Key Terms
Key Terms Continued
Committees
House and Senate
House and Senate Short Answer
100
List of Bills for the senate to consider
What is Calender of General Orders
100
Speech in order to defeat a bill
What is Filibuster
100
Standing, select, joint, and conferences are all types of Congressional
What is Committees
100
There are how many members of the House
What is 435
100
What percentage of the Congress must be present in order for them to vote
What is 51%
200
Research center for Congress
What is Library of Congress
200
key power centers in congress
What is Committees
200
This committee is set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
What is Select Committees
200
Most members of Congress are what ethnicity
What is Caucasian
200
The term that states the minimum number to vote at a Congressional Hearing
What is Quorum
300
this limits congress speaking time
What is cloture
300
Permanent groups that go from one Congress to the next
What is Standing Committees
300
This has guided the selection of Committee Chairpersons
What is Seniority System
300
Where did the Senate originate
What is Rome
300
How long was the longest Filibuster of all time
What is 24 Hours
400
President of the Senate
What is Vice President
400
Leader of the Senate if Vice President is absent
What is President Pro Tempore
400
In the House one of the most prestigious committee is the
What is Ways and Means Committee
400
This staff member handles requests for the help from the lawmaker’s constituents
What is Caseworker
400
Which Senator was responsible for the longest filibuster of all time
What is Strum Thurmond
500
most important officers in the Senate
What is majority and minority leaders
500
Made up off the House and Senate can be temporary
What is Joint Committees
500
There are how many members of the Senate
What is 100!!!!
500
This person’s main job is to steer the party’s bills through the Senate.
What is Majority Leader
500
What type of job do most of the congressmen have before they get elected
What is Business and banking
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