Name: Score:
71 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 71
conference committee: after legislation has passed in both the house and the senate, resolve
differences between the 2 bills and then submit them to both chambers for final approval.
Step 1 of the legislative process
Step 3 of the legislative process
Step 8 of the legislative process
Step 13 of the legislative process
Definition 2 of 71
legislation needs to support from the majority of the majority to reach the floor.
Hastert "rule"
Coattail effect
Partisan gerrymandering
Enumerated power
Definition 3 of 71
How legislation gets to the floor in the senate.
Negotiated by majority and minority party leaders
The rules committee
Unanimous consent agreements
Cloture
President diplomatic powers
,Definition 4 of 71
People that generally disapprove of congress as an institution but they approve of the member
of congress who represents their own district
Split-ticket voting
Fenno's paradox
Partisanship
The bandwagon effect
Definition 5 of 71
main job is to focus on legislation in broad policy areas
Conference committees
Select committees
Joint committee
Standing committees
Definition 6 of 71
Floor consideration (house): Bill goes to the rule committee, bill receives a rule and then bill
moves to the house floor
Step 6 of the legislative process
Step 3 of the legislative process
Step 5 of the legislative process
Step 16 of the legislative process
,Definition 7 of 71
writes a lot more rules than the congress passed laws: legally binding but they are less
accountable to the public than congress
partisan gerrymandering
executive privilege
enforcement
rulemaking
Definition 8 of 71
coordinated and mutually beneficial activities of interest groups, congress and the
bureaucracy to achieve shared policy goals
Iron triangle
Executive order
Regulatory agencies
Revolving door
Definition 9 of 71
Serve as commander in chief: makes decisions about military operations but cannot declare
war.
Enumerated power
Government corporation
President Military power
Committees
, Definition 10 of 71
party leaders still shape the agenda, but have less power to do that in the house
House
Supreme Court
Senate
Congress
Definition 11 of 71
public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over
some area of human activity.
Interest groups
Cabinet agencies
Regulatory agencies
Independent agencies
Definition 12 of 71
powers that are explicitly listed in the constitution. Ex: execute laws, veto, state of the union,
power to tax and spend
concurrent power
enumerated power
reserved power
implied power
71 Multiple choice questions
Definition 1 of 71
conference committee: after legislation has passed in both the house and the senate, resolve
differences between the 2 bills and then submit them to both chambers for final approval.
Step 1 of the legislative process
Step 3 of the legislative process
Step 8 of the legislative process
Step 13 of the legislative process
Definition 2 of 71
legislation needs to support from the majority of the majority to reach the floor.
Hastert "rule"
Coattail effect
Partisan gerrymandering
Enumerated power
Definition 3 of 71
How legislation gets to the floor in the senate.
Negotiated by majority and minority party leaders
The rules committee
Unanimous consent agreements
Cloture
President diplomatic powers
,Definition 4 of 71
People that generally disapprove of congress as an institution but they approve of the member
of congress who represents their own district
Split-ticket voting
Fenno's paradox
Partisanship
The bandwagon effect
Definition 5 of 71
main job is to focus on legislation in broad policy areas
Conference committees
Select committees
Joint committee
Standing committees
Definition 6 of 71
Floor consideration (house): Bill goes to the rule committee, bill receives a rule and then bill
moves to the house floor
Step 6 of the legislative process
Step 3 of the legislative process
Step 5 of the legislative process
Step 16 of the legislative process
,Definition 7 of 71
writes a lot more rules than the congress passed laws: legally binding but they are less
accountable to the public than congress
partisan gerrymandering
executive privilege
enforcement
rulemaking
Definition 8 of 71
coordinated and mutually beneficial activities of interest groups, congress and the
bureaucracy to achieve shared policy goals
Iron triangle
Executive order
Regulatory agencies
Revolving door
Definition 9 of 71
Serve as commander in chief: makes decisions about military operations but cannot declare
war.
Enumerated power
Government corporation
President Military power
Committees
, Definition 10 of 71
party leaders still shape the agenda, but have less power to do that in the house
House
Supreme Court
Senate
Congress
Definition 11 of 71
public authority or government agency responsible for exercising autonomous authority over
some area of human activity.
Interest groups
Cabinet agencies
Regulatory agencies
Independent agencies
Definition 12 of 71
powers that are explicitly listed in the constitution. Ex: execute laws, veto, state of the union,
power to tax and spend
concurrent power
enumerated power
reserved power
implied power
