The Senate
House of Representatives
Vocabulary
Congress
Bill to a Law
100
The amount of people from each state that serve on the senate
What is two?
100
What the number of people in the house is based on
What is population?
100
A person from a legislators district
What is a constituent
100
the reason why congress is separated into two houses
What is the great compromise?
100
the way congress can override a presidents veto
What is a 2/3 vote
200
The amount of years a senators term is
What is six years?
200
The amount of members in the house
What is 435
200
population count
What is a census?
200
the amount of committees in senate
What is three?
200
if a bill is proposed in the senate it goes to the _____________ for modifications
What is the house of representatives?
300
The officer from the executive branch that is the presiding officer
What is the Vice President?
300
The majority party in the house
What is Republicans?
300
an oddly shaped election district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group.
What is gerrymander?
300
the amount of clauses specifically given to Congress
What is eighteen?
300
true or false. The house or senate can revise a bill and then send it back to the other chamber for approval
What is true?
400
The majority party in the senate
What is the Republicans
400
The amount of years in a term served by a house member
What is two years?
400
the right to know why you are being sent to jail
What is the writ of habeus corpus?
400
Has the power to ______ money.
What is coin?
400
the chamber that introduces a bill
What is the house and senate?
500
The amount of senators that is always up for election
What is one third?
500
the amount of time between every census
What is ten years?
500
expressed powers
What is enumerated powers?
500
True or false. Congress has powers that doesn't relate to passing laws
What is true?
500
when both senates approve, the last step of creating a law
What is the president signing the bill?
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