Question 1

According to the text, the legislative process is "not politically neutral, but broadly serves to protect the status quo." Summarize the authors' arguments and evaluate their claim. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer.

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Question 2

What is "the electoral connection" and what is its relation to congressional careers?

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Question 3

What, according to the text, are the consequences of Congress's "openness to the social forces outside it"?

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Question 4

Summarize the past half-century's changes in patterns of partisanship in the South and Northeast and what the consequences of these changes have been.

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Question 5

Describe at least six powers given to Congress by the Constitution.

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Question 6

Explain why, according to the text, the presidency and Congress are often attuned to different voices.

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Question 7

Summarize the consequences of the high cost of running for election to Congress in the United States.

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Question 8

What are the main steps in the legislative process by which a bill becomes a law? Why did that process lead John F. Kennedy to say that it's much harder to pass a bill than to defeat one?

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Question 9

Summarize the reasons why, according to the text, the social backgrounds of members of Congress are important, and indicate some of the important disparities between the demographic characteristics of members of Congress and members of the electorate.

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Question 10

Summarize the role the Founders envisaged for the Senate, and the Constitutional provisions aimed at allowing the Senate to fulfill this role.

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Quiz 7: The Congress