Exam 12: Congress

A) In 2005, party unity voting was close to an all-time high.
B) Party unity voting was disallowed by the organizational reforms of the 1970s.
C) The decline of party unity voting reflects the increasing strength of party discipline.
D) Party unity voting has been increasingly rare since the 1970s.
E) Party unity voting is usually higher in the Senate than in the House.

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A) redistricting.
B) gerrymandering.
C) redlining.
D) apportionment.
E) filibustering.

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A) the resources that elected officials use to reward their supporters.
B) the manipulation of electoral districts to serve the interests of a particular group.
C) the practice whereby legislators trade their support or opposition on one bill to get the support of another legislator on a different bill.
D) the investigations of the executive branch that Congress frequently engages in.
E) the tactic used by members of the Senate to prevent action on legislation they oppose by continuously holding the floor and speaking until the majority backs down.

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A) permanent and involve members from both the House and the Senate, but they do not have the power to report legislation.
B) temporary and are created to take up an issue that falls between the jurisdiction of existing committees, to highlight an issue, or to investigate a particular problem.
C) permanent and have the power to write and propose legislation.
D) temporary, involve members from both houses of Congress, and are charged with reaching a compromise on legislation once it has been passed by both the House and the Senate.
E) informal committees composed of members from both political parties and both houses of Congress that are designed to promote bipartisanship.

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