A key difference between the House and the Senate concerning bill procedures is the
A) Senate Appropriations Committee.
B) House Rules Committee.
C) Senate Ways and Means Committee.
D) prefiled bill requirement in the Senate.
E) House floor procedure.
Bills are assigned to committees primarily on the basis of
A) the president's recommendation.
B) a vote among members of the political party.
C) a hierarchy of committees expressing an interest in the legislation.
D) taking turns among committee chairs who request the legislation be assigned to their committee.
E) subject matter jurisdiction.
Congress can overturn a presidential veto with a
A) two-thirds vote in the House and a majority vote in the Senate.
B) majority approval in the supreme court.
C) two-thirds vote in each house.
D) three-fourths vote in each house.
E) majority vote in the House and 60 votes in the Senate.
The 2015 Location Privacy Protection Act is an example of an issue the appeared on the Congressional agenda as a result of
A) tech industry lobbying.
B) intelligence community concerns.
C) increased risk of terrorism.
D) availability of new technologies.
E) WikiLeaks.
Efforts to draw boundaries to promote the election of minorities
A) have been equally effective for blacks as for Hispanics.
B) have been more effective for Hispanics than for blacks.
C) have been more effective for blacks than for Hispanics.
D) were more effective for blacks in the 1980s, but more effective for Hispanics in the 1990s.
E) have been equally ineffective for blacks as for Hispanics.
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