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Answers
-- Fun, Facts, and Trivia
September 2005 Issue
The Dirksen Center wants to help teachers teach better by giving them the opportunity to use technology to create, customize, and share online learning activities in their classrooms. The Center wants to help students learn more by bringing educational resources together in one place that provide new ways to learn about Congress interactively.
** Bill Will **
1. Legislation that has passed in different forms by each chamber is reconciled into a single bill by…
A) Standing committees
B) Select committees
C) Special committees
D) Conference committees
E) Secret committees
2. All presidential appointments must be approved through the advice and consent of…
A) The Senate
B) The House of Representatives
C) The Supreme Court
D) The Office of Management and Budget
E) The Vice President
3. True or False: It takes only 41 Senators to stop a bill from passing their chamber.
4. Can you name and explain the different types of legislation?Answer: True -- cloture vote on filibuster
Answers to May's issue of Fun, Facts, and Trivia: http://www.webcommunicator.org/funfactstrivia0505ans.htm.
Do you have or know of an online activity you would like The Dirksen Congressional Center to feature on its new Web site for students -- Congress for Kids? The Center is currently seeking online activities that provide new ways to learn about Congress and the workings of the federal government interactively.
If you have questions or suggestions for online activities, contact Cindy Koeppel.
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