Three Branches
This branch makes laws.
What is the legislative branch?
The minimum age requirement be a representative is ___
What is 25?
The number of representatives, per state, in the senate.
What is 2?
Once HOR and Senate both approve a bill, it goes to ____________
What is the President?
This term meanings "having two houses"
What is bicameral?
This phrase explains how the three branches monitor one another.
What is "checks and balances"?
This individual presides over the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
In order to run in the Senate, candidates must be at least ___ years old.
What is 30 years old?
T/F: Average civilians can petition bills by recommending a new or amended law to a member of Congress that represents them.
What is true?
There are ____ members in Congress
What are 535 members?
This branch is made up of judges and courts.
What is the judicial branch?
The House of Representatives was established in:
1801, 1773, 1810, or 1789.
What is 1789?
To be a senate candidate, you must live in the U.S. for at least __ years
What is 9 years?
The president has __ days to sign a bill into law or veto it.
What is 10 days?
Within congress, incumbents rarely lose re-election because:
What is "They are better known to voters and can raise funds more easily"?
The major branches of our federal government meet and work here.
What is Washington D.C.?
This individual is next in succession if both the President and VP passed away.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
About one-_____ of the Senate is up for reelection every two years.
What is one-third of the senate?
A bill can fail to become a law by:
What is a:
* fail in committee
* be voted down by either house
* veto ?
This is the illegal process of changing district boundaries to discriminate against a group of people.
What is gerrymandering?
This branch includes around 5 million workers.
What is the executive branch? (led by the President)
The unwritten rule that the party members with the longest records of service in Congress will get the most important posts is called the __________ rule?
What is seniority?
The senate's role in impeachment is:
If Congress adjourns before the 10 days and the President doesn't sign the bill, it's called a ______ ____ and the bill doesn't become law.
What is a pocket veto?
This is the process of counting all residents of the United States, conducted every ten years
What is the U.S. Census?