Legislative Branch Test

Last Name, First Name

The main task of each house is to ____.

• judge laws
• make laws
• execute laws
• interpret laws

The flow of legislative work in Congress is controlled by which party?

• majority
• minority
• Democratic
• Republican

Who in each house holds a lot of power?

• A. majority party
• B. minority party
• C. Democratic Party
• D. Republican Party

Before both houses of Congress pass it and the president signs it, a proposed law is a ___.

• A. act
• B. number
• C. Bill
• D. Proposal

Who is President of the Senate ____.

• A. President Pro Tempore
• B. Speaker of the House
• C. President of the United States
• D. Vice President of the United States

The most important officers in the Senate are which two groups?_____

• A. Representatives and Senators
• B. Floor and Party Whips
• C. Right and the Left
• D. Majority and Minority

What is one Way to defeat a bill in Senate?

• A. Pocket Veto
• B. Filibuster
• C. Call Time Out
• D. Voice Vote

What Limits a senators’ speaking time?

• A. Cloture
• B. Census
• C. Representatives
• D. Committee Votes

Standing, select, & joint are all types of Congressional _____

• A. Conferences
• B. Committees
• C. Parties
• D. Bills