Government Chapter 5 Test Review

can stop a House bill from reaching a floor vote

• filibuster

• gerrymandering

• House Rules Committee

agency that projects the costs of proposed programs

• committee chair

• Congress

• CBO

temporary committee to investigate an issue

• select committee

• CBO

• House Rules Committee

provides checks and balances within Congress

• gerrymandering

• bicameral legislature

• caseworkers

drawing of district boundaries to benefit a party

• gerrymandering

• filibuster

• Congress

personal staff handling growing constituent requests

• caseworker

• Congress

• committee chair

fills leadership role if vice president is unavailable

• president pro tempore

• Congress

• House Rules Committee

decides who will testify about bills

• committee chair

• Congress

• bicameral legislature

branch given the most power by Founding Fathers

• executive

• judicial

• Congress

action to prevent a Senate bill from a final vote

• filibuster

• House Rules Committee

• gerrymandering