Politics of the United States Questions

Members of the House are apportioned to states based on _______. They serve _______-year terms.

Which of the following is an advantage congressional incumbents possess in seeking reelection over challengers?

To increase turnover in the membership of Congress, some reformers have proposed _______________ for representatives and senators.

Most of the work of Congress goes on in __________.

In the 2011-2012 election cycle, how much money did the average winning House candidate spend?

Because Congress is ___________________, it is fairly open to interest group influence.

The _________________ is the only House official mandated by the Constitution.

Congress missed the fact that various agencies with responsibility for supervising the banking industry were negligent in identifying looming financial problems that led to the recession of 2008-2009. This suggests a failure of ______________.

A _______ is an informal group of members of Congress who share some interest or characteristic; its goal is to promote the interests around which it is formed.

Which incumbency advantage is more important in the Senate than in the House?

In the House of Representatives, a bill goes to the Rules Committee _____________________________

Party leaders from the two chambers of Congress sometimes use __________________ legislation that addresses numerous and perhaps unrelated issues to create winning coalitions and force members to support the entire bill to obtain the individual parts.

A filibuster can be ended through ______________; it requires the approval of ____ senators.

Each state has ___ senators, each of whom serves a ____ year term.

-The English politician and philosopher Edmund Burke advocated the concept of legislators as ________ who use their best judgment to make policy in the interests of the people.

Congress is _______ than the general population.

_________________________ is a good example of congressional casework.

T/F a member of the senate who was elected for 6 terms would serve for 24 years

Congressional salaries may not be adjusted mid-session. Any changes will take effect at the start of a new term*22212627

Granted women's suffrage*19261618