conscientious objector
• delegate
• trustee
• politico

Whips serve what main function?

• to act as official spokespersons for their chambers
• to help the Speaker schedule proposed legislation for debate
• to meet with members of the executive cabinet
• to persuade party members to support the party

The formal method for ending a filibuster is __________; it requires the approval of __________ senators.

• abrogation; fifty-one
• censure; fifty-five
• cloture; sixty
• discharge; sixty-seven

During an election, an incumbent representative might point to local allocations of a federal highway bill as a reason to be reelected. This is an example of __________.

• credit claiming
• gerrymandering
• franking
• casework