poli sci

Redistricting happens after the census, which is conducted every ______years

• 20

• 15

• 10

• 4

Campaign fundraising tends to be a much greater challenge for

• • Democratic candidates.

• • Republican candidates.

• • men than for women.

• challengers than for incumbents.

• • candidates in urban areas than for candidates in rural areas.

Which of the following is/are the top priority of the vast majority of representatives in the House?

• • election reform

• • environmental deregulation

• • tax cuts

• reelection

• • campaign finance reform

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

• pork.

• • public interest legislation.

• • logrolling.

• • gerrymandering.

• • private legislation.

Through a vote for cloture, the Senate

• • overrides a presidential pocket veto.

• • closes its legislative session for the year.

• • confirms presidential appointees.

• • accepts the House version of a bill.

• can end a filibuster.

Most of the legislative work of Congress is performed by

• • the steering committees that decide how the party stands on particular bills.

• • the joint committees chosen to coordinate actions between the two chambers of Congress.

• • the select committees chosen to study special problems on a temporary basis.

• • party leaders in both chambers.

• the standing committees and their subcommittees with jurisdiction over particular policy areas.

Why does the Speaker of the House have more power than the Senate majority leader?

• • The House is the larger chamber in terms of membership.

• • The Speaker strictly controls the rules of debate.

• All these answers are correct.

• • The House places more limits on debate.

• • The House has less of a tradition as a chamber of equals.

Congressional staffers spend most of their time on

• public relations.

• • constituency service and legislative matters.

• • legislative matters.

• constituency service and public relations.

• • legislative matters and constituency service.

What is a typical outcome of midterm elections?

• The president's party usually loses seats.

• • Voter turnout is substantially higher than in presidential elections.

• Voters are more likely to have weaker ties to political parties.

• • All these answers are correct.

• • Half the House is up for reelection.

The framers of the Constitution saw the ________Blank as the preeminent component of the federal government.

• • president

• • bureaucracy

• None of these answers are correct.

• Supreme Court

• congress