Lesson 8: Legislative Branch

What term is used to describe a person who is represented by an elected official?

• Incumbent

• Committee selection

• Constituent

• President pro tempore of the Senate

Who is the officer of the Senate who presides in the absence of the vice president?

• Speaker of the House

• State legislators

• Committee selection

• President pro tempore of the Senate

What term refers to the current holder of a political office?

• Constituent

• Committee selection

• Incumbents

• State legislators

What is the title given to the presiding officer of the House of Representatives?

• President pro tempore of the Senate

• Constituent

• Speaker of the House

• Committee selection

What term is used to refer to the process or act of selecting members for a committee?

• Constituent

• Incumbents

• State legislators

• Committee selection

What term is used to describe elected members of a state's legislature?

• Constituent

• Incumbents

• State legislators

• Speaker of the House

What is the role of the representative in the House who is chosen by colleagues to preside over the House?

• To assign bills to committees and appoint members to special committees and commissions

• To seek reelection to the position he or she currently occupies

• To serve in the lawmaking body of the state government

• To live in an electoral district and be represented by an elected official

Who may preside over the Senate when the vice president is not there?

• The representative in the House chosen by colleagues

• The senior senator of the majority party

• A person who lives in an electoral district

• A public official seeking reelection

Which type of committee is permanent and handles ongoing legislative responsibilities?

• Special committee

• Conference committee

• Joint committee

• Standing committee

What type of committee is formed for a specific purpose and, typically, for a limited time?

• Standing committee

• Conference committee

• Special committee

• Committees