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PART A. The following list includes important positions of leadership in Congress. Match the
lettered positions with the numbered descriptions of the tasks each job involves.
a. Vice President
b. Senate Majority Leader
c. Senate Minority Leader
d. Senate Majority Whip
e. Senate Minority Whip
f. House Majority Leader
g. House Minority Leader
h. House Majority Whip
i. House Minority Whip
j. President Pro Tempore
k. Speaker of the House
1. Chairman of House Appropriations Committee
m. Chairman of Senate Commerce Committee
n. Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
o. Chairman of House Foreign Affairs Committee
p. Chairman of House Judiciary Committee
q. Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee
1.
I have the most powerful position in the House of Representatives. I assign bills to
committees and appoint, select, and conference committee members.
2.
I serve as president of the Senate. Although I cannot participate in debates, I can vote in
case of a tie.
3.
I preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president. The caucus of the majority
party chose me for this post.
4.
The seniority system allowed me to become chairman of the House committee that has
power over all federal spending.
5.
I am chairman of the House committee that has power over taxation.
6.
My seniority in the Senate has given me the chairmanship of the committee that
specializes in transportation, communication, and interstate commerce.
7.
I exert pressure on majority party members to vote with the party. I am responsible for
getting my party's program enacted into law.
8.
In the Senate, I am responsible for passage of the majority party's programs. I inform
and pressure party members to vote for programs, and I determine the order in which
bills are to be debated.
9. I am responsible for informing minority party members in the House of Representatives
and organizing resistance to programs submitted by the majority party.
10. I am responsible for resisting programs submitted by the majority party in the Senate.
11. I help the majority party leader in keeping party members informed and supportive of
programs in the Senate.
12. I inform minority party members in the Senate when important bills are scheduled for a
vote. My usual goal is to oppose majority party bills.
13. I have control of the dominant party in the House of Representatives, and I am
responsible for enactment of our party's program.
14. I am a party leader in the House of Representatives. I inform members and assist the
minority leader in resisting some of the majority party's programs.
15. The seniority system has allowed me to become chairman of the powerful committee in
the Senate that handles matters relating to other nations.
16. I am chairman of the less powerful committee in the House of Representatives that
handles mattes with other countries.
17. I am chairman of this powerful committee in the House of Representatives that deals
with impeachment charges.
18. I am chairman of the Senate committee that supervises expenditures of the department
of government with the largest budget.