Unit 4 Review AP

Of the following which is the most powerful figure in Congress?

• The Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee

• The Minority Whip of the Senate

• The Chair of the Senate Finance Committee

• The Speaker of the House

• The majority Whip of the House

Congressional standing committees are best described as

• Permanent subject-matter committees

• Specially appointed investigative bodies

• Joint committees of the two houses of Congress

• Committees created for each session

• Advisory staff agencies

Which of the following committees of the House of Representatives sets the conditions for debate and amendment of most legislation?

• Judiciary

• Ways and Means

• Rules

• Appropriations

• Government Operations

The Constitution states that all revenue bills must originate in

• The Office of Management and Budget

• The Congressional Budget Office

• A White House budget resolution

• The United States House of Representatives

• The United States Senate

A committee chair in the House of Representatives is always

• The member with the longest service in the House

• A member of the majority party in the chamber

• A representative of the Speaker

• The member with the longest service on the committee

• A trusted ally of the President

Which of the following statements about rules of procedure in the House and Senate is correct?

• The House operates by more formal rules, while the Senate operates more on informal understandings.

• The rules can be changed by the President during a national emergency

• The rules are specified in Article I of the Constitution

• The rules in each chamber are determined by the majority whip

• Debate by a determined minority in either chamber cannot be halted

The major difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is that

• Each state has equal representation in the House but not in the Senate

• Judicial nominations originate in a House committee

• There is unlimited debate in the Senate but not in the House

• Filibusters are possible only in the House

• Revenue bills must originate in the Senate

The role of a conference committee in Congress is to

• Oversee the actions of the executive branch of the government

• Conduct hearings that make information available to the public

• Hold hearings on proposed legislation

• Reconcile differences in bills passed by the House and Senate

• Decide which bills should be considered by the full Senate

A cloture motion passed in the Senate does which of the following

• Cuts off debate on a bill

• Returns a bill to committee

• Removes a President who has been impeached by the House

• Criticizes a senator guilty of improprieties

• Brings a bill directly to a vote without form a committee approval

Which of the following is true about the pocket veto?

• It may be overridden by a two-thirds vote in congress

• It is used to strike down a provision of a bill that the President finds disagreeable

• It is used when both houses of Congress pass separate versions of the same bill

• It is used when the President expects to reach a compromise with Congress about how a bill should be modified

• It occurs when the President takes no action on a bill for ten days during which Congress is adjourned