Ek Civics - Congress

States are authorized to redraw congressional districts following each U.S. Census and often create districts favorable to the party in power in a process called 

• realignment
• gerrymandering
• reapportionment
• logrolling

Congressional committees and subcommittees exist

• to acquire the information needed to pass meaningful and comprehensive legislation
• to offer important political posts to influential representatives and senators
• to consolidate power in the majority party
• to streamline the ever-growing legislative process

A _____ is a temporary committee established to deal with issues that either overlap or fall outside the areas of expertise of standing committees.

• standing
• conference
• joint
• select

When the Senate votes to invoke cloture, it

• sends a bill back to its originating committee for amendment
• limits the amount of time that may be spent debating a bill
• forwards a bill to a conference committee so that differences between the House and Senate versions may be worked out
• will result in the failure of a bill

A president can be impeached by the _____ and tried and removed from office by the _____.

• House and Senate; Supreme Court

• House; Senate

• Senate; House

• House; House

If the president neither signs nor vetoes a bill within 10 days while Congress is in session, the bill

• is pocket vetoed
• becomes law
• is killed 
• is sent back to Congress

The Speaker of the House is a member of the minority party

• True 
• False

Minimum age to be in the House

• 20
• 25
• 30
• 35

Which article of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch?

• Article 1
• Article 2
• Article 3
• Article 4

How can a filibuster be ended?

• Vote on the bill
• Cloture 
• Majority Leader can end the fiibuster
• 2/3 vote