To resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of a bill.

To create a new bill.

To oversee the implementation of a law.

To investigate a government agency.

By the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate.

By the majority and minority leaders of the House and Senate.

By the chairs of the committees that considered the bill.

By the members of the House and Senate who voted on the bill.

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10

15

20

To negotiate a compromise bill.

To vote on the compromise bill.

To report the compromise bill to their respective chambers.

All of the above.

The bill is dead.

The bill is sent back to the House and Senate for further consideration.

The bill is sent to the President for signature.

The bill is vetoed by the President.

A compromise bill is passed by both chambers and sent to the President.

The bill is defeated in one or both chambers.

The bill is vetoed by the President.

The bill is never brought to a vote.

The President appoints the members of the conference committee.

The President negotiates the compromise bill with the conferees.

The President signs or vetoes the compromise bill.

The President has no role in the conference committee process.

It allows the House and Senate to resolve their differences and pass a bill.

It speeds up the legislative process.

It ensures that the President will sign the bill.

It gives the public a chance to weigh in on the bill.

The conferees may have different priorities and goals.

The conferees may be under pressure from their respective chambers to reach a compromise.

The conferees may have limited time to negotiate a compromise.

All of the above.

By giving the conferees more time to negotiate.

By reducing the pressure on the conferees to reach a compromise.

By increasing the number of conferees.

All of the above.

The conference committee that negotiated the compromise on the Affordable Care Act.

The conference committee that negotiated the compromise on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The conference committee that negotiated the compromise on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

All of the above.

Conference committees will become more common as Congress becomes more polarized.

Conference committees will become less common as Congress becomes more polarized.

Conference committees will remain an important part of the legislative process.

Conference committees will be replaced by other mechanisms for resolving differences between the House and Senate.

Conference committees are undemocratic because they are not elected by the public.

Conference committees are too secretive and do not allow for public input.

Conference committees give too much power to the leadership of the House and Senate.

All of the above.

Electing the members of conference committees.

Making conference committee meetings public.

Limiting the power of the leadership of the House and Senate in the conference committee process.

All of the above.

High

Medium

Low

Very low