The most powerful position in the House if

• Speaker of the House

• President of the House

• Vice President

• House Majority Leader

The most powerful position in the Senate is

• Senate Majority Leader

• Vice President

• President of the Senate

• President Pro Tempore

The permanent committees in either house are known as

• standing committees

• permanent committees

• select committees

• primary committees

Temporary committees that deal with a single issue are called

• select committees

• ad hoc committees

• conference committees

• standing committees

A committee created to settle differences between similar bills from both houses

• conference committee

• standing committee

• ad hoc committee

• select committee

The major role of congressional oversight is so that

• congress can make sure the executive agencies are carrying out policy

• congress can make sure that taxes are not too high

• the House can make sure the Senate is acting constitutionally

• congress can investigate the judicial branch

Which of the committees is NOT unique to the House

• Joint Committee

• Ways and Means Committee

• Rules Committee

• Committee of the Whole

If the majority of the House wants to move a bill out of a reluctant committee, they

• pass a discharge petition

• filibuster

• call for a conference committee

• call for cloture

Which of the following can only occur in the Senate?

• filibuster

• select committee

• impeachment hearing

• oversight