Congress
By the Numbers
Michigan
Midterms and history
Limits of power
100

These are the two chambers that make up Congress.

Senate and the House of Representatives

100

The number of members in the House of Representatives.

435

100

This is the party of El-Sayed

Democrats

100

The date of the 2026 midterms.

November 3rd

100

Trump promised this amount for every adult citizen and called it this.

 $5,000

200

Each state sends this many senators to Washington.

2

200

The number of seats needed for a majority in the House.

218

200

Both El-Sayed and Mamdani are described as progressive Democrats running this style of campaign.

anti-establishment

200

During a president's second term, what usually happens to its party?

It struggles in the midterms.

200

The name of Trump's promise money

Trump dividend

300

A House representative serves a term of this length.

2 years

300

Republicans held 219 seats but what was special about one of those?

One was independent 
300

The term used to define Iowa,Texas and Michigan

Battlegrounds

300

This constitutional rule is why 2026 is Trump’s last midterm as president.

The two-term limit

300

Renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America” was done through one of these.

Executive order

400

Congress meets in this building in Washington, D.C

Capitol

400

Explain the number 65 related to seats in the Senate

These are the number of uncontested seats

400

Both El-Sayed and Mamdani are described as progressive Democrats running this style of campaign.

anti-establishment

400

Americans are feeling the pinch of this “crisis.”

Affordability crisis

400

What is particular about laws passed by Congress?

Executive orders cannot override these

500

How long do senators serve for?

6 years

500

Impeaching a president and convicting one happen in different chambers. The one that holds the trial needs this fraction to convict.

Two-thirds in the Senate

500

Before politics, Mike Rogers worked for ...

The FBI

500

In 1998, this Democratic president’s party gained House seats in the midterms.

Bill Clinton

500

Besides passing laws, Congress has this power over the president and his administration.

The power to investigate

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