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POLS Questions 1
Study questions for Exam 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why does Congress have committees? | They promote specialization and provide debate structure. Committees are where most of Congress's work occurs. |
| True or False: The Senate MUST compromise in order to function correctly | True! |
| How does the Senate rule? | Unanimous consent |
| What portion of the House is necessary to override a veto? | 2/3 |
| Who appoints the Rules Committee? | The Speaker |
| Is the Rules Committee part of the Senate or the House? | The House |
| Who sets the debate rules? | Rules Committee |
| What does a Discharge Petition do? | Takes a Bill out of its committee and gives it to the House |
| True or False: Most Bills get reported | False |
| What percent of Bills get reported? | Less than 99% |
| What happens when a Bill is approved? | It is sent to the larger house for consideration |
| Who approves the Bills? | The assigned Committee |
| Where do the Hearings for Bills take place? | Sub-committee and Committee level |
| Who assigns Bills to a Committee? | Speaker or the Majority Leader |
| Who writes proposed Bills? | Interest Groups |
| Does the Senate require a majority vote? | No |
| Which is more independent, the House or the Senate? | The Senate |
| How is the House organized? | Centralized, leaders with more control over process, specialization |
| Who's interests does the Senate represent? | State and the Nation as a whole |
| How is the House designed to function? | Represent local interests |
| How many people does one House member represent? | 700,000 |
| How were Senators originally appointed? | By state legislators |
| Which Amendment requires that Senators be elected directly by the people? | 17th Amendment |
| What is the Senate designed to do? | Represent the elite & consider long-range effects |
| What fraction of the Senate is up for re-election every year? | 1/3 |
| How long is one term in the senate? | 6 years |
| How many members does the Senate have? | 100 |
| What makes the House unique from other sections of government? | It was the first designed to represent people directly |
| How long has the house had 435 members? | Since 1913 |
| How are House members appointed? | Elected by district voters |
| How many members are in the House? | 435 |
| Do members of the House have to live in their district? | No, just in their state |
| Where does the term "Wall of separation" come from? | A letter by Thomas Jefferson |
| What kind of speech is not protected? | Obscenity |
| Does the government have to support your free speech? | No |
| How is the term, "censorship" misused? | Censorship only applies to government punishment for expression, not corporations firing employees for what they say |
| What kind of speech is the most important? | Political speech |
| Do Civil Liberties protect people from companies? | No |
| Who determines Civil Liberties? | Supreme Court |
| How are Civil Liberties different from Civil Rights? | Civil rights protect groups by the government, Civil liberties protect individuals from the government |
| What is direct action? | Masses of people getting involved outside the ballot box |
| What is the name of the act that deemed same sex marriage unconstitutional? | Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 |
| Why is the 14th Amendment so important? | The Government cannot enforce Civil Rights without it |
| What is necessary for Civil Rights to be carried out? | Government Action |
| Who do Civil Rights protect and what do they protect them from? | Groups from discrimination & Minorities from majorities |
| What changes did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 make? | Banned poll taxes, literacy tests, and subjected southern states to federal oversight |
| What did Title IX do? | Gives girls more opportunities in school |
| Originally, how many votes were necessary to end a filibuster? | 67/100 |
| Who gave a 14 hour speech at the 57 day filibuster? | Senator Robert Byrd |
| How long did the Southern Democratic Senators filibuster the Civil Rights Act? | 57 days |
| What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish? | Outlawed segregation, cut funding from discriminatory programs, and created equal employment opportunities & commission |
| What are the three Reconstruction Amendments? | 13, 14, and 15 |
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