General Information
The term length for a senator
What is 6 years?
The final vote that the senate needs to remove the president from office.
What is a 2/3rds vote?
The senate majority leader
Who is Chuck Schumer?
The minimum number of senators required to conduct business
What is 51?
The daily leader of senate
Who is President pro tempore?
The number of senators there are
What is 100?
The body that approves presidential treaties?
What is the Senate?
The Official President of the Senate
Who is Kamala Harris?
The rule that allows senate to end a filibuster.
What is a cloture?
A political procedure in which one or more members delay a decision.
What is a filibuster?
The number of Senators West Virginia has.
What is 2?
The votes needed to overturn a veto
What is a 2/3rds vote?
The Junior Senator from Florida
Who is Rick Scott?
The term for the Senate’s power to debate and amend treaties?
What is “Advice and Consent”?
The practice of consulting home-state Senators on judicial nominations
What is senatorial Courtesy?
The minimum requirements to be a Senator
What is 30 years old, a citizen for 9 years, and a resident of the state they’re representing?
The type of vote needed to pass a bill.
What is a simple majority?
The leadership position that is responsible for ensuring party discipline.
Who is Senate Whip?
The amount of standing committees are there in the senate
What is 16?
A committee formed to reconcile House and Senate versions of a bill
What is a conference committee?
The amendment that allowed for the direct election of Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
The vote threshold to end a filibuster.
What is 60 votes?
The senate majority leader who will take office on January 20th
Who is John Thune?
The special budgetary process that limits debate to 20 hours
What is the reconciliation process?
The term for a Senator blocking a nomination
What is a hold?