The Institution Design of Congress
The solution between the Virginia plan and New Jersey plan was?
what is the connecticut compromise / the great compromise
This chamber's members must be at least 25 years old and a U.S. citizen for 7 years
What is the House of Representatives?
Funds appropriated for specific projects
What are earmarks?
These two party conferences in the House of Representatives elect their leaders
What are the House Democratic Conference and House Republican Conference?
The initial proposal for a law is called this.
What is a bill?
As the U.S kept growing, the amount of representatives also grew until an agreement was passed to cap the number of house of representatives to what?
what is 435 members
Members of this chamber serve 6-year terms
What is the Senate?
This 1920 amendment allowed women nationwide to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
This position is second in line to succeed the president after the vice president
Who is the Speaker of the House?
If both chambers of Congress pass a bill, it is sent to this person for approval.
Who is the President?
Some candidates used and supported gerrymandering to?
What is manipulate district boundaries to benefit their own party and gain advantage
The total number of voting members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
This term describes federal spending on projects designed to benefit a particular district
What is pork-barrel politics?
This type of committee is used to reconcile different bills passed in both the House and Senate
What is a conference committee?
This flexibility about speaking in the Senate gave rise to a unique tactic.
What is a filibuster?
Congress has 3 types of powers, what are they?
What is enumerated power, implied power, and inherent power
Due to these terms lengths, House members face constituents more frequently than Senators
What are 2-year terms?
This concept describes Congress's relationship with the United States as a whole
What is collective representation?
This historic Senate committee holds hearings for Supreme Court nominations
What is the Judiciary Committee?
This term refers to the time limit on the debate of a bill in the Senate, which can be shortened by invoking it.
What is cloture?
Through the compromise, bicameralism was introduced to the congress, what is bicameralism?
The operation of two seperate chambers in which states has different representaion in each
Number of senators elected by each state
What is 2?
This 2013 event caused Congressional approval ratings to drop to 9%
What is the federal government shutdown?
In the House, these three positions form the top of the leadership hierarchy
What are the Speaker, majority leader, and minority leader?
This term refers to the process of returning a bill to Congress with the President's objections.
What is a veto?