Unit 2 Quick Review

If Congress wanted to effect a change in the Social Security payroll tax, to what congressional committee would the task initially be assigned?

• House Appropriations Committee

• Senate Appropriations Committee

• House Ways and Means Committee

• House Rules Committee

• Senate Finance Committee

A difference between the House of Representatives and the Senate is that in the House

• legislative activity on the floor is more constrained by rules.

• committees are less important in the decision-making process

• junior members have more influence over legislative decisions

• party leaders are less powerful

• bills are more likely to be amended on the floor

When a bill passes the House and the Senate in different versions, the bill is resolved by which of the following types of committee?

• Conference

• Select

• Reconciliation

• Rules

• Standing

Which of the following committees pays a major role in the House in shaping tax policy?

• Finance

• Ways and Means

• Commerce

• Appropriations

• Governmental Affairs

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

• Returns a bill to committee.

• Cuts off debate on a bill.

• Criticizes a senator guilty of improprieties.

• Removes a President who has been impeached by the House.

• Brings a bill directly to a vote without formal committee approval.

Which branch of the government did Article I create?

• Executive Branch
• Legislative Branch
• Judicial Branch
• Olive Branch

Establishing the boundaries of United States congressional districts to give one party an advantage over another party is referred to as

• raiding

• apportionment

• reapportionment

• gerrymandering

• filibustering

The necessary and proper clause allows Congress to

• approve

  all Presidential appointments

• pass any

  law that helps them carry out their enumerated powers

• override

  a President's veto

• alter an

  executive agency's funding

The largest contribution to federal revenue comes from

• taxes on businesses
• interest on foreign debt
• individual income taxes
• capital gains taxes

The biggest category of federal expenditures is spending for

• foreign aid
• salaries & benefits for public employees
• national defense
• aid to the elderly and the poor