Legislative Process and Skills Assessment

Reorder the following

• Lawmakers draft a bill, Bill is referred to subcommittee, subcommittee marks up bill

• House and Senate debate bill and vote

• Subcommittee in other chambers begin to process the bill

• If passed, the bill is referred to the other chamber

• Bill is reported to full committee

The ​ (a)   is the highest ranking member in the house of representatives

• Speaker of the House
• President
• Majority Leader
• Senator

What skill does a Representative need during the legislative process

• Negotiation Skills

• Organization Skills

• Education Skills

• Recitation Skills

What does consensus mean?

• A disagreement between people

• A general agreement among a group of people

• A rule or law made by the government

• A decision made by only one person

In the policy making process, decisions should reflect public opinion, with transparency and input from all groups

• True

• False

Identifying shared values or concerns among different groups is important when

• Finding things that make people disagree

• Ignoring other people’s opinions

• Choosing one person’s opinion over everyone else’s

• trying to find common ground among stakeholders with opposing views on a current issue

What is a positive of lobbying?

• It stops new laws from being created

• It allows wealthy people to control laws

• Lobbyist can educate and provide important information to legislator to make informed decision

• It prevents the public from knowing how laws are made

A special interest group is a ​ ​ (a)   that form to ​ ​ (b)  

• group of people with similar beliefs and values
• influence policy by supporting specific people
• A Gov. department that makes and enforces laws
• A political party that runs candidates for office
• A news station that reports on political even
• A business that sells goods for profit
• create and pass laws in Congress
• punish people who break the law

Small government, less taxes, less government involvement in daily life are values of which political party?

• Republican Party

• Democrat Party

• Green Party

• Third Party

What are constituencies?

• A law passed by Congress

• people who live and can vote in a particular district

• A political party’s main office

• A type of government meeting