Government - Unit 2 - Interactions Between Branches - Level 2

A candidate who runs for the U.S. House of Representatives must meet which of the following qualifications?

• Legal resident of the state they are running in

• At least 30 years old

• Must hold a law degree

• U.S. citizen from birth

Congressional legislative powers include all of the following EXCEPT...

• creating and collecting taxes.

• establishing a lower-court system.

• pardoning felons.

• declaring war.

If no candidate in a presidential election gets a majority of votes (270) in the Electoral College, who selects the winner?  

• The people

• The Senate

• The House of Representatives

• The Supreme Court

Mandatory spending would include which area of the federal budget? 

• military salaries

• Social Security

• highway spending

• special interest projects

The best defense of pork-barrel legislation is that it

• helps improve the federal deficit.

• can bring jobs and money to a state or district.

• keeps the federal treasury from wasting funds.

• provides money and aid to the largest populations.

The practice in Congress whereby Representative A promises to vote for Representative B's legislation, provided that Representative B will support Representative A's legislation, is referred to as...

• filibustering.

• partisan discipline.

• pork barrel legislation.

• logrolling.

Congressional power of oversight is vital because

• the power was granted by a constitutional amendment.

• it serves as a check on the judicial branch.

• it serves as a check on the executive branch.

• the power is given to Congress by executive agencies.

Most of the work of legislating in Congress takes places in

• standing committees.

• joint committees.

• select committees.

• conference committees.

The committee system is more important in the House than in the Senate because...

• the House is so large that more work can be accomplished in committees than on the floor.

• the seniority system plays no role in the House and therefore committees must play a larger role.

• committee members are appointed by the President.

• the majority party in the House prefers to give priority to the work of committees.

The House Rules Committee is an important part of the legislative process because it...

• determines the terms and conditions of debate when a bill goes to the House floor.

• determines ethics rules for members' conduct.

• determines whether a bill should be referred to a policy committee for consideration.

• negotiates compromises on bills with the Senate Rules Committee.