Reference no: EM13671241

QUESTION 1

How many Republicans supported John Boehner's re-election?

A. 142

B. 1000

C. 9

D. 216

QUESTION 2

GOP leaders have made which bill their first order of business in the new session of Congress?

A. Forcing Girl Scouts to give away free cookies

B. Affordable Care Act

C. Keystone XL pipeline

QUESTION 3

In the house, roughly half of all lawmakers have been in office only since when?

1998

2008

1981

2010

QUESTION 4

At 29 years old, who was the youngest member of the House of Representatives in 2005?

A. Rosa DeLauro

B. Nancy Johnson

C. Dick Cheney

D. Patrick McHenry

QUESTION 5

"The enterprise notion is ___________ useful in understanding the actions of individual legislators within the context of the Congress as a whole."

A. extremely

B. in a way

C. not

D. kind of

QUESTION 6

Caucuses are what of legislators who share common interests?

A. subgroups

B. clubs

QUESTION 7

"The congressional enterprise helps all lawmakers to claim credit for governmental programs, to take positions on the issues of the ________, and to relentlessly advertise their accomplishments."

A. year

B. week

C. month

D. day

QUESTION 8

According to the text, Committees are now much _____ likely to make decisions on a partisan basis.

A. more

B. less

QUESTION 9

"Legislation if more far-reaching signicance may also be considered under ______ of the rules."

A. suspension

B. pressure

C. approval

D. ignoring

QUESTION 10

According to the text, Constitutional amendments requiring two-thirds vote often are __________ on a floor vote in the House.

A. defeated

B. approved

C. discouraged

D. encouraged