A) The seniority principle is based on the length of time the member has spent in Congress.
B) Because of seniority,committee chairs exercise absolute power over their committees.
C) Seniority is no longer absolute in the selection of committee chairs,but it is usually followed.
D) Seniority is no longer used at all in the choice of committee chairs.
E) Seniority is used in the Democratic Party,but not the Republican Party.
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A) service in Congress was even more of a lifetime career than it is now.
B) members of Congress would move from House to Senate and back with little concern for the relative power and prestige of the chambers.
C) service in Congress was not seen as a lifetime career for most of its members.
D) service in Congress was restricted by the imposition of term limits in many states.
E) service in Congress was greatly preferred to service in state government.
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A) only as a starting point.
B) only if the dominant party is the same as the president's party.
C) and most often fast-tracks them into law.
D) and tables them until they expire.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) disruptive issues such as general public discontent with Congress become prominent.
B) the incumbent is tainted with charges of personal misconduct or corruption.
C) the election is a midterm election,and the incumbent is of the same party as the president.
D) through redistricting,the incumbent is placed in a disadvantageous district.
E) All these answers are correct.
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A) Canada
B) Germany
C) the United States
D) Great Britain
E) None of these answers is correct,as all these nations have one-house dominant legislatures.
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A) Political parties are unimportant in the organization of the U.S.Congress.
B) Party-line voting rarely occurs in Congress.
C) Party-line voting has increased in recent years.
D) Partisanship makes virtually no difference in the votes cast in Congress.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) constituency service and legislative matters.
B) legislative matters.
C) constituency service and public relations.
D) legislative matters and constituency service.
E) public relations.
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A) irrelevant to the work of Congress.
B) a huge source of both cohesion and division within Congress.
C) relevant only in the context of local representation.
D) important in lawmaking and representation but not in oversight.
E) more important in foreign policy than in domestic policy.
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A) less than 5 percent
B) more than 20 percent
C) about 50 percent
D) about 60 percent
E) more than 40 percent
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A) receive the support of a third of its members.
B) receive the support of a simple majority of its members.
C) receive the support of two-thirds of its members.
D) be passed within two weeks of its passage by the other chamber.
E) be passed within a month of its passage by the other chamber.
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A) a president has crossed out sections of the bill that he or she finds personally objectionable.
B) a bill has been approved after floor debate has finished.
C) witnesses at committee hearings suggest modifications of the bill.
D) the House Speaker and Senate majority leader have written a bill in a way that they favor.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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A) the president for his or her veto or signature.
B) a conference committee.
C) the standing committees in the House and Senate where the bill originated.
D) the House Rules Committee.
E) the Senate Rules Committee.
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A) concerned with national issues,but even more concerned with local ones.
B) controlled by special interest groups.
C) interested only in the work of the subcommittee on which they serve.
D) opposed to the seniority system.
E) more interested in oversight than in making laws.
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A) the sheer magnitude of the task
B) its inadequacy as a means to control the bureaucracy
C) its inadequacy as a means to control the power of the president
D) its inadequacy as a way to generate publicity for members of Congress
E) its inadequacy as a means to control the judiciary
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