What is the term for the formal approval of a bill by both chambers of Congress?
a) Introduction
b) Passage
c) Veto
d) Amendment
Answer: b) Passage
The process of introducing a bill in Congress is also known as:
a) Cloture
b) Filibuster
c) Referral
d) Enactment
Answer: c) Referral
Which term refers to the practice of talking a bill to death in the Senate, delaying its passage?
a) Veto
b) Filibuster
c) Cloture
d) Pocket veto
Answer: b) Filibuster
The process of ending a filibuster in the Senate by a vote of three-fifths of the members is called:
a) Cloture
b) Filibuster
c) Pocket veto
d) Gerrymandering
Answer: a) Cloture
What is the term for a tactic used in the Senate to delay or block a bill by speaking for an extended period?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Veto
c) Cloture
d) Filibuster
Answer: d) Filibuster
The process of combining two or more bills into a single bill is known as:
a) Cloture
b) Veto
c) Gerrymandering
d) Amendment
Answer: d) Amendment
What is the term for the practice of members of Congress trading votes on different bills?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Logrolling
c) Filibustering
d) Cloture
Answer: b) Logrolling
In the House of Representatives, which committee is responsible for scheduling the debate and determining the rules for a bill?
a) Appropriations Committee
b) Ways and Means Committee
c) Rules Committee
d) Judiciary Committee
Answer: c) Rules Committee
What is the term for the process by which a committee or subcommittee debates, amends, and votes on a bill?
a) Cloture
b) Filibuster
c) Markup
d) Pocket veto
Answer: c) Markup
A bill that is introduced in one chamber of Congress and then sent to the other chamber for consideration undergoes what process?
a) Veto
b) Cloture
c) Reconciliation
d) Conference committee
Answer: c) Reconciliation
The final version of a bill that has been passed by both chambers of Congress is sent to the President for:
a) Cloture
b) Filibuster
c) Veto
d) Amendment
Answer: c) Veto
If the President does not sign a bill within ten days while Congress is adjourned, the bill:
a) Is automatically vetoed
b) Is sent to the Supreme Court
c) Becomes law
d) Returns to the committee
Answer: c) Becomes law
The power of Congress to review and monitor activities of the executive branch is known as:
a) Veto power
b) Filibustering
c) Congressional oversight
d) Logrolling
Answer: c) Congressional oversight
When a bill is referred to a committee, what happens during the committee markup process?
a) The bill is sent directly to the President for approval
b) The bill is debated and amended by committee members
c) The bill is automatically signed into law
d) The bill is vetoed by the committee chair
Answer: b) The bill is debated and amended by committee members
What is the term for a provision attached to a bill that is unrelated to the bill’s subject matter?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Filibuster
c) Rider
d) Cloture
Answer: c) Rider
The Speaker of the House is responsible for:
a) Presiding over the Senate
b) Introducing bills in the House
c) Casting tie-breaking votes
d) Leading the majority party in the House
Answer: d) Leading the majority party in the House
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate is typically:
a) The Vice President of the United States
b) The longest-serving member of the majority party in the Senate
c) The Speaker of the House
d) The Senate Majority Leader
Answer: b) The longest-serving member of the majority party in the Senate
What is the term for a temporary delay in the consideration of a bill?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Cloture
c) Filibuster
d) Hold
Answer: d) Hold
The Senate holds a trial following the impeachment of a federal official. Who presides over this trial?
a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
b) The Vice President
c) The Speaker of the House
d) The Senate Majority Leader
Answer: a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
What is the term for a formal agreement between two or more members of Congress to support each other’s bills?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Logrolling
c) Filibuster
d) Cloture
Answer: b) Logrolling
The process of redrawing congressional district boundaries to favor a particular party or group is known as:
a) Gerrymandering
b) Cloture
c) Filibuster
d) Logrolling
Answer: a) Gerrymandering
Which term refers to a proposed amendment to a bill that is not directly related to the bill’s subject matter?
a) Veto
b) Rider
c) Filibuster
d) Markup
Answer: b) Rider
What is the term for a motion in the Senate to end a filibuster and bring a bill to a vote?
a) Cloture
b) Filibuster
c) Pocket veto
d) Logrolling
Answer: a) Cloture
Which term refers to a tactic used in the House of Representatives to cut off debate and force a vote on a bill?
a) Filibuster
b) Gerrymandering
c) Cloture
d) Previous question
Answer: d) Previous question
The “power of the purse” refers to Congress’s authority to:
a) Declare war
b) Regulate interstate commerce
c) Control government spending
d) Ratify treaties
Answer: c) Control government spending
What is the term for a congressional practice that allows members to insert requests for federal funding into spending bills?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Cloture
c) Filibuster
d) Earmarking
Answer: d) Earmarking
A filibuster can be ended in the Senate through a process known as:
a) Pocket veto
b) Cloture
c) Override
d) Logrolling
Answer: b) Cloture
In the House of Representatives, what is the process called when a bill is debated and amended in the full chamber?
