Chapter 6 Chapter Exam

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. As members started running their own campaigns they started to notice that raising their personal profile helped obtain reelection. Over time this led to a decreased focus on what?

Constituent services correct incorrect

Working with caucuses correct incorrect

Legislating correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following helped stall civil rights legislation?

The House Rules Committee would not report civil rights bills to the floor correct incorrect

Senators worked to filibuster civil rights legislation correct incorrect

Urban centers in the North became deeply Republican territory correct incorrect

Both a and b correct incorrect

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. A series of Supreme Court decisions led to more regular _____________.

Redistricting correct incorrect

Reapportionment correct incorrect

Franking of mail correct incorrect

Town hall meetings correct incorrect

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. A myriad of reasons exist for why irregular order has become the norm for the legislative process today. Yet, many of the historical causes had the same effect on members. What changed?

Members now had more diverse issues on their agendas correct incorrect

Members made more money but had less experience correct incorrect

Members were forced to adopt party-approved messaging in their campaigns correct incorrect

Members stopped providing oversight on issues they disagreed with correct incorrect

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. In the 1990s Newt Gingrich helped convince Republicans they could govern if they had control. This began an era characterized by what?

Rapid policy changes that were opposed by the president correct incorrect

Intense electoral competition where either party could be in the majority following the next election cycle correct incorrect

An influx of dark money into the political system correct incorrect

Intense oversight of issues favored by the Republican Party correct incorrect

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. Representative Houseman has been a policy expert in pharmaceutical drug manufacturing for years. He has written a broad bill that he thinks would benefit from multiple referral, and specifically, he thinks different parts of his bill should be examined by members with different areas of expertise. What type of referral is he hoping for?

Sequential correct incorrect

Joint correct incorrect

Split correct incorrect

Poly correct incorrect

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. The Subcommittee Bill of Rights made which of the following changes?

Named jurisdictions correct incorrect

Salary increases correct incorrect

The ability to hold hearings and markups with no prior approval of the full committee chair correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Representative Engle is trying to gain signatures for a discharge petition. She knows that signatures are visible once a member signs and so she is targeting influential members first. What proportion of House members does she need to sign her petition for it to take effect?

2/3 correct incorrect

1/4 correct incorrect

1/3 correct incorrect

1/2 correct incorrect

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. Irregular order tends to privilege which set of members most?

Committee chairs correct incorrect

Individual members correct incorrect

Leaders of caucuses correct incorrect

Majority party leaders correct incorrect

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. What aspect of irregular order can be used to keep the government funded if Congress does not complete the appropriations process?

Ad hoc working groups correct incorrect

Subcommittee Bill of Rights correct incorrect

Continuing resolutions correct incorrect

Multiple referrals correct incorrect

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. Many aspects of irregular order threaten the power of committee chairs, but members are less concerned because committees are mandated to be part of the legislative process in ___________ of the Constitution.

Article I, Section 2 correct incorrect

Article I, Section 4 correct incorrect

Eighth Amendment correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of irregular order?

Rules that allow for multiple versions of a bill to be voted on sequentially correct incorrect

An open amendment process where members can easily alter legislation correct incorrect

Regular use of cloture in the Senate, even for minor issues or nominations correct incorrect

All of these are characteristics of irregular order correct incorrect

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. Self-executing rules are powerful tools of irregular order. Which of the following can be achieved with the use of a self-executing rule?

Prescribe the automatic adoption of an amendment correct incorrect

Combine two bills for the purposes of debate on the floor correct incorrect

Deem some other legislation as being automatically passed correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. If President Trump plans to negotiate a trade deal with six or seven different central and south Asian nations he is likely to pursue what aspect of irregular order to make sure the deal is more easily negotiated?

Fast-track authority correct incorrect

Continuing resolution correct incorrect

Gangs correct incorrect

Split referral correct incorrect

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. To overcome a hold, the Senate Majority Leader might do what?

File a cloture petition correct incorrect

Fill the amendment tree correct incorrect

Force the senator who placed the hold to object to a unanimous consent agreement correct incorrect

Either a or c correct incorrect