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 The framers of the Constitution saw the ________ as the preeminent component of the federal government.Â
congress
In the nation's first century,Â
 service in Congress was not seen as a lifetime career for most of its members.
The modern Congress is different from the nineteenth-century Congress in that most membersÂ
 are now professional politicians who want to stay in Congress.
Approximately ________ percent of House incumbents win reelection.
92 (senators 84)
Nearly ________ percent of all PAC contributions go to the incumbents.Â
85
Redistricting happens after the census, which is conducted every ________ years
10
redistricting
is conducted by state legislatures
In midterm elections
the president's party usually loses seats.
One must be ________ years of age to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives, and ________ years of age to serve in the U.S. Senate.
 25; 30
 The second-most powerful federal official (after the president) is often said to be the
 Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Compared with the Senate majority leader, the Speaker of the House has more power because
. All of these answers are correct.
Most of the legislative work of Congress is performed by
the standing committees and their subcommittees with jurisdiction over particular policy areas
When the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, the differences are resolved by aÂ
conference committee
Most of the work on legislation in Congress is done
by committees and their respective subcommittees.
Committees kill more than ________ percent of the bills submitted in Congress
90
What is the procedural tactic employed in the Senate to prevent a bill from coming to a vote?
filibuster
Through a vote for cloture, the SenateÂ
 can end a filibuster.
For a bill to pass in either chamber of Congress, it must
 receive the support of a simple majority of its members.
 To override a presidential veto, Congress must vote at a minimum by a
 two-thirds majority in each chamber.
There are currently ________ voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and ________ voting members of the U.S. Senate
 435; 100
Since the founding of the United States, the debate over the representation function of Congress has centered on whether
 the primary concern of a representative should be the interests of the nation or of his or her constituency.
 The oversight responsibility of Congress is
empowered by control of yearly budgets.
Congressional oversight is MOST likely to occur when it involvesÂ
White House activities with the opposition party in control of one or both chambers of Congress.
Which of the following did the framers want from a president?
all of the answers
The presidency was created by Article ________ of the U.S. Constitution.Â
II (2)
 The Whig theory holds that the presidency
is a limited office whose occupant is confined to the exercise of expressly granted constitutional powers
 How did Theodore Roosevelt change the conception of the presidency?
He cast aside the Whig theory in favor of the stewardship theory.
. The primary election as a means of choosing presidential nomineesÂ
has been used more extensively in recent decades
The invisible primary
 takes place in the year prior to a presidential election.
Candidate strategy in the early presidential nominating contests is designed chiefly to gainÂ
momentum
Which state typically holds the first presidential caucus?
Iowa
Which state typically holds the first presidential primary?Â
New Hampshire
What is the total number of votes in the Electoral College?Â
538
How many Electoral College votes are needed to secure victory for a presidential candidate?Â
270
According to the U.S. Constitution, if no one candidate receives a majority vote of the Electoral College, who chooses the president?
the U.S. House of Representatives
Which of the following presidents failed to win an electoral majority, but still won the presidency by decision of the House of Representatives?Â
John Quincy Adams
Which of the following states is MOST likely to vote Republican in the next presidential election?
texas
Which of the following is a formal constitutional requirement for becoming president?Â
 must be a natural-born citizen
 If the U.S. House of Representatives chooses to impeach a president, who conducts the trial?Â
senate
_______ was known as the "Great Communicator."
ronald reagan
The principles on which bureaucratic organization is based include which of the following?Â
 hierarchical authority, job specialization, and formalized rules
 Whenever Congress has a perceived need for ongoing control of an economic activity, it has tended to create aÂ
regulatory agency
Most federal employees are hired on the basis ofÂ
merit criteria
The special interests that benefit directly from a bureaucratic agency's programs are called
clientele groups
federal judges are
 nominated by the president and approved by the Senate
 What are the constitutional requirements for being a federal judge?
There are no constitutional requirements for being a federal judge.
federal judges are
all of these: nominated by the president, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and appointed for an indefinite period providing they maintain "good behavior."
 A written Supreme Court opinion that disagrees with what the majority of the justices decided is a(n)
dissenting opinion
A written Supreme Court opinion that describes what the majority of the justices decided is a(n)
majority opinion
 The lowest level of the federal court system is the
district court
When asked if he had made any mistakes as president, ________ replied, "Yes, two, and they are both sitting on the Supreme Court."
Dwight Eisenhower
The Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison is significantÂ
 for the establishment of judicial review
Which legal doctrine holds that in nearly every instance, policy issues should be decided by elected lawmakers and not by appointed judges?Â
. judicial restraint
 The long-serving chief justice that established the principle of judicial review was
john marshall
Over the last fifteen or so years, the Supreme Court can BEST be said to be practicing judicialÂ
activism
P and VP are officially chosen every 4 years by:
538 electors in electoral college
P election occurs in 2 phases. 1st phase is:
purely democratic
in most states, the winner of the popular vote is deemed the winner of the state:
true
states number of electoral votes are equal to what:
the number of seats it has in congress
how many electoral votes does texas have?
40
2nd phase in p election occurs in dec when electoral college meets in:
each states capital to cast votes
at least 270 electoral votes are needed to win the electoral college. if no candidate receives that winner is determined by
contingent election in house of reps
framers of the constitution believed the EC would encourage the candidates to seek all the following except
a regionally based candidacy
if a candidate broadens their appeal nationally it can often mean
moderating their position on issues
two states do not use the unit rule method of awarding their electoral college votes
maine and nebraska