Chapter 9: Congress

A U.S. senator has a _________-year term.

• two

• four

• six

• eight

A member of the House of Representatives has a ____-year term.

• two

• four

• six

• eight

Congress is a ____ legislature with _____ members

• unicameral; 342

• bicameral; 535

• bicameral; 100

• bicameral; 275

In each House district there are approximately ________ people.

• 250,000

• 700,000

• 1,300,000

• 2,500,000

A senator or representative running for reelction is called the

• constituent

• incumbent

• trustee

• delgate

The number of seats in the House of Representatives has been fixed at ___ since___.

• 100; 1790

• 100; 1929

• 435; 1929

• 435; 1959

The process of allocating congressional seats among the 50 states is called

• redistricting

• gerrymandering

• relining

• apportionment

___ bills are one of Congess's favorite vehicles for pork-barrel spending.

• Education

• Veteran's affairs

• Health Care

• Highway

Which of the following best describes a way in which the House differs from the Senate.

• The House is more centralized and organized than the Senate

• The House is a looser and more dileberative body than the Senate.

• The members of the House are much less specialized than members of the Senate.

• The House has a much greater level of turnover in its membership than the Senate.

The term whip in discussions of Congress refers to

• a punishment party leaders give when a member of Congress does not vote with the rest of his or her party

• a Senate rule that allows 60 senators to imediately end another senators's filibuster.

• the majority party leader's chief of staff

• a party member in the House or Senate responsible for coordinating the party's legislative strategy, building support for key issues and counting votes.