2nd 9 Weeks Test

1. keeps the majority leader informed
5. strongest person in the Senate
6. I get to decide who speaks on the House floor
8. when the bill is near the end it will probably find itself in this committee
10. executive department, congressional committee, and interest group
16. redrawing congressional districts after the new census
18. talking a bill to death
20. most members of congress are ____ aged
21. incumbent advantage
22. because passing a bill is so difficult; the advantage usually goes to the _____ of the bill
23. most members of congress have experience in _____

2. the cup
3. changes to the original bill are being made
4. article ___ of the Constitution states power of the legislature
5. winner gets less than 55% of the vote
7. this process may go slow or fast, involves wheeling and dealing, and can be unpredictable
8. any member of ____ can introduce a bill
9. where the real work in Congress gets done
11. extended president’s war powers
12. state legislatures used to elect members of the ____
13. permanent committee
14. most members of congress follow the ____ faith
15. Congress authorizes ____, which can making Congress quite powerful
17. congress adjourns and the president never signed the bill
19. 2 houses