Name: Date: AP United States Government & Politics Directions: Simply identify and describe the important terms, places, events, and people listed below. Then & Now DUE 2/1 the first branch power of the purse partisan polarization disappearing center Congress versus Parliament Congress Parliament independent powers clerk-hire In Great Britain s parliamentary system, candidates for Parliament are selected by a. other members of Parliament, as in a private club. b. the people, through primary elections. c. delegates to the party conventions. d. the party. e. the prime minister.
DUE 2/3 The Evolution of Congress bicameral legislature centralization decentralization Millionaires Club Seventeenth Amendment filibuster Rule 22 cloture Until ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution, members of the Senate were selected by. a. direct elections b. the president c. state legislatures d. primary runoffs e. regional coalitions How many members are there in the U.S. House of Representatives? a. 400 b. 435 c. 535 d. 100 e. 200
DUE 2/7 Who Is in Congress? Carol Mosely Braun Nancy Pelosi Blue Dog Caucus incumbency 1994 midterm election marginal districts safe districts professional politicians conservative coalition The typical member of Congress is a(n) a. middle-aged, white, Protestant businessman. b. older, white, Protestant businessman. c. older, white, Catholic lawyer. d. middle-aged, white, Protestant lawyer. e. young, white communications major. All of the following statements concerning term limits are correct EXCEPT a. the movement to impose term limits began in the 1980s. b. the House approved a constitutional amendment to limit terms. c. A constitutional amendment to limit terms died in the Senate. d. the Supreme Court has struck down a state law limiting the terms of members of Congress. e. the Supreme Court has struck down a state law limiting the terms of members of state legislatures.
DUE 2/9 Representation and Polarization representational view roll-call votes organizational view attitudinal explanation The Organization of Congress: Parties & Interest president pro tempore majority leader minority leader whip Policy Committee Steering Committee Committee on Committees
Speaker Rules Committee floor leader (majority or minority leader) party vote caucus Congressional Black Caucus The explanation for congressional voting behavior that assumes members vote to please their colleagues is referred to as. a. representational b. conventional c. organizational d. attitudinal e. relational If you wished to study the real leadership office in the Senate, you would most likely focus on the a. president pro tempore. b. majority leader. c. party whip. d. chairperson of the Policy Committee. e. chairperson of the Judiciary Committee. A member of the Senate has just been elected to a position that requires him to keep the majority leader informed about the opinions of other party members. He has just been elected a. majority party whip. b. president pro tempore. c. chairman of the Steering Committee. d. chairman of the Policy Committee. e. chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
DUE 2/13 The Organization of Congress: Committees standing major minor select joint conference Newt Gingrich Most of the power in Congress is found in a. the chairmanship of s and subs. b. specialized caucuses. c. state delegations. d. party leaders. e. caucuses. Of the following, which is an example of a select? a. Aging b. Ethics c. Indian Affairs d. Options A, B, C, and D are true. e. None of the above is true.
The Organization of Congress: Staffs & Specialized Offices legislator s staff entrepreneurial function Congressional Research Service (CRS) Government Accountability Office (GAO) Congressional Budget Office (CBO) The original purpose of the General Accounting Office (GAO), now the Government Accountability Office, was to perform a. research in the Library of Congress. b. audits of financial records. c. evaluations of technological advancements. d. employment application evaluations. e. audits of high-ranking military officers. The staff agency that advises Congress on the probable economic effect of different spending programs and the cost of proposed policies is the a. Congressional Budget Office (CBO). b. General Accounting Office (GAO). c. Congressional Research Service (CRS). d. Office of Technology Assessment (OTA). e. Congressional Research Fund (CRF).
DUE 2/15 How a Bill Becomes LAw simple resolution concurrent resolution joint resolution appropriations bill die in discharge petition restrictive closed rule open rule Committee of the Whole quorum
riders cloture rule double tracking ad hominem voice vote division vote roll-call vote electronic vote teller vote veto divided government policy gridlock
unified government earmarks legislative productivity Federalist #55 pork-barrel legislation franking privilege Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Office of Compliance Unlike in the House, the scheduling of legislation in the Senate is a. controlled by the Rules Committee. b. initiated by means of a discharge petition. c. governed by closed rather than open rules. d. determined by the majority and minority leaders. e. determined ad hoc. In recent years, the political beliefs of members of Congress have become a. more polarized than those of voters. b. close to the center of the political spectrum. c. moderately liberal. d. moderately conservative. e. more unified. The complexity of the procedure for enacting a law gives the advantage to the bill s a. party supporters. b. opponents. c. congressional sponsors. d. supporters in the executive branch.
e. supporters in the media.