1.who do political scientists refer to as the chief legislator?_________
2. The president's most common method of attempting to inflluence Congress is to
A. offer to campaign for members.
B. invite individual members of Congress to the White House
C. meet with Congressional leaders
D. Veto legislation passed by Congress
3. DIfferences between the parties in Congress are sharpest on questions of
A. foreign and defense policy
B. social welfare and ecomomic policy
C. environmental and energy policy
D. education and health care policy
4. What does it mean to say that Congress has become more polarized along party lines in the past few decades?
5. If a member of Congress was voting as a trustee, he or she would vote according to
A. his or her political party
B. his or her own best judgment
C. what his or her constituents wanted
D. his or her personal ideology
E. what is most practical
Extra Credit: What issue was presidential candidate Barack Obama forced to deal with this week?
2. The president's most common method of attempting to inflluence Congress is to
A. offer to campaign for members.
B. invite individual members of Congress to the White House
C. meet with Congressional leaders
D. Veto legislation passed by Congress
3. DIfferences between the parties in Congress are sharpest on questions of
A. foreign and defense policy
B. social welfare and ecomomic policy
C. environmental and energy policy
D. education and health care policy
4. What does it mean to say that Congress has become more polarized along party lines in the past few decades?
5. If a member of Congress was voting as a trustee, he or she would vote according to
A. his or her political party
B. his or her own best judgment
C. what his or her constituents wanted
D. his or her personal ideology
E. what is most practical
Extra Credit: What issue was presidential candidate Barack Obama forced to deal with this week?