How the census can effect the number of a state's representatives
What is a population shift could add or subtract the number of representatives a state has
200
Name of congressional powers in Article I, Section 8
What is enumerated or expressed powers
200
Where ideas for bills come from
What is anywhere - citizens, elected officials, president, office staff, ...
300
Bills that have to originate or start in the House
What is revenue bills
300
Total number of Senators
What is 100
300
Setting up new voting boundary lines after the census
What is redistricting
300
Actual name of the elastic clause
What is the necessary and proper clause
300
How PACs and interest groups influence bills, congressional members and/or legislation
What is by lobbying or giving money
400
Presiding officer
What is Speaker of the House
400
Presiding officer
What is President of the Senate or President Pro Tempore
400
Why gerrymandering happens
What is political parties create new district lines to favor their party
400
Importance of congressional committees
What is breaks up the workload, ability to get more done
400
Why it is so difficult to get a bill passed
What is a long and lengthy process to weed out unimportant or insignificant bills
500
Name of the current Speaker
Who is Paul Ryan
500
Name of the current President Pro Tempore
Who is Orrin Hatch
500
The people that elected officials represent
What is constituents
500
When a new congressional term begins
What is January 3rd of odd-numbered years
500
Identify pork barrel legislation and how it could get out-of-hand (controversial)
What is legislation that sends projects, resources or money to a representative's district/home state; if members send more than the normal amount of pork back home