Unit 4 Legislative Branch, Quiz #2

What is an Interest Group?

• A group of people who share common goals and organize to influence government policy

• The ideas and attitudes that signifcant number of americans hold about government and political issues

• A measurement of how much the sample results might differ from sample universe

What does an interest group do?

• Works at Congress
• Imitates Government
• Influences Government
• The Unspeakable

What is it when individuals try to get legislators to introduce or vote a certain way on a bill?

• PAC

• lobbying

• interest groups

• demonstrating

All of the following are way interest groups influence public policy EXCEPT -

• running candidates for office

• making political contributions

• lobbying government officials

• identifying issues

Which of these is an example of lobbying by an interest group?

• A hotel association develops a plan to attract more tourists.

• An animal rights organization presents its views to a legislator.

• A group of citizens asks city officials for a schedule of public hearings.

• A neighborhood association backs a candidate for an election.

What is the first step in creating a new law?

• Overriding the presidential veto
• Introduction of a bill by a senator or house member
• Referral to committee
• Signing by the president

What does it mean to veto a law?

• To approve it
• To reject it
• To ignore it
• To sign it

In order for a bill to become a law, it must ___.

• be approved by Supreme Court
• be signed by the president.
• be revise by a Constitutional Convention
• approve by the Electoral College

The bill is worked on in the House of Representatives Education Committee.  What happens next?

• The bill is sent to be debated on the Senate floor.
• The bill is sent to the President of the United States.
• The Governor signs the bill.
• The bill is sent to be debated on the floor of the House of Representatives.

Greg writes Senator Warner about an idea for a bill. Which part of Congress will the bill be introduced into?

• The Virginia Senate

• The U.S. House of Representatives

• The U.S. Senate

• The Virginia House of Delegates