WorksheetsCongress
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 21mins
What is the term length of a member of the House?
2 years
4 years
6 years
8 years
Who breaks a tie on a vote in the Senate?
Speaker of the House
Vice President
President Pro Tempore
President
What is the current party in power in the House of Representatives?
Democrats
Republicans
How long was the longest filibuster?
20 hours and 18 minutes
24 hours and 18 minutes
24 hours
18 hours and 24 minutes
Where does Congress conduct its legislative sessions?
The White House
The Pentagon
Washington Monument
Capitol Hill
Senators are elected to serve ___ year terms.
2
4
6
life
The number of Senate seats held by each State is
it varies
depends on the population
2
50
The drawing of district borders in order to favor one political party over another is
redesign
gerrymandering
congressional clustering
redividing
Why do Incumbents rarely lose reelection?
The electoral college favors incumbents
They are better known to voters, and can raise funds more easily
They are actually more likely to lose elections
They are given an advantage through the seniority system
Where is most of the legislative work done in Congress?
On the House and Senate floor
Within the congressional committees
Within the House Leader Organization
With the Joint Council
Proposed Law
Bill
Veto
Cloture
Whip
Total members of the US Congress
435
100
538
535
Bills tend to come to a standstill in the ___________ stage.
Planning
Committee Stage
Developement
Voting
When there is an agreement between two or more lawmakers to support each other’s bill it is called?
Pork Barrelling
Packing
Logrolling
Casework
District lines for the House of Representatives are drawn with the authority of the
State Government
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
The direct election of Senators was established with the
Addition of the Bill of Rights
The creation of the Articles of Confederation
Signing of the Constitution
The passing of the Seventeenth Amendment
Permanent groups to oversee bills that deal with certain kinds of issues are called?
Standing Committee
Select Committee
Joint Committee
Conference Committee
_________ of the Constitution.
Which of the following is NOT an option the POTUS has when he receives a bill from Congress?
sign it into law within 10 days
veto it
take no action and let it become law after 10 days
sign it after 15 days
Which of the following is NOT an expressed power of Congress?
declare war
pardon people convicted of federal crimes
levy taxes
establish inferior federal courts
Which house has the power to hold impeachment trials?
Senate
House
When lawmakers use Congress to obtain federal funding for their own state it is called?
Pork Barrelling
Packing
Logrolling
Casework
