1. Where must revenue bills originate?

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2. What four steps does the clerk perform when a representative puts a bill in the hopper or when a senator hands a bill to the clerk or makes a formal announcement to introduce it?
3. What are the four forms that legislation may take?
4. What is the difference between an authorization bill and an appropriation bill?
5. Give two examples of programs Congress considers to be mandatory.
6. Who has the most power in deciding which bills a committee will consider?
7. What happens in a markup session?
8. What does it mean for a bill to be "voted out"?
9. Who are lobbyists and what do they do?
10. If you worked as a lobbyist in Washington, what group would you want to represent? Why?
Lesson 22
1. Name three ways that one of the houses of Congress can vote on a bill.
2. When either the House or the Senate passes a bill, what happens next?
3. Where does a bill go if the second chamber makes any amendments to it?
4. What is a conference committee and what happens there?
5. What happens when a bill passes in the same form in both the House and the Senate?
6. What is a filibuster?
7. What is cloture?
8. What is an unfunded mandate?
9. How do political observers use the terms right and left when describing citizens who are conservative or liberal?
10. What are the three options that a president has when Congress passes a bill and sends it to him?

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Answer 1

1. Revenue bills must originate in the House of Representatives.

2. The clerk performs the following steps: assigns a number, registers the bill, prints copies, and refers it to the appropriate committee.

3. Legislation may take the forms of bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and simple resolutions.

4. An authorization bill establishes a program's eligibility and sets funding levels, while an appropriation bill provides the actual funding for the program.

5. Examples of mandatory programs include Social Security and Medicare.

6. The committee chair has the most power in deciding which bills will be considered.

7. In a markup session, committee members review, amend, and vote on the bill.

8. For a bill to be "voted out" means it has been approved by the committee and sent to the full chamber for consideration.

9. Lobbyists are individuals who advocate for specific interest groups to influence legislation and policy decisions.

10. As a lobbyist, I would want to represent environmental organizations to advocate for sustainable policies.

Lesson 22

1. Three ways Congress can vote on a bill include voice vote, roll call vote, and division vote.

2. After passing a bill, it goes to the other chamber for consideration.

3. If the second chamber makes amendments, the bill goes back to the originating chamber for approval.

4. A conference committee resolves differences between House and Senate versions of a bill.

5. If a bill passes in the same form in both chambers, it goes to the president for approval.

6. A filibuster is a tactic used to delay or block legislation by extending debate.

7. Cloture is a procedure to end a filibuster and limit debate on a bill.

8. An unfunded mandate is a regulation that requires state or local governments to perform certain actions without providing federal funding for it.

9. The terms "right" and "left" refer to conservative (right) and liberal (left) political ideologies.

10. The president can sign the bill, veto it, or take no action (which may result in it becoming law after 10 days).