House of Representatives
The most powerful person in the House
Who is the Speaker of the House
The most powerful person in the Senate
Who is the Senate Majority Leader
The most powerful person in the House must name title, the name of the person who currently holds this position, their party
Who is the Speaker of the House who is currently Nancy Pelosi, Democrat?
What is the process of the first step that must occur for when a bill becomes law?
What is being introduced into the congress.
This is the minimum age to be a Representative
This is the minimum age to be a senator
What is 30
This committee has members of both houses that address long-term issues or programs.
What is a joint committee?
This is when it does not pass the fifth step of becoming law.
What is it goes back to step one.
The number of Representatives in the House
What is 435?
The number of Senators in the Senate
What is 100
This is a temporary committee that handles a particular issue or investigation.
What is a select or special committee?
This is what happens when the president takes no action for 10 days.
What is the bill is automatically vetoed.
This is the Article that explains the Legislative Branch.
What is Article I?
The term of a Senator is this many years
What is six?
This committee has House and Senate members who reconcile similar bills.
What is a conference committee?
This is the name of the two houses that have to approve a bill in order for it to become a law?
Who is the house of representatives and senate.
What percentage of Representatives are up for re-election every two years?
What is 100%
What percentage of Senators is up every two years?
What is 33%
This committee is responsible for determining how debate will happen when bills are presented to the House of Representatives.
What is the Rules Committee?
The number of steps a bill has to go through to become a law
What is 10 steps.
This is the district that the west end of Henrico is in.
What is the 1st district.
This person by title is the President of the Senate?
Who is the VPOTUS?
What is a lobbyist?
This is what happens when the president veto's a bill.
What is the action of returning back to congress where it may be overridden by a 2/3rd vote in each house.
This is Henrico counties representative.
Who is Robert Wittman.
This is one power that the Senate has that the House does not, according to the Constitution.
What is ratifying treaties, confirming judges, holding trial for impeached presidents, for ex?
This powerful House committee plays a major role in shaping tax and spending policy.
What is the House Ways and Means Committee?
This is the group that resolves the differences between the House and Senate versions of the edit.
What is Conference Committee.