Congressional Leadership & Committees

Control over what goes on in Congress, including the law making process and committee work always belongs to the ______ party.

• Democratic

• Republican

• majority

• minority

The way that each chamber of Congress establishes which party is in majority, selects its leaders, and rank orders everyone in the party for committee membership, etc. is on day one of each term, they conduct a ________.

• vote by all tenured members

• primary vote

• Zoom Meeting with the President

• party caucus

The Constitution created ____ leadership positions for Congress, while the parties have created ____ for each chamber.

• 11 / 8

• 3 / 8

• 3 / 4

• 2 / 4

The majority party gets to pick ____ leadership positions in each chamber, while the minority party gets to pick ____ positions.

• 3 / 2

• 2 / 1

• 4 / 3

• 6 / 6

The Senate has an extra leadership position because .....

• it is considered the upper/more prestigious chamber.

• Senators serve longer terms

• the Senate has an even number of seats

• the House is the lower/less prestigious chamber

What person does the Constitution add to the Senate's leadership who is not a Senator?

• the Speaker of the House

• the President Pro Tempore

• the President of the Senate

• the President of the US

When the President of the Senate is not available, the presiding officer is the ______________ (senior most person in the majority party).

• Vice President of the US

• President Pro Tempore

• Minority Leader

• Speaker of the House

The presiding officer of the House of Representatives is the ____________, and is usually the highest ranking member of the majority party.

• Majority Leader

• Speaker of the House

• Majority Whip

• President of the House

In the modern Senate, the _________ is actually the most powerful person in the Senate, despite the Constitution creating the position of __________.

• Majority Leader / President Pro Tempore

• President Pro Tempore / Majority Leader

• Majority Leader / Speaker of the House

• Majority Whip / Majority Leader

In either chamber of Congress, the highest ranking person in the party with fewer members is called the __________.

• Majority Leader

• Majority Whip

• Minority Leader

• Minority Whip