Titles
This is the formal name for the structure of Congress.
What is bicameral?
This is the name of a tax paid directly to the government.
What is a direct tax?
This is the number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is 435?
This is the number of members in the U.S. Senate.
What is 100?
This is the group in charge of formally bringing about charges of impeachment.
Who are the House members?
This person is the President of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
This is the name of a tax levied on one person but passed on to another for payment to the government.
What is an indirect tax?
This is the minimum age requirement to be a House member.
This is the minimum age requirement to serve as a U.S. Senator.
What is 30 y/o?
This is the ability of Congress to review how the executive branch is operating and to make sure it is following the laws Congress has passed.
What is congressional oversight?
This is the most important person in the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This is the term for the redistribution of seats in the H.O.R.
What is apportionment?
This is the number of a years in a House member's term.
What is 2?
This is the number of a years in a Senate member's term.
What is 6 years?
This type of committee is permanent, meaning they always exist.
What are standing committees?
This is the person 3rd in line for the Presidential succession. Hint: their title means "temporary president"
Who is the President Pro Tempore (Pro Tem)?
This is the term for a bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose.
What is appropriation?
This is the number of years a person must be a U.S. citizen in order to serve in the H.O.R.
What is 7 years?
This is the number of years a person must be a U.S. citizen in order to serve in the Senate.
What is 9 years?
This is the name of the committee that conducts hearings for federal nominations before the Senate vote.
What is the Senate Judiciary Committee?
This is the most important person in the Senate.
Who is the Senate Majority Leader?
This is the term for when the federal government does not generate enough revenue to cover expenses.
What is a deficit?
This is the last listed requirement to serve as a U.S. House member.
What is live in the state to represent?
This is the name of the current President Pro Tempore.
Who is Charles Grassley?
The Commerce Clause can be found specifically here in the Constitution.
What is Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3?