The Use of Rules in the House of Representatives ______

question 3

Multiple Choice

The use of rules in the House of Representatives ______.

• A) specifies when, how long, and under what procedures a bill will be considered
• B) specifies how members must conduct themselves during debates in the chamber
• C) has grown increasingly open in recent years as the majority party tried to encourage more amendments to pass bipartisan legislation
• D) is under the control of the party leadership, and rank-and-file members have no means for expressing their concerns

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Definitions:

Elaborative Rehearsal

A way of increasing the number of retrieval cues for information by connecting new information with something that is already well known.

Maintenance Rehearsal

A cognitive process involving the repetition of information to keep it in short-term memory for longer periods.

Long-term Memory

A type of memory responsible for the storage of information over an extended period, ranging from several minutes to a lifetime.

Semantic Memory

Type of declarative memory containing general knowledge, such as knowledge of language and information learned in formal education.