Unit 3 Article 1: Legislative Branch Vocabulary Quiz Question Preview (ID: 60503)


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Refusal by the President to approve a law
a) Senate
b) subcommittees
c) Speaker of the House
d) veto

One of six or eight groups within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of that committee’s responsibility
a) Senate
b) subcommittees
c) Speaker of the House
d) veto

The presiding officer of the House of Representatives, chosen by and from the majority party in the House
a) Senate
b) subcommittees
c) Speaker of the House
d) veto

One of the two lawmaking bodies in Congress; all states are given two members to represent them
a) veto
b) Senate
c) subcommittees
d) Speaker of the House

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) President of the Senate
b) redistricting
c) line item veto
d) pocket veto

In Congress, the Vice President of the United States governs over the Senate when it is in session.
a) pocket veto
b) President of the Senate
c) redistricting
d) line item veto

To set up new district lines after a census
a) pocket veto
b) redistricting
c) line item veto
d) President of the Senate

The ability of the President to veto individual items on a bill
a) line item veto
b) pocket veto
c) redistricting
d) President of the Senate

Organized efforts, usually by interest groups, to contact government officials in an attempt to influence legislation or policies
a) lobbying
b) Congress
c) legislature
d) House of Representatives

The lawmaking body of the government
a) lobbying
b) Congress
c) House of Representatives
d) legislature

One of the two lawmaking bodies in Congress, its membership is based upon state population
a) House of Representatives
b) Congress
c) lobbying
d) legislature

Consists of two houses. It's purpose is to translate public will into public policy in the form of laws.
a) House of Representatives
b) Congress
c) Senate
d) lobbying

A closed meeting of party members from one house of the legislature to select leaders or decide legislative business
a) Apportionment
b) bill
c) bicameral
d) caucus

A proposed law
a) bicameral
b) bill
c) Apportionment
d) caucus

A two-house legislative body
a) Apportionment
b) bill
c) caucus
d) bicameral

The process of determining the number of representatives to which each state is entitled
a) Apportionment
b) bicameral
c) bill
d) caucus

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