Exam 5: Congress

A) There is no difference between the two committees.
B) Senators have more power than representatives.
C) The House has greater partisan control of floor proceedings.
D) The Senate has greater partisan control of floor proceedings.
E) The parties have complete control in the House over all proceedings.

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A) The pace is sped up.
B) The pace is slowed.
C) The pace is no different with or without separation of powers.
D) The pace is slowed through the Supreme Court only.
E) The pace is slowed through the bureaucracy.

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A) The party caucuses determine the jurisdiction of committees.
B) Bills are drafted entirely in committees.
C) Committee jurisdictions determine what bills are heard in what committee.
D) Committees are the same between the House and Senate.
E) Only standing committees hear legislation.

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A) partisan; informational
B) distributional; informational
C) informational; distributional
D) informational; partisan
E) partisan; distributional

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A) agriculture
B) conference
C) standing
D) special
E) member

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A) political parties
B) congressional caucuses
C) Supreme Court judges
D) individual politicians
E) congressional committees

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A) serving as agenda setters for bills
B) They are relatively unimportant, but were mandated by the Constitution.
C) formally deciding which bills go to the floor
D) passing legislation
E) solving collective dilemmas in committees

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A) The lower number of members makes parties more difficult.
B) The president plays a much greater role in the Senate.
C) The Constitution mandates that the Senate be more individualistic.
D) Senate debate and procedure rules permit such behavior relative to the House.
E) The Senate is not more individualistic than the House.

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A) Writing bills in small portions is easier.
B) These provisions garner more support for a bill from affected members.
C) Office staff write bills among many people.
D) Presidents find these bills easier to sign into law.
E) The Court is less likely to declare these bills unconstitutional.

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A) Combined effort between the House and Senate is important to American government.
B) They enable leaders of the House and Senate to meet.
C) The Constitution mandates that all legislation be passed through conference committees.
D) Differences between the House and Senate bills are resolved.
E) The president is able to direct the content of legislation at this stage.

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A) organize party retreats for the member organization
B) write legislation that is in the best interest of the party
C) encourage members to vote for party-sponsored legislation
D) coordinate partisans on relevant committees to produce partisan legislation
E) speak at party events with outside interest groups

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A) Increased constituent service creates less time for other activities because time is limited.
B) More offices must be opened in order to deal with greater demands for constituent service.
C) Constituent service involves committees on which members serve; therefore, it increases committee power at the expense of party power.
D) Members do not value services provided to constituents, and thus choose to do less of it.
E) There is no trade-off for constituent service.

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A) The House chamber could not fit more members and therefore needed to be kept at that size.
B) The House would have difficulties in resolving collective dilemmas if the size were any greater.
C) The House must not be more than four times larger than the Senate by constitutional provision.
D) The House was limited by state populations in 1911.
E) The House is not limited to 435 members, but rather is that size due to the original district size distributions.

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A) Over time, the distance between Congress and the president increases and decreases.
B) When necessary, the Supreme Court can become more activist.
C) The powers given to the president can be expanded through the authority to make laws in the national interest.
D) Congressional powers can be expanded without limit.
E) Congressional powers can be expanded through the authority to make laws in the national interest.

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A) One moved to run for the Senate and lost.
B) Each is running for governor.
C) They have been redistricted into the same district.
D) Their districts have been moved into the same state.
E) Incumbents do not face each other in general elections.

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A) The sizes are too much to deal with under one heading.
B) The president mandates that staff be organized in this fashion.
C) Congress functions more efficiently in this fashion.
D) The separation is mandated by election law.
E) The separation is mandated by the Constitution.

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