Senate
House of Representatives
Miscellaneous
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Amendments
100
Total number of US Senators.
What is 100?
100
Term length for Representatives.
What are 2 years?
100
These are the 3 branches of government in the United States.
What are judicial, executive, and legislative?
100
A piece of proposed legislation (first step of the process).
What is a bill?
100
First 10 Amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
Terms of US Senators.
What is 6 years.
200
Total number of representatives in the House of Representatives.
What are 435?
200
Type of legislative branch in the United States, where there are two separate houses of Congress.
What is bicameral legislature?
200
Location where bills are debated by experts who help shape the bill.
What is committee?
200
This amendment prevents people from testifying against themselves (right against self-incrimination).
What is the 5th Amendment?
300
This US political party controls (has a majority) in the US Senate.
What is the Democratic Party?
300
Minimum required age for a representative.
What is 25?
300
Two-year sessions where Congress does its legislative work.
What is a Congressional Session?
300
President's right to not sign a veto. An example of checks and balances.
What is a veto.
300
Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
400
Person in charge of the Senate. Only can vote in the case of a tie.
Who is the Vice President?
400
Current Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Who is John Boehner?
400
Branch of Congress which has the responsibility for introducing and voting first on tax and income bills.
What is House of Representatives?
400
When a person talks in hopes of stalling or blocking a bill from passing.
What is a filibuster?
400
The Amendment that prohibits cruel or unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
500
The two Senators who currently represent Louisiana.
Who are David Vitter & Mary Landrieu?
500
A person who coerces other part members to vote along party lines on issues.
What is a whip?
500
Power of the President where he serves as the main figurehead/public figure of the country?
What is Head of State?
500
This is needed (a percentage) in both houses of Congress to pass a bill.
What is majority (50%)?
500
The right to a speedy, public, and fair trial.
What is the 6th Amendment?
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