Chapter 7

Who/what is an incumbent?

Generally, Senate races are more competitive than House of Representatives races for all of the following reasons except

Which institution of the federal government has the power to impeach a public official?

Employed in the U.S. Senate, a(n) ________ is a technique to stop the progress of a piece of legislation by continuing debate and thus not permitting a vote.

The text quotes a study by political scientist Larry Bartels comparing the preferences of constituents who are wealthy, middle class, and poor with the voting of senators on government spending, abortion, civil rights, and the minimum wage. The study found that

As of 2013, women accounted for approximately 52% of the electorate, occupied approximately ___% of the seats in the House, and occupied approximately ___% of the seats in the Senate.

Incumbents generally enjoy an advantage in elections for all of the following reasons except

When political scientists use the term divided government, they are referring mainly to

All of the following statements are true about Congress except

The campaign money that a congressional candidate raises

The Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Although the text notes that some legislators do a good job of representing constituents whose demographic characteristics are different from those of the legislators, the book states that the social background of legislators is important because

According to the text

Congress may override a presidential veto _______.

The approval of presidential appointments and foreign treaties requires

Senators serve ____ year terms, and each state has ____ senator(s).

Congress' responsibility to monitor, supervise, and review how the executive agencies of the federal government conduct their affairs is called _____.

The trial of impeachment takes place in _________.

In the House of Representatives over the past fifty years, the number of Republicans from the South has ____, and the number of Republicans from the Northeast has____.

According to the text:

According to the text

A supermajority of ___ votes is needed to end a filibuster in the U.S. Senate

According to the text, between the tears 1998-2012, labor unions spent $528 million on lobbying. In the same period, the finance, insurance, and real estate sectors alone spent _____ on lobbying.

Which of the following statements about political polarization is true?

In the 2008 Congressional elections, the candidate who raised the most money won _________ of the time.

In discussing the operation of Congress, the text quotes a statement by John F. Kennedy that says

According to the text, the Founders

The House of Representatives is composed of ____ members.

Members of the House of Representatives serve ____ year terms, and the House currently has ___ members.

According to the text, the most open and accessible branch of government is the

According to the text, the public often lacks respect for Congress mainly because

The incentive to get reelected powerfully shapes the preferences and decisions of legislators. This incentive is often referred to as the ________.

John Locke was

What constituency does a Senator represent?

The text cites Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia to illustrate its point that

The Constitution as initially ratified said that senators would be _____, and members of the House of Representatives would be_______.

All of the following statements regarding congressional committees are true except

According to the text, earmarks are

What constituency does a member of the House of Representatives represent?

As of 2013, African Americans comprised approximately 12% of the electorate, occupied approximately ____% of the seats in the House, and occupied approximately ___% of the seats in the Senate

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution states that Congress shall have all of the following powers except the power to