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Unit 3 Article 1: Legislative Branch Vocabulary Quiz
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1) Refusal by the President to approve a law
A
subcommittees
B
Speaker of the House
C
veto
D
Senate
2) One of six or eight groups within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of that committee’s responsibility
A
Speaker of the House
B
Senate
C
subcommittees
D
veto
3) The presiding officer of the House of Representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the House
A
veto
B
Speaker of the House
C
subcommittees
D
Senate
4) One of the two lawmaking bodies in Congress; all states are given two members to represent them
A
veto
B
subcommittees
C
Senate
D
Speaker of the House
5) Means by which the President may kill a bill passed during the last ten days Congress is in session by simply refusing to act on it
A
redistricting
B
line item veto
C
pocket veto
D
President of the Senate
6) In Congress, the Vice President of the United States governs over the Senate when it is in session.
A
President of the Senate
B
pocket veto
C
line item veto
D
redistricting
7) To set up new district lines after a census
A
line item veto
B
redistricting
C
President of the Senate
D
pocket veto
8) The ability of the President to veto individual items on a bill
A
pocket veto
B
line item veto
C
President of the Senate
D
redistricting
9) Organized efforts, usually by interest groups, to contact government officials in an attempt to influence legislation or policies
A
lobbying
B
Congress
C
House of Representatives
D
legislature
10) The lawmaking body of the government
A
lobbying
B
legislature
C
House of Representatives
D
Congress
11) One of the two lawmaking bodies in Congress, its membership is based upon state population
A
lobbying
B
legislature
C
House of Representatives
D
Congress
12) Consists of two houses. It's purpose is to translate public will into public policy in the form of laws.
A
Congress
B
House of Representatives
C
Senate
D
lobbying
13) A closed meeting of party members from one house of the legislature to select leaders or decide legislative business
A
bill
B
caucus
C
Apportionment
D
bicameral
14) A proposed law
A
bill
B
bicameral
C
Apportionment
D
caucus
15) A two-house legislative body
A
caucus
B
bicameral
C
Apportionment
D
bill
16) The process of determining the number of representatives to which each state is entitled
A
bicameral
B
bill
C
caucus
D
Apportionment
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