Topic #4 - The Legislative Branch -National Legislature Overview

All of the following are reasons our Founders established a bicameral Congress EXCEPT:

• Based on British Parliament and state legislatures

• Settled a conflict at the Constitutional Convention

• Based on the successes of the legislature under the Articles of Confederation

• Check each other (both houses must pass a bill before it is sent to the President)

A ____________________ studies proposals, drafts bills, and frames public policies.

• Legislator

• Representative

• Committee member

• Politician

A __________________ is a person who represents the interests of his/her constituents.

• Legislator

• Representative

• Committee Member

• Servant of the Constituents

A _____________ screens proposals for floor consideration.

• Representative

• Servant of the Constituents

• Politician

• Committee Member

A ______________ assists the people in his/her district with paperwork and ceremonial tasks.

• Representative

• Politician

• Servant of the Constituents

• Committee Member

A ________________ balances the interests of his/her constituents and political party.

• Representative

• Committee Member

• Legislator

• Politician

A _____________ is willing to suppress his/her own views, ignore those of the party's leadership, and disregard arguments of their colleagues in order to vote in accordance with their constituent's wishes.

• delegate

• trustee

• partisan

• politico

A ____________ believes that each question must be decided on its own merits regardless of the views held by a majority of their constituents or any other group.

• delegate

• trustee

• partisan

• politico

A ___________ believes that their first allegiance is to their political party.

• delegate

• trustee

• partisan

• politico

A ___________ attempts to combine the delegate, trustee, and partisan roles, balancing their own view of what is best for their constituents or the nation, with political pressures.

• delegate

• trustee

• partisan

• politico