If, by Choosing to Vote, the Speaker of the House

question 7

Multiple Choice

If, by choosing to vote, the Speaker of the House creates a tie, _____.

• A) voting will take place again
• B) the president pro tempore will be asked to cast a vote
• C) the Speaker's vote will be considered invalid
• D) whips will decide how to break the tie
• E) the proposal will be defeated

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Definitions:

Pain Gate

Hypothetical neural circuit in which activity in fine-touch and pressure pathways diminishes the activity in pain and temperature pathways.

Somatosensory Receptors

Somatosensory receptors are sensory cells located in the skin, muscles, and organs that detect touch, temperature, pain, and body position.

Somatosensation

The body's ability to sense touch, temperature, body position, and pain, often referred to as the sense of touch.

Caudate Putamen

A brain structure that is part of the basal ganglia, involved in various functions including motor control and learning processes.