Test #7 Congress at Work

-rule that forbids members of Congress to offer amendments to a bill from the floor

• closed rule

• open rule

• lobbying

• casework

• joint resolution

-a proposed law to authorize spending money

• public bill

• private bill

• continuing resolution

• appropriations bill

• authorization bill

-an agreement by two or more lawmakers to support each others bills

• logrolling

• casework

• private bill

• public bill

• none of the above

-to change or alter

• lobby

• joint resolution

• closed rule

• special interest

• amend

-the work a lawmaker does to help constituents with problems

• logrolling

• casework

• pork-barrel

• lobbying

• private bill

-direct contact made by lobbyists to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors

• lobbying

• public bill

• rider

• entitlements

• simple resolution

-a bill dealing with individual people or places

• public bill

• private bill

• simple resolution

• joint resolution

• none of the above

-a resolution that keeps the government open and operating under the previous level of appropriation during times when Congress cannot agree on a new appropriation

• simple resolution

• continuing resolution

• joint resolution

• rider

• entitlement

-a rule that permits floor debate and the addition of amendments to the bill

• amend

• casework

• open rule

• closed rule

• none of the above

-a resolution passed in the same form by both houses

• continuing resolution

• simple resolution

• concurrent resolution

• joint resolution