Not in My House
Power to the People
Bust My Filibuster
I am a Bill
100
25 years old
What is age requirement of the House
100
How Congress is organized
What is bicameralism?
100
A stalling tactic to delay a vote
What is a filibuster?
100
Rejection of legislation by the President
What is a veto?
200
The house connects with the people in a "on their level" way
What is the goal of the House
200
The reason we have three branches
What is separation of powers?
200
17th amendment
What is the direct election of senators?
200
Where revenue bill originate
The House
300
Must have been a citizen of the U.S. for at least seven years
What is a formal qualification of the House
300
Coin money, declare war, levy taxes
What are expressed powers?
300
The New Jersey Plan
What is the plan on which the senate is based?
300
Standing, joint or conference
What is a committee?
400
Vote-getting abilities
What is an informal qualifications
400
When voting, these legislators only consider the benefits of the "people back home"
What is a delegate?
400
Harry Reid
Who is the majority leader of the senate?
400
A measure dealing with some matter in one house and does not have force of law
What is a resolution?
500
The Republican party controls the House
What is dominant party in the House
500
Protecting borders, suppressing riots
What are inherent powers?
500
Longest lasting filibuster that tried to stop the civil rights act of 1957
What is Senator Strom Thurmond's filibuster?
500
3%
What is the chance that a bill will become a law?
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