congress test

Question 1

congressional power since the 1930s

Answer 1

presidential and congressional power has increased

Question 2

logrolling

Answer 2

vote trading; voting to support a colleague’s bill in return for a promise of future support

Question 3

bicameral

Answer 3

2 house legislature

Question 4

senate and house terms

Answer 4

no term limits

Question 5

apportionment

Answer 5

the process of allotting congressional seats to each state according to its proportion of population, following the decennial census

Question 6

whips

Answer 6

majority HoR rep- Tom Emmer
minority HoR dem- Katherine Clark
majority senate dem- Richard Duribin
minority senate rep- Mitch McConnell
whip the party into shape, make sure everyone is doing the right things, set agendas, confirm committee appointments