QUESTION 1
How many Republicans supported John Boehner's re-election?
A. 142
B. 1000
C. 9
D. 216
QUESTION 2
GOP leaders have made which bill their first order of business in the new session of Congress?
A. Forcing Girl Scouts to give away free cookies
B. Affordable Care Act
C. Keystone XL pipeline
QUESTION 3
In the house, roughly half of all lawmakers have been in office only since when?
1998
2008
1981
2010
QUESTION 4
At 29 years old, who was the youngest member of the House of Representatives in 2005?
A. Rosa DeLauro
B. Nancy Johnson
C. Dick Cheney
D. Patrick McHenry
QUESTION 5
"The enterprise notion is ___________ useful in understanding the actions of individual legislators within the context of the Congress as a whole."
A. extremely
B. in a way
C. not
D. kind of
QUESTION 6
Caucuses are what of legislators who share common interests?
A. subgroups
B. clubs
QUESTION 7
"The congressional enterprise helps all lawmakers to claim credit for governmental programs, to take positions on the issues of the ________, and to relentlessly advertise their accomplishments."
A. year
B. week
C. month
D. day
QUESTION 8
According to the text, Committees are now much _____ likely to make decisions on a partisan basis.
A. more
B. less
QUESTION 9
"Legislation if more far-reaching signicance may also be considered under ______ of the rules."
A. suspension
B. pressure
C. approval
D. ignoring
QUESTION 10
According to the text, Constitutional amendments requiring two-thirds vote often are __________ on a floor vote in the House.
A. defeated
B. approved
C. discouraged
D. encouraged