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Congress Unit-CDL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| After the House has impeached a President, what must happen next in order to remove that President from office? | the Senate must hold a trial and convict the President on a 2/3 vote |
| Which of the following is the common nickname for the Necessary and Proper Clause? | Elastic Clause |
| True or False: One of Congress's main powers is to appropriate money to different departments of the federal government. | True |
| True or False: Naturalization is an expressed power of Congress. | True |
| True or False: Commanding the armed forces is an expressed power of Congress. | False (the President as Commander-in-chief commands the military) |
| True or False: Controlling weights and measures is an expressed power of Congress. | True |
| True or False: Controlling postal services is an expressed power of Congress. | True |
| True or False: The power to declare war is an expressed power of Congress. | True |
| Why are party politics so important in congressional organization? | The majority party always holds the chairmanship and a majority of seats on each committee |
| The Judiciary committee, a permanent committee, is what type of committee? (select or standing) | standing committee |
| The Senate Watergate committee, a temporary committee to investigate the wrongdoing of Nixon was what type of committee? (select or standing) | select committee |
| What do we call a permanent committee that evaluates bills and either kills them or passes them along for further debate? | standing committee |
| What do we call a temporary House-Senate committee whose goal is to find an acceptable compromise on conflicting versions of a bill? | conference committee |
| What do we call a temporary committee appointed for a limited purpose such as studying specific issues such as crime, hunger, & suspected wrongdoing by govt. officials? | select committee |
| What is the seniority rule? | an unwritten rule that usually determines who will get a committee chairmanship in Congress based on the number of years served by a member of Congress |
| What is cloture? | a way to end a filibuster |
| Which term means a sufficient number of House or Senate members are present to conduct business? | quorum |
| 4. Every ____ years a census is taken to use to apportion the seats among the 50 states. | 10 |
| True or False: Partisan gerrymandering, creating oddly shaped districts to gain political advantage, except in extreme cases, is legal. | True |
| True or False: Racial gerrymandering, reapportioning districts to decrease the political power of minorities, has been ruled unconstitutional. | True |
| An off-year election is a congressional election that occurs in nonpresidential years (between presidential elections) | True |
| True or False: In an off-year election year, if history holds true, the President's party should gain seats in the House of Representatives.. | False (the party that holds the White House usually loses seats in off-year election) |
| True or False:The Wesberry v. Sanders ("one person, one vote" case) outlawed racial gerrymandering. | False (racial gerrymandering is illegal, but that was established by a different court case; Wesberry v. Sanders said that all congressional districts must be roughly the same size in population) |
| True or False: Congressional elections are held the Tuesday after the first Monday of November in odd-numbered years | False (they are held in even-numbered years, NOT odd-numbered years) |
| True or False: All congressional districts must be roughly the same size as far as population. | True (this was established by the Court case Wesberry v. Sanders) |
| True or False: It is possible for John who became a naturalized citizen at age 23 to run for the Senate today at age 30. | False (although John is old enough to be senator, he has to be a naturalized citizen for at least 9 years) |
| True or False: 55 senators were up for re-election in 2020. | False (only 1/3 of the Senate, usually 33 or 34 Senators are up for re-election every 2 years) |
| True or False: The 19th Amendment allowed for the direct election of senators. | False (The 17th Amendment allowed for the direct election of Senators, whereas the 19th gave women the right to vote.) |
| True or False: All the residents of Oregon are constituents of Representative Peter DeFazio. | False (only the Oregon residents who live in the 4th District, southwestern Oregon, are represented by DeFazio) |
| True or False: Oregon has 5 representatives in the House of Representatives. | True (every state has a different number of representatives in the House based on that state's population) |
| There are 435 seats in this house of Congress. | House of Representatives |
| Representation in each state is based on population for this house of Congress. | House of Representatives |
| If a new state is admitted to the country, which house of Congress gains 2 seats? | The Senate |
| Which house of Congress confirms all appointments by the President? | The Senate |
| A treaty signed by the president must be confirmed by which house of Congress? | The Senate |
| If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, which house of Congress chooses the president? | The House of Representatives |
| Which house of Congress has the power to declare war? | Both the Senate and the House of Representatives must vote to declare war. |
| For a bill to become law, which house(s) of Congress must pass it? | Both the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| Members of which house(s) of Congress are on a joint committee? | Both the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| All members of this house of Congress are up for election every two years. | House of Representatives |
| The Vice-President is the constitutional leader of which house of Congress? | The Senate |
| A quorum (50% + 1) of members must be present in this house of Congress to conduct official business. | Both the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| In which house of Congress can a bill be introduced? | Both the Senate and the House of Representatives |
| In which house of Congress must all riders or amendments to a bill be relevant to the original bill? | The House of Representatives (in the Senate, riders do have to be germane or relevant to the topic of the bill) |
| In which house of Congress can members use an electronic voting system to vote on a bill? | The House of Representatives (Senators have no electronic voting system and use roll-call or voice votes) |
| Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley represent Oregonians in which house of Congress? | The Senate |
| Peter DeFazio represents you in which house of Congress? | The House of Representatives |
| Nancy Pelosi is the current leader of which house of Congress? | The House of Representatives (she is the Speaker of the House) |
| Mitch McConnell is the leader of which house of Congress? | The Senate (he is the Majority leader of the Senate) |
| This house of Congress has the power to impeach (bring charges against) the president. | The House of Representatives |
| This house of Congress holds the trial if a president is impeached and can convict and remove the president with a 2/3 vote. | The Senate |
| To be a member of this house of Congress one must be at least 25 years of age, a citizen for at least seven years, and live in the state they wish to represent. | The House of Representatives |
| To be a member of this house of Congress one must be at least 30 years of age, a citizen for at least nine years, and live in the state they wish to represent. | The Senate |
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