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100
How many members are in the senate?
What is 100?
100
What are two powers the Speaker of the House has?
What is Decides who goes to which committee, block bills, push bills out of committees
100
What helps seasoned members of Congress pass their bills with ease?
What is seniority
100
What are two other names for “tax” and “spending?”
What is revenue and appropriation
100
What effect does conducting a census have in redistricting/gerrymandering?
What is determining representation based on increase/decrease in population
200
What are two main powers of the senate?
What is impeach the president, approve treaties
200
Who presides over sessions in the House?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
200
What do revenue bills call for?
What is tax increases
200
What is Congress’ power to regulate business done outside state boundaries?
What is interstate commerce
200
How does pork-barrel legislation get passed?
What is logrolling?
300
What are the two functions of the Senate?
What are approving presidential appointments and approving treaties?
300
How many members are in the house?
What is 435
300
What do appropriation bills call for?
What is spending money or setting it aside
300
What are complaints/work given by constituents to their legislator?
What is Casework?
300
Which house has the more relaxed atmosphere?
What is the House?
400
What effect does the Senate have on people position in office?
What is can remove them from position
400
How long are House members' terms in office?
What is two years
400
What power does the President have in regards to passing bills?
What is veto
400
What are the functions of whips?
What is making sure that members of their party vote as the party wishes, aka a disciplinarian
400
What does it take to pass an amendment?
What is 2/3 vote in both houses and 3/4 in the states
500
What percentage of Senate members are up for reelection every six years?
What is 1/3
500
What proportion of House members are up for reelection at the end of the term?
What is all of them
500
What occurs when committees start making changes to bills?
What is markup session
500
What does the General Accounting Office (GAO) do?
What is find waste in budget, give advice on bills
500
What is Congress’ main weapon for exerting influence over the other branches of government?
What is oversight and money
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