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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is banned by the Hatch Act?Assist with voter registrationVotingBelonging to a political partyRunning for office
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is an example of congressional oversight?Hearings investigating government agenciesSenatorial courtesyThe line-item vetoCloture
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe power to create, organize, and disband federal agencies is given toThe PresidentCongressThe Supreme CourtThe Bureaucracy
- 4. Multiple ChoiceNonstop Senate debate that prevents a bill from coming to a voteFilibusterClotureSenatorial courtesyCasework
- 5. Multiple ChoiceSenate motion to end a filibuster that requires a 3/5 voteClosed BillClotureSenatorial CourtesyCasework
- 6. Multiple ChoiceTradition in which the President consults with the senators within a state in which an appointment to the federal courts is to be madeLogrollingClotureSenatorial courtesyCasework
- 7. Multiple ChoicePersonal work done by a member of Congress for his/her constituentsLogrollingClotureSenatorial courtesyCasework
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhen two members of Congress agree to vote for each other's billLogrollingFranking privilegeGerrymanderingMark up
- 9. Multiple ChoiceAllows members of Congress to send mail postage freeLogrollingFranking privilegeGerrymanderingMark up
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAllows members of Congress to send mail postage freeLogrollingFranking privilegeGerrymanderingMark up
- 11. Multiple ChoiceRedrawing district lines to favor one party at the expense of the otherLogrollingFranking privilegeGerrymanderingMark up
- 12. Multiple ChoiceCommittee action to amend a proposed billLogrollingFranking privilegeGerrymanderingMark up
- 13. Multiple ChoicePhilosophy that the courts should take an active role in solving problemsJudicial activismJudicial restraintJudicial reviewLitigation
- 14. Multiple ChoicePhilosophy that the courts should defer to elected lawmakers in setting policy, and should instead focus on interpreting law rather than making lawJudicial activismJudicial restraintJudicial reviewLitigation
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe act or process of carrying out a lawsuitJudicial activismJudicial restraintJudicial reviewLitigation
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