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