Government Quiz 4
Bill
Simple resolution
Concurrent resolution
Joint resolution
None of the above
Education bills
Revenue bills
Local bills
Welfare bills
Cloture motion
Consent decree
Filibuster
Gerrymander
None of the above
Standing
Select
Joint
Conference
Rules
Interest groups
Morality
Compromise
Money
None of the above
Has become more rural and more Democratic
Has become more alike in both Houses
Has become more liberal and Republican
Has become more urban and more Republican
None of the above
Reducing the number of committees
Establishing a joint budget committee
Providing more professinal committee staff
Adopting a stricter seniority rule for committee membership
Curbing the influence of the lobby
Governor
Lieutenant governor
Speaker
Attorney general
Comptroller
A bill that is controversial
A favorable committee assignment
A sponsor who has a political agenda
A public hearing
Conducted interim studies
Held hearings
Reported a bill to limit children's access to tobacco
All of the above
Generated very little publicity
Had little resistance from the tobacco lobby
Was wanted and lobbied for heavily by the Coalition for Tobacco-Free Kids
Was killed by a filibuster
The speaker and lieutenant governor to control the legislative process
Legislators to call for points of order if they find that bills have not been processed correctly
Legislators to move bills out of unfriendly committees
Both B and C
Were opposed to home equity loans
Favored home equity loans
Would not present their opinions
Worked with realtors to defeat passage of any changes