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100
The number of years a member of the House of Representatives can serve
What is two?
100
Senators are elected for _________ year terms.
What is six year terms?
100
_____is the spokesperson and main strategist for the majority party in the Senate.
Who is the majority leader?
100
Standing, select, and joint are all examples of _____.
What is committees?
100
People in the United States do not take part in national government directly but through elected______
What are representatives?
200
The practice of drawing district boundary lines for political advantage.
What is gerrymandering?
200
______ represent the people living in a particular geographic area.
Who are members of Congress?
200
This gives Congress the power to bring executive or judicial officials to trial (example: Richard Nixon, and maybe Barack Obama).
What is impeachment?
200
This type of committee is set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill.
What is joint committee?
200
The flow of legislative work in Congress is controlled by ____.
What is the majority party?
300
The most powerful member of the House of Representatives?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
300
______chooses the president if no candidate gets a majority of the electoral college vote.
What is the House?
300
__________ encourages fellow party members to vote as the party leadership wants.
Who are whips?
300
Specific powers granted to Congress by the Constitution.
What are expressed powers?
300
Before both houses of Congress pass it and the president signs it, a proposed law is called a _________.
What is a bill?
400
A term that applies to the twenty permanent committees of the House.
What are standing committees?
400
A senatorial benefit that involves postage stamps and other nice things.
What is the franking privilege?
400
This individual was the first female member of Congress; she was elected before women even had the right to vote.
Who was Jeannette Rankin, (R, Montana)?
400
In the House, one of the most prestigious committees is ________.
What is the "Ways and Means" committee?
400
This is required for a legislative body to take official action.
What is a quorum?
500
This happens when a president signs a bill.
What is becomes a law?
500
This person's main job is to steer the party's bills through the Senate?
Who is the majority leader?
500
The New York Representative was the first female and first African American candidate for President (1972).
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
500
Presidential check on Congressional power.
What is the veto?
500
Members of Congress may be arrested for this, even if Congress is in session.
What is treason?
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