EXAM 3
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—- became speaker of the house in 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Iron triangle includes
Interest group representatives legislators government administrators
What is it that makes congress two chambered
It has two houses: senate and house of representative
The __________ provides Congress with essential analysis of the economy and the economic impact of legislation.
Congressional budget office
Which of the following do representatives who see themselves in a delegate role do?
Vote for their constituents desires
Members of both the house and senate form permanent
Joint committees
__________ is the idea of separate institutions sharing some powers in the American system of government.
Checks and balances
The practice of getting national government spending in a member’s district is known as
Pork barrel politics
The single most dominant individual in the Senate is the __________.
Majority leader
__________ are most responsible for developing the legislation that comes from committees.
Committee staffers
Members of Congress must cultivate the support and trust of __________ in order to get re-elected.
Their constituents
The filibuster is a stalling tactic in the Senate.
True
What is the purpose of a conference committee?
Reconcile house and senate bills
The _____ presides over the Senate.
Vice president
What is it called when members of Congress exchange votes to help each other?
Logrolling
The __________ must decide the winner of a presidential election if no candidate wins a majority of the electoral votes.
House of representatives
A president must meet all EXCEPT which of the following requirements?
Be resident of the district of columbia
Which constitutional amendment made it unconstitutional to prevent a person from voting based on race?
Fifteenth
Which of the following can be said about the Electoral College?
It includes 538 electors
The pool of money collected from a $3 check-off on the federal income tax form for presidential campaign funding is called the __________.
Presidential election campaign fund
Which amendment provided women the right to vote?
Nineteenth Amendment
When or how is the choice of a running mate usually made?
To balance the ticket geographically or ideologically
Jim Crow laws were created to do which of the following?
Limit African American voting
The mainspring issue driving most electoral decisions seems to be _________ issues.
economic