Chapter 11
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| Where do most legislators begin their political career? | show 🗑
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| Which best defines a constituent? | show 🗑
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| Which lawmakers must be a at least 30 years of age and a US citizen for at least 9 years? | show 🗑
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| show | a college degree and a background in business or law
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| What determines the number of seats in the Senate? | show 🗑
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| show | Dividing the House seats among the states according to each state's population
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| Which of there events triggers reapportionment of seats in the House of Representatives? | show 🗑
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| You are a new house member. You represent your district by responding directly to the needs of your constituents. This means that you see your job as.... | show 🗑
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| show | Majority/minority whip
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| The Constitution assigns a position in Congress to the Vice President. That position is... | show 🗑
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| show | Standing committee
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| Which group handles most of the detailed work of lawmaking in Congress? | show 🗑
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| show | Republican and demcratic party
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| Who helps members of congress with a variety of tasks, including answering constituents questions, writing speeches, and drafting bills? | show 🗑
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| Unofficial groups formed by congress to pursue particular goals and interests are called... | show 🗑
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| show | The Senate or Congress checks either the executive or judicial branch in them or both
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| show | Amendment
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| A bill can become law only after... | show 🗑
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| Unlike other legislation, tax bills can originate.... | show 🗑
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| The constitution declared that war-making powers... | show 🗑
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| show | U.S senators
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| Based on informal qualifications lawmakers are expected to meet today, a person with which of the following qualities is most likely to become a lawmaker? | show 🗑
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| show | dividing the House seats among the states according to each state's population.
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| You are a new House member. You represent your district by responding directly to the needs of your constituents. This means that you see your job as | show 🗑
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| show | They have won federally-funded projects for their home districts
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| How is Congress different than bicameral legislatures in most countries? | show 🗑
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| The assistant floor leaders in the House who keep the leadership informed and persuade party members to vote along party lines are called the | show 🗑
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| show | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
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| Unlike other legislation, tax bills can originate... | show 🗑
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| show | are shared between Congress and the president
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| What do legislators do when they take on casework? | show 🗑
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| show | Nebraska is the only state with a unicameral, or one-house, legislature.
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| In which type of state legislature do members spend about half of their time as lawmakers? | show 🗑
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| State legislators | show 🗑
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| Why do some people advocate term limits for state legislators? | show 🗑
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| show | support agencies
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| Formal qualifications | show 🗑
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| Informal qualifications | show 🗑
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| show | a temporary committee of legislators from both the House and Senate created to work out differences in bills passed by both chambers
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| joint committee | show 🗑
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| joint resolution | show 🗑
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| show | a temporary committee formed by either the House or Senate to investigate a specific problem; also called a special committee
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| show | a permanent committee of legislators from either the House or Senate responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or agriculture
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| show | a small legislative committee within a larger, standing committee; subcommittees do much of the work of reviewing legislation
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| Delegate | show 🗑
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| Trustee | show 🗑
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