Practice Exam

The following will help you understand what the March 7 exam will look like.

Briefly identify 8 of the following 10 (5 points each):

• Great Compromise
• Budget authority
• Committee of the Whole
• Structured rules
• 501(c) organizations
• Phonemarking
• The Johnson Treatment
• Kevin McCarthy
• NRCC
• Burke's speech to the electors of Bristol

Answer two of the following three questions. Each answer should take a paragraph or two (15 points each).

• Explain the distinctions between the authorization process, the appropriations process, and the budget process.
• Who actually writes the bills?
• Explain the difference between a regular PAC and a super PAC.

Answer one of the two questions. Your answer should take 2-3 bluebook pages. (30 points)

• Explain the sources of the incumbency advantages in congressional elections.Compare and contrast the advantage in House and Senate elections. If the incumbency advantage is so strong, how did Republicans take control in 201o?
• How could the Senate benefit by removing the possibility of a filibuster? How could it lose?
• "In all bodies, those who will lead, must also, in a considerable degree, follow." A British statesman wrote that line about the French National Assembly.  How does it apply to Congress?