An important difference between the House and the Senate is the role of the ______ in the House legislative process, which has no equally powerful counterpart in the Senate.
a. Congressional Budget Office
b. House Rules Committee
c. General Accounting Office
d. House Majority Leader
b. House Rules Committee
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How has party-line voting in Congress changed in the past few years?
a. It has remained about the same. b. It has increased in some years and decreased in others. c. It has increased noticeably. d. It has decreased noticeably.
The Constitution gives the vice president
A. the job of presiding over the Senate and voting in case of a tie. B. many responsibilities independent of presidential authority. C. the job of chief of staff to the president. D. the right to use the veto if he or she has the approval of the president. E. the job of presiding over the Senate and voting in case of a tie, and the right to use the veto if he or she has the approval of the president.
Political parties play an important role in organizing and running elections by
A) ?conducting elections. B) ?printing the election ballot. C) ?holding debates. D) ?conducting voter-registration drives. E) confirming ballot tabulation.
The Constitution was designed primarily to
a. advance economic equality. b. strike a balance between freedom and order. c. create a democracy based on majority rule. d. advance social equality. e. establish formal cooperative ties with the British government