Makeup Of Congress
This is the number of members in the Senate.
These are the people represented by members of Congress.
What are Constituents?
This is who is allowed to introduce a bill in Congress.
What is a senator or representative?
This is the authority of Congress to raise and spend money.
What is the Power of the Purse?
This is taken every 10 years to measure population.
What is a Census?
This is the length of term for a member of the Senate.
What is 6 years?
This is the formal age requirement for members of the House of Representative.
What is 25 years old?
This is the process to delay or block a vote on a bill by speaking for a long time.
What is a Filibuster?
These powers allows Congress to do all things "necessary and proper" to carry out its Expressed Powers.
What are Implied Powers?
This is the current number of seats in Congress.
What is 535 members?
This person is the President of the Senate and only votes if there is a tie.
Who is the Vice President?
These are things on the daily Congressional "To Do" List. (name two)
What are learn the innerworkings on the Capitol, introduce a bill, set aside money for local projects, join a group with like minded people, request committee membership, constituent casework, hire staff, fundraise for re-election?
This is where most work in done on bills.
Where is Committee?
This is the power to remove the President, Vice President, and federal judges from Office.
What is Impeachment?
All money bills must originiate in this house of Congress.
Where is the House of Representative?
This is the process in which a district is drawn to the advantage of a political party.
What is gerrymandering?
This is the job most members of Congress have before being elected.
What is Business or Law?
This committee is only in the House and sets limits on debate.
What is the Rules Committee?
This is a type of power shared between the National and State governments.
What are Concurrent Powers?
This is the main way to end a filibuster.
What is by invoking Cloture?
This position is selected by members of their own party to act as lead to their party in the House of Representative.
What are the Majority and Minority Leaders?
This group of people believes that the Constitution should be read as written.
Who are Strict Constructionists?
This is why the Committee Chair is a powerful position.
What is having the ability to set the agenda?
It takes this amount of the House and Senate to move an Amendment to the states.
What is 2/3's?
This is the percentage amount of bills that typically get passed.
What is 10%?