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- Members of the House are apportioned to states based on _______. They serve _______-year terms.
- Which of the following is an advantage congressional incumbents possess in seeking reelection over challengers?
- To increase turnover in the membership of Congress, some reformers have proposed _______________ for representatives and senators.
- Most of the work of Congress goes on in __________.
- In the 2011-2012 election cycle, how much money did the average winning House candidate spend?
- Because Congress is ___________________, it is fairly open to interest group influence.
- The _________________ is the only House official mandated by the Constitution.
- Congress missed the fact that various agencies with responsibility for supervising the banking industry were negligent in identifying looming financial problems that led to the recession of 2008-2009. This suggests a failure of ______________.
- A _______ is an informal group of members of Congress who share some interest or characteristic; its goal is to promote the interests around which it is formed.
- Which incumbency advantage is more important in the Senate than in the House?
- In the House of Representatives, a bill goes to the Rules Committee _____________________________
- Party leaders from the two chambers of Congress sometimes use __________________ legislation that addresses numerous and perhaps unrelated issues to create winning coalitions and force members to support the entire bill to obtain the individual parts.
- A filibuster can be ended through ______________; it requires the approval of ____ senators.
- Each state has ___ senators, each of whom serves a ____ year term.
- -The English politician and philosopher Edmund Burke advocated the concept of legislators as ________ who use their best judgment to make policy in the interests of the people.
- Congress is _______ than the general population.
- _________________________ is a good example of congressional casework.
- T/F a member of the senate who was elected for 6 terms would serve for 24 years
- Congressional salaries may not be adjusted mid-session. Any changes will take effect at the start of a new term*22212627
- Granted women's suffrage*19261618