With one major exception, bills may begin in either chamber. The exception, of course, is revenue appropriations bills, which, per the Constitution, must begin in the House of Representatives (under the so-called “Origination Clause”). Don’t confuse the exclusive “powers” of the Senate with bill origination. In other words, only the Senate can confirm appointments or ratify treaties—the House has no jurisdiction over either of those things. But that is not what this question asks—this question refers exclusively to bills, which (other than the Origination Clause exception) may begin in either chamber.

Generally speaking, most committees have subcommittees which do most (if not all) of the work when it comes to editing, or making substantive changes to a bill. Provided that is in fact the case, the full committee may accept, reject, or amend the bill presented to them by the subcommittee. Generally speaking, the full committee will act with great deference to the subcommittee when considering what to do.

Although one could make an argument that both ‘editing’ and ‘drafting’ are correct—or at least, not wrong—‘mark up’ is the correct answer. Mark up is actually a term of art within Congress, and it refers to the work that a committee (or subcommittee) performs on a bill; it can be anything from simple editorial comments (grammatical corrections, for example) to very substantive changes to a bill.

The rather mundanely-named report is the most important document that accompanies a bill out of committee (or subcommittee) and onto the floor. The report contains a succinct list of the committee’s (or subcommittee) findings on the bill—it is, essentially, a crib sheet on the bill. It assists Congress members who have not worked on the bill, or even heard of the bill yet, to understand the bill and what it does without actually needing to read the bill.

This is a relatively tricky question. There is no Rules Committee in the Senate, which is what this question asks you about. There is only a Rules Committee in the House—if this question referred to the House, then Rules Committee would be the correct answer. But, since the question asks you about the Senate, none of these answers are correct—generally speaking, bills are considered under Unanimous Consent Agreements in the Senate.

This should have been a fairly simple question. The only body that can override a veto is Congress. The Supreme Court has nothing to do with vetoes (unless there were somehow a question of law involved in the veto of a bill). Remember: if the President vetoes a bill, Congress can override that veto by a supermajority (2/3 vote) in each chamber. Otherwise, the bill dies, and must start from the very beginning.

This should have been a somewhat expected question, and hopefully a relatively simple one at that. The answer choices presented to you are vastly oversimplified, as the real procedure is rather more convoluted. At any rate, the correct answer is: (1) a bill is introduced; (2) the bill is then assigned to a committee (and generally then to a subcommittee); (3) assuming that the bill makes it out of [sub]committee, then the Rules committee will create a rule under which the bill is to be considered; finally, the bill is brought forth to the floor for debate and consideration under the Rule and is voted on.

This is another tricky procedural question. While the House requires amendments to be germane to the matter at hand, the Senate does not. In other words, in the House, if you are discussing, say, a bill to save baby seals from clubbing, the House cannot entertain amendments dealing with zebras—the amendment must be relevant to the matter at hand. In the Senate, however, there is no such requirement; in other words, you can offer any amendment to any bill at any time. 

On the basis of procedure alone, it is easier for a Senator to move a bill to a floor vote rather than a House member to do the same in the House. Remember: there is no Rules Committee in the Senate, so there are fewer steps necessary to move a bill to the floor for a vote. Other than the particulars, however, it makes sense logically for House Members to have a more difficult time of moving a bill to the floor; there are 435 members of the House, while there are merely 100 Senators. Imagine how chaotic it would be in the House if it were simple to move bills to the floor. 

None of these answers are correct. Recall that the question asks you to select the House’s sole powers—all of these answers are among the Senate’s powers. In other words, removing the President, ratifying treaties, and office confirmation are all within the sole powers of the Senate. A more correct answer for this question would be, for example, that a revenue bill must originate within the House.