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Congress Review

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The committee in the House of Representatives that reviews most bills coming from a House committee before they go to the full House.

House Rules Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
Joint Committee

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The most important influencers of the congressional agenda. Play dominant roles in scheduling hearings, hiring staff, appointing subcommittees, and managing committee bills when they are brought before the full house.

Committee Chairs
Cabinet
Whips
Speaker of the House

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals, particularly by cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get

Casework
Pork Barrel
Revenue
Tax Expenditures

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Advises Congress on the probable consequences of its decisions, forecasts revenues, and is a counterweight to the president’s Office of Management and Budget.

Congressional Budget Office
Office of Management and Budget
Council of Economic Advisers
Senate Finance Committee

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

A legislative position that acts as a liaison between members of the party and party leadership. They are also vote counters and act as a sort of lobbyist for their party with regard to certain bills.

party whips
incumbents
speaker of the house
president pro tempore

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The leader of the House or Senate who is a member of the minority party.

Speaker
President pro tempore
party whip
minority leader

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Unlimited debate by the Senate used to delay or stop a bill from passing (usually used by the minority party to obstruct the majority); with 2017 nuclear option on Neil Gorsuch, these may be a thing of the past

franking
gerrymandering
filibustering
nuclear option

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