Government Topic 4 pt. 2 Quiz

This leader is the elected Senate officer who presides in the Vice President’s absence.

• Secretary of State
• Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
• Speaker of the House
• President pro tempore

These are permanent panels in each house of Congress.

• Subcommittees
• Standing Committees

• Caucuses
• Task forces

It is an assistant floor leader, whose main job is to keep party members in line.

• Lasso
• Whip
• Bell
• Whistle

It means to bury a bill in committee, ultimately letting it die in committee.

• Rider

• Cloture

• Subcommittee

• Pigeonhole

These are divisions of standing committees that do most of the committee’s work.

• subsections
• subdivisions
• subgroups
• subcommittees

This is a tactic by which a minority of Senators seeks to delay or block Senate action on a measure.

• Delaytactic
• Obstruct
• Blockade
• Filibuster

This leader is the Senate’s presiding officer (per the U.S. Constitution).

• Secretary of State
• Chief Justice
• Speaker of the House
• President of the Senate

It means a majority of the full membership.

• Party Caucus

• Fillibuster

• Whip

• Quorum

They are the heads of the standing committees in Congress.

• committee supervisors
• committee heads
• committee leaders
• committee chairman

It is a closed meeting of the members of each party in each house.

• summit
• party caucus

• conference
• gathering