Members of Congress
Who is the current President of the Senate?
Kamala Harris
Each bill starts out as an idea. For it to be officially started, a member of Congress must do what?
Introduce the bill
The House has how many members?
435
The Senate has how many members?
100 members
Congress is ___________, or being made up of two chambers
Bicameral
What party is the minority in the House?
Democrats
Committees decide whether a bill should what? (3 things)
Pass without changes
Change something
Kill it
How old do you have to be to run for the House?
At least 25 years old
How old do you need to be to run for the Senate?
30 years
Bicameral Congress was founded to settle the argument over the ___________ Plan and the __________ Plan
Virginia and New Jersey Plans
Who is the current Speaker of the House?
Kevin McCarthy
The Senate can introduce a _________ to a bill; or a completely unrelated item to the bill
Rider
Members of the House represent what?
A district
Members of the Senate represent what
An entire state
Who can call a special session of Congress?
The President
This member of the Senate serves as the minority leader and calls Kentucky home.
Mitch McConnell
A ___________ is when a Senator attempts to "talk a bill to death".
Filibuster
Members of the House have term lengths of how many years?
2 years
Members of the Senate have term lengths of how many years?
6 years
Each term of Congress lasts for _____ years
The current Senate majority leader is from New York. Their name is?
Chuck Schumer
SVD(P2) is meant to help you remember what?
Presidential Action taken on a bill.
Define gerrymandering
Manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.
There is 1 independent in the Senate. Name them.
Bernie Sanders (VT)
Define bicameral
Having two branches or chambers