PLS Exam 3 - James Kaatz questions
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Congress - correct answer ✔✔Specific duties of the house and senate
Duties of house and senate - correct answer ✔✔Declare war, deal with money,
commerce, federal courts, immigrants, make laws.
Duties of house - correct answer ✔✔right to originate revenue bills. Right to
impeachment.
Duties of Senate - correct answer ✔✔court to try impeachments. Needs 2/3
majority vote for conjunction.
Article 1 - correct answer ✔✔Gives congress powers and limits.
Reapportionment - correct answer ✔✔Redistribution of representatives among
the states, based on population change. Congressional seats are reapportioned
after each census.
Why incumbents tend to be reelected - correct answer ✔✔voters tend to support
their own representatives while being contemptuous of the rest of the
membership.
, Gerrymandering - correct answer ✔✔Redrawing a congressional district to
intentionally benefit one political party.
Process of how bills become laws - correct answer ✔✔The problem must find its
way onto the congressional agenda. Senators give to senate clerks or introduce to
floor.
Veto - correct answer ✔✔The president's rejection of a bill that has been passed
by both houses of Congress. Congress can override a veto with a 2/3 vote in each
house.
Pocket veto - correct answer ✔✔A means of killing a bill that has been passed by
both houses of Congress, in which the president neither signs the bill nor returns
it to Congress and Congress adjourns within ten days of the bill's passage.
Standing Committee - correct answer ✔✔A permanent congressional committee
that specializes in a particular legislative area.
Joint committee - correct answer ✔✔A committee made up of members of both
the House and Senate.
Select committee - correct answer ✔✔A congressional committee created for a
specific purpose and, usually, for a limited time.
Conference committee - correct answer ✔✔A temporary committee created to
work out differences between the House and Senate versions of a specific piece of
legislation.
well answered to pass A+ rated
Congress - correct answer ✔✔Specific duties of the house and senate
Duties of house and senate - correct answer ✔✔Declare war, deal with money,
commerce, federal courts, immigrants, make laws.
Duties of house - correct answer ✔✔right to originate revenue bills. Right to
impeachment.
Duties of Senate - correct answer ✔✔court to try impeachments. Needs 2/3
majority vote for conjunction.
Article 1 - correct answer ✔✔Gives congress powers and limits.
Reapportionment - correct answer ✔✔Redistribution of representatives among
the states, based on population change. Congressional seats are reapportioned
after each census.
Why incumbents tend to be reelected - correct answer ✔✔voters tend to support
their own representatives while being contemptuous of the rest of the
membership.
, Gerrymandering - correct answer ✔✔Redrawing a congressional district to
intentionally benefit one political party.
Process of how bills become laws - correct answer ✔✔The problem must find its
way onto the congressional agenda. Senators give to senate clerks or introduce to
floor.
Veto - correct answer ✔✔The president's rejection of a bill that has been passed
by both houses of Congress. Congress can override a veto with a 2/3 vote in each
house.
Pocket veto - correct answer ✔✔A means of killing a bill that has been passed by
both houses of Congress, in which the president neither signs the bill nor returns
it to Congress and Congress adjourns within ten days of the bill's passage.
Standing Committee - correct answer ✔✔A permanent congressional committee
that specializes in a particular legislative area.
Joint committee - correct answer ✔✔A committee made up of members of both
the House and Senate.
Select committee - correct answer ✔✔A congressional committee created for a
specific purpose and, usually, for a limited time.
Conference committee - correct answer ✔✔A temporary committee created to
work out differences between the House and Senate versions of a specific piece of
legislation.
