What is the length of a term that a member of the House of the Representatives serves?
Two-years
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How many total Senators are there in Congress?
100
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What is another name for the people a senator or representative represents?
Constituents
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What is the current term of Congress?
114th Congress
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How long is a term of Congress or how long will the 114th Congress serve?
Two years
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How many total Representatives serve in the House?
435
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What amendment changed the way that members of the senate are selected?
Seventeenth Amendment
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How much are Senators and Representatives paid?
$174,000
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What is the percentage of women in Congress?
18%
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What is the main task of Congress?
Make laws
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What is the minimum age and citizenship requirements for a member of the House of Representatives?
25 years of age and 7 years of citizenship
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What is the length of term for a Senator?
Six-years
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Who determines Congressional pay?
Congress
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Who calls special sessions of Congress?
President
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When does a new term of Congress begin?
Noon of the third day of January of every odd-numbered year
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How are the number of seats in the House distributed?
Population
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What is the minimum age and citizenship requirements for a member of the Senate?
30 years of age and 9 years of citizenship
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Name one of the major roles of Congress.
1. Create laws (working in committees)
2. Serve their constituents
3. Checking the Executive branch
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How many Congressional districts does Oklahoma have?
5
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What is one of the three reasons we have a bicameral legislature?
1. Historical - Parliament
2. Practical - compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey Plan
3. Theoretical
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What term refers to the act of drawing congressional districts to the advantage of the political party that controls the State legislature?
Gerrymandering
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What is the term used when referring to the fact that all of the seats in the Senate are not up for election at the same time?
Continuous body
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Name one of the fringe benefits of Congressional members.
Travel allowances, tax deductions, allowances for staff and offices, franking privilege, protection from non-criminal offenses, protection from civil, libel, slander law suits.