a) Markup
b) Filibuster
c) Veto
d) Floor consideration
Answer: d) Floor consideration
The process of reconciling differences between House and Senate versions of a bill is typically done by a:
a) Conference committee
b) Filibuster
c) Veto
d) Cloture
Answer: a) Conference committee
The process by which a bill becomes law even if the President does not sign it within ten days, while Congress is in session, is known as:
a) Override
b) Veto
c) Pocket veto
d) Filibuster
Answer: a) Override
Which term refers to the formal rejection of a bill by the President?
a) Override
b) Veto
c) Pocket veto
d) Amendment
Answer: b) Veto
The process of amending the Constitution requires approval by:
a) A simple majority in both chambers of Congress
b) A two-thirds majority in both chambers of Congress or a convention of states
c) The President
d) The Supreme Court
Answer: b) A two-thirds majority in both chambers of Congress or a convention of states
The “elastic clause” of the Constitution grants Congress the power to:
a) Declare war
b) Regulate commerce
c) Veto bills
d) Appoint judges
Answer: b) Regulate commerce
What is the term for a practice in the Senate that allows a senator to speak for an unlimited time to delay or block a bill?
a) Pocket veto
b) Cloture
c) Filibuster
d) Markup
Answer: c) Filibuster
A “pocket veto” occurs when the President:
a) Vetoes a bill after Congress has adjourned
b) Signs a bill into law
c) Sends a bill to a conference committee
d) Refers a bill to a committee
Answer: a) Vetoes a bill after Congress has adjourned
In the Senate, who is responsible for breaking ties on procedural votes?
a) The Majority Leader
b) The Vice President
c) The Minority Leader
d) The Speaker of the House
Answer: b) The Vice President
What is the term for a formal declaration of disapproval of a senator’s conduct, which requires a two-thirds majority vote for expulsion?
a) Censure
b) Veto
c) Filibuster
d) Pocket veto
Answer: a) Censure
The process of bringing a bill back to the floor for consideration after it has been pigeonholed in committee is known as:
a) Override
b) Reconciliation
c) Cloture
d) Discharge petition
Answer: d) Discharge petition
What is the term for a procedure used in the Senate to prevent a bill from coming to a vote by continuously speaking?
a) Cloture
b) Filibuster
c) Pocket veto
d) Veto
Answer: b) Filibuster
The process of drafting a new bill to combine differing House and Senate versions is carried out by a:
a) Filibuster
b) Conference committee
c) Pocket veto
d) Veto
Answer: b) Conference committee
The process of ending debate and forcing a vote on a bill in the House of Representatives is known as:
a) Cloture
b) Filibuster
c) Pocket veto
d) Previous question
Answer: d) Previous question
What is the term for the official journal of Congress that records its daily proceedings and decisions?
a) Congressional Record
b) Filibuster
c) Pocket veto
d) Cloture
Answer: a) Congressional Record
The process by which Congress can block or overturn a federal agency’s regulations or decisions is known as:
a) Cloture
b) Filibuster
c) Veto
d) Congressional review
Answer: d) Congressional review
A bill that is introduced in one chamber of Congress and then sent to the other chamber for consideration undergoes what process?
a) Veto
b) Cloture
c) Reconciliation
d) Conference committee
Answer: c) Reconciliation
What is the term for the process of Congress reviewing and approving the federal budget?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Cloture
c) Appropriation
d) Filibuster
Answer: c) Appropriation
The process of combining two or more bills into a single bill is known as:
a) Cloture
b) Veto
c) Gerrymandering
d) Amendment
Answer: d) Amendment
Which term refers to the practice of members of Congress trading votes on different bills?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Logrolling
c) Filibustering
d) Cloture
Answer: b) Logrolling
In the House of Representatives, which committee is responsible for scheduling the debate and determining the rules for a bill?
a) Appropriations Committee
b) Ways and Means Committee
c) Rules Committee
d) Judiciary Committee
Answer: c) Rules Committee
What is the term for a formal agreement between two or more members of Congress to support each other’s bills?
a) Gerrymandering
b) Logrolling
c) Filibuster
d) Cloture
Answer: b) Logrolling
The process of redrawing congressional district boundaries to favor a particular party or group is known as:
a) Gerrymandering
b) Cloture
c) Filibuster
d) Logrolling
Answer: a) Gerrymandering
