Checks and Balances
House of Representatives
US Senate
Executive
I'm Just a Bill
100

Place where impeachment trials are held

Senate chamber

100

Number of members of the House of Representatives

435

100
Number of senators from each state

2

100

Joe Biden is this number president of the United States

46

100

This branch of government's primary responsibility is to make laws

Legislative branch

200

Branch of government not beholden to an election

Supreme Court

200

How the number of representatives from each state is determined

By population

200

Length of a Senate term

6 years

200

Presidents are elected by this

Electoral college

200

This person can introduce a bill

 Any member of Congress

300

Presides over an impeachment trial

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

300

Minimum age requirement of a member of the House

25

300

Number of senators up for election every two years

1/3 of the Senate, or 33

300

This amendment to the constitution says a president cannot serve more than two terms

Amendment 22

300

A bill must pass out of here in order to be considered on the House or Senate floor

Committee

400

To overcome a presidential veto, Congress needs this.

2/3 approval of both the House and Senate

400

The number of representatives Virginia has

11

400

Head of the Senate

Vice President

400

This person is second in-line to the presidency

President Pro Tempore of the Senate. (Vice President is first, Speaker of the House is third)

400

The differences between the House version and the Senate version of a bill are worked out here

Conference committee

500

This compromise provided that each state would have a number of seats in proportion to its population in the House of Representatives

Great Compromise

500

Because of its proximity to the electorate (shortest terms), the House of Representatives has sole authority to do this

Tax

500

Three types of voting in the Senate

Roll call, voice vote, unanimous consent

500

Three actions a president can possibly take on a bill that passes Congress

Sign (yes), veto (yes), pocket veto (yes/no)

500

This tactic is used to prevent a bill from receiving a vote in the US Senate

Filibuster

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