Chapter 11/12 American Federal Governmentment

Interest groups are____.

• A social club

• Political action committees

• political parties

• organized groups of people with a desire to change public policy

What Act provided a system of registration and financial disclosure of those attempting to influence legislation in Congress?

• 1946 Federal Regulation of lobbying Act

• 1970 IRS Tax Increase on Bribes act

• 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act

• The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act

Which of these is a way interest groups use courts to influence policy?

• supplying judges with solidary benefits

• joining an issue network

• creating an iron triangle

• forming a political action committee

• Filing an Amicus Curiae brief

What are the major differences between Super PACs and PACs

• A PAC has a maximum contribution of 500 per candidate while a super PAC has a limit of 1,000.

• A PAC has a maximum contribution of 1,000 per candidate while a super PAC has a limit of 5,000

• A PAC has a maximum contribution of 5,000 per candidate while a super PAC has a limit of 10,000

• A super PAC has a maximum contribution limit of 5,000 per candidate, while PACs can not donate directly

• A PAC has a maximum contribution of 5,000 per candidate while a super PAC can not donate directly

Draw and label the Iron Triangle!

In which ways are the House and Senate different?

• The house is a more deliberative body then the senate.

• The House is more centralized and organized then the Senate

• Senators serve smaller terms and are more homogeneous constituencies then members of the house

• There are no important differences between the House and the Senate

The party member that is elected to line up party members on important votes and relay voting information to leaders is called a____.

Which types of committees include both members of house and the senate

• Standing committees

• select committees

• Joint committees

• conference committees

In which Chamber of congress is party unit greater?

• The House

• The Senate

What is an impeachable offense?