pretest 11

There are currently________ voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and________ voting members of the U.S. Senate.

• 435; 100
• 150; 31

• 535; 100

• 300; 100

Legislation whose tangible benefits are targeted solely at a particular legislator's constituency is often criticized as pork.

• True

• False

Senators are generally less likely to take directions from their leaders because senators think of themselves as being equals and generally expect to have more autonomy.

• True

• False

Bills can only be formally introduced in Congress by

• members of Congress only.

• interest groups.

• executive agencies.

• All these answers are correct.

The _____________ is a procedural tactic employed in the Senate to prevent a bill from coming to a vote.

• filibuster

• mark up

• cloture

• conference committee

Most of the time of congressional staffers is spent on

• constituency service and public relations.

• public relations.

• legislative matters.

• legislative matters and constituency service.

Which of the following is one of the three major functions of Congress's policymaking role?

• appease special interests

• lawmaking

• inform the people

• constituent service

Most of the work on legislation in Congress is done

• by committees and their respective subcommittees.

• by bureaucratic agencies.

• by the president.

• by conference committees.

• on the floor of the House and Senate.

One must be________ years of age to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and________ years of age to serve in the U.S. Senate.

• 18; 21

• 25; 30

• 40; 50

• 21; 25

Cloture is the procedure in the Senate

• confirms presidential appointees.

• overrides a presidential pocket veto.

• can end a filibuster.

• accepts the House version of a bill.