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History
100
a suggested new law
What is a bill?
100
the person currently holding a political office
What is an incumbent?
100
# of Senators serving in the Senate
What is 100?
100
forced to leave office
What is expelled?
100
The reason why there are two houses
What is to check the other (Connecticut Compromise)?
200
legislative body made of two chambers
What is bicameral?
200
a person who votes with the party line
What is partisan?
200
# of years a House member serves
What is a 2 year term?
200
allows members of Congress to mail letters for free
What is franking privilege?
200
they created a bicameral Congress
What were the Framers?
300
a count of the population
What is census?
300
a person who is given power to act for others
What is trustee?
300
Total # of Congressmen and women
What is 535?
300
drawing of district lines to the advantage of a party or group
What is gerrymandering?
300
President Obama was this before President.
What is a Senator?
400
to bring a meeting to an end
What is to adjourn?
400
When members of Congress vote based on what the majority of their constituents think about an issue.
What is being a delegate?
400
Seats in the House of Representatives are reapportioned every ______ years.
What is 10?
400
process by which Congress ensures that the executive branch carries out policies that Congress has set by law
What is oversight function?
400
Plan that benefited small states
What was the New Jersey Plan?
500
being examined by the full membership of the House or Senate
What is floor consideration?
500
Until 1913, senators were chosen by them?
Who were their State's legislature?
500
The effect of the Reapportionment Act of 1929 on the House.
What limited the seats to 435?
500
to end a session when Congress cannot agree on an adjournment date
What is prorogue?
500
Plan that benefited Large states
What was the Virginia Plan?
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