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Congress Vocabulary Words

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Appropriations

a)

Open debate

b)

Getting top priority for a bill

c)

People who share beliefs

d)

Figuring how much a bill costs before people vote

2.

Caucus

a)

A fund that is optional to spend

b)

People who share beliefs

c)

Vote to shut someone up (only in Senate)

d)

Short bills passed to pass a bigger bill

3.

Cloture

a)

Vote to shut someone up (Only in Senate)

b)

Street in Washington, D.C. where lobbyists are common

c)

Ironing out differences between Congress & House

d)

Important to you but not to other people

4.

Bipartisan

a)

Both parties

b)

Active president lost mandate

c)

Open vote. Everyone in the building

d)

Preventing a bill from getting passed by talking

5.

Discharge

a)

Financial year beginning in middle of April

b)

Making bill better than it really is

c)

Let's agree to get this done quicker

d)

Passing around a bill, giving it another chance to get passed

6.

Discretionary spending

a)

Important to you but not to other people

b)

Fund that is optional to spend

c)

Open debate

d)

Senate and House speaking as one. Almost never happens

7.

An earmark is important to you but not to other people. In other words, I do it you get credit.

(a)  

8.

Rider

a)

Everything to get a bill passed. Most can't understand

b)

Pressure people into supporting a party

c)

Short bills passed to pass bigger bills

d)

Giving the other party what they want to get what you want

9.

Fast track

a)

Getting top priority for a bill

b)

Vote to shut people up (Only in Senate)

c)

Financial year beginning in middle of April

d)

Ironing out differences between Congress & House

10.

Filibuster

a)

Active president lost mandate

b)

Preventing a bill from getting passed by talking

c)

Mandatory to spend by law

d)

Putting bill as not a priority at all

11.

Fiscal year

a)

Ironing differences between Congress & House

b)

People who share beliefs

c)

Figuring out how much a bill costs before people vote

d)

Financial year beginning middle of April

12.

Floor

a)

Open debate

b)

Open vote

c)

Senate & House speaking as one. Almost never happens

d)

Putting bill as not a priority at all

13.

Conference Committee

a)

Senate and House speaking as one. Almost never happens

b)

Passing a bill around to give bill another chance to get passed

c)

Ironing out differences between Congress & House

d)

Open vote

14.

Joint resolution

a)

Open debate

b)

Senate and House speaking as one. Almost never happens

c)

State has to do, provided no money to do so

d)

Spending unrelated to the bill

15.

(a)   is a street in Washington, D.C. where lobbyists are extremely common.

16.

An active president who lost a mandate is a (a)  

17.

Log-rolling

a)

Giving the other party what they want to get what you want

b)

Mandatory to spend by law

c)

Open vote

d)

Pressure people into supporting a party

18.

(a)   is when it is mandatory to spend by law.

19.

Mark-up

a)

Let's agree to get this done quicker

b)

Pressure people into supporting a party

c)

Getting a top priority for a bill

d)

Making bill seem better than it actually is

20.

Omnibus

a)

Figuring how much a bill costs before people vote

b)

Everything to get a bill passed. Most can't understand

c)

Street in Washington, D.C. where lobbyists are extremely common

d)

Short bills passed to pass bigger bills

21.

Pigeon-hole

a)

Open vote

b)

State has to do, provided no money to do so

c)

Spending unrelatable to the bill

d)

Putting a bill as not a priority at all

22.

Pork

a)

Spending unrelated to the bill

b)

Ironing out differences between Congress & House

c)

Both parties

d)

Let's agree to get this done quicker

23.

Quorum call

a)

Short bills passed to pass bigger bills

b)

People who share beliefs

c)

Open vote. Everyone in the building

d)

Pressuring people into supporting a party

24.

Motion to Table

a)

Vote to shut people up (Only in Senate)

b)

Ironing out differences between Congress & House

c)

Spending unrelated to the bill

d)

Able to interrupt something you don't like

25.

Unanimous Consent

a)

Let's agree to get this done quicker

b)

Putting bill as not a priority at all

c)

State has to do, provided no money to do so

d)

Pressuring people into supporting a party

26.

Unfunded Mandate

a)

Getting top priority for a bill

b)

State has to do, provided no money to do so

c)

Able to interrupt something you don't like

d)

Important to you but not others

27.

Majority whip

a)

Pressuring people into supporting a party

b)

Short bills passed to pass bigger fields

c)

Preventing a bill from getting passed by talking

d)

Vote open