SENATE
HOUSE
A BILL IN THE HOUSE
A BILL IN THE SENATE
PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS ON BILLS
100
The requirement that each must live in the district being represented.
What qualification for House members is NOT in the Constitution?
100
Rules Committee.
What is "How and when bills reach the floor of the House is decided by the...?"
100
Congressman gives it to the clerk, who places it in the hopper.
What is "How is a bill introduced into the House?"
100
By the individual senator.
What is "How are bills introduced into the Senate?'
100
I have no objections to what is written.
What is the President signs the bill into law?
200
These seats are fixed by the Constitution.
What is the number of Senate seats held by each State ?
200
A committee, most of the time.
What is "Most measures introduced in the House die at which of these steps?"
200
Speak as long as you like, but only twice.
What is " What are the rules of debate in the Senate?"
200
I have objections to some or all parts to a bill as written.
What is a Presidential veto?
300
This is higher higher than for representatives.
What is Compensation for senators ?
300
subcommittee
What is "Where is a bill referred to after it is sent to committee?
300
I am given a title,a number, and then recorded into the Journal and the Record.
What is the first reading for a bill?
300
A stalling tactic, used to delay or defeat action on a bill.
What is a filibuster?
300
I do not act on a bill for ten days.
What is allowing a bill become a law without a signature?
400
The State legislatures had this function in Congress.
What is" Before the 17th Amendment was adopted, how were senators were chosen "?
400
Do-pass,pigeonhole,,report in amended form,report unfavorably,report a committee bill.
What are the ways a bill can be handled by a committee?
400
It takes at least 60 senators to invoke this motion .
What is cloture?
400
Congress adjourns its session within ten days of submission of a bill.
What is a pocket veto?
500
The floor leader has this important role.
What is "When a political party wants its members to vote for a bill, the person who determines how many votes can be counted on is the.."?
500
A bill finally reaches the floor of the House.
What is the seconding reading of a bill?
500
Where a bill reported by a standing committee goes.
What is one of the five House calendars?
500
The action of a two-thirds vote of the full membership of each house of Congress.
What is a Congressional over ride of a Presidential veto?
M
e
n
u