Congress 1
This is often referred to as the lower house of Congress.
What is the House of Representatives?
The branch of government that makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Each year of meetings during which Congress assembles and conducts business
What is a session?
Permanent committees that continue their work from session to session in Congress
What are standing committees?
This is often referred to as the Upper House of Congress.
What is the Senate?
What is the Senate?
This article of the constitution explains the roles and responsibilities of the legislative branch.
What is Article 1?
A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses. The House of Representative and the Senate
What is bicameral?
Also known as special are committees created to do a special job for a limited period of time.
In this house of Congress representation is based off a states population.
What is the House of Representatives?
The length of terms served by members of the House of Representatives.
What is 2 years?
The Presidents power to reject a bill passed by Congress
What is a veto?
President of the Senate, can make a tie breaking vote in the senate
What is the Vice President?
A type of joint committee that helps the House and Senate agree on the details of a proposed law.
The length of term served by members of the Senate.
What is 6 years?
A lengthy speech designed to delay or kill the vote on a bill; used only in the Senate
What is a filibuster?
A high-ranking senator of the majority party who presides over the US Senate in the absence of the vice preside
What is the President Pro Tempore?
The party leader that has the task of pushing party issues on the floor of each house
What is the majority leader?
The 3 main jobs of Congress while in session.
What is lawmaking, investigating, and representing the member's district or state?
The President's power to kill a bill, if Congress is not in session, by not signing it for 10 days
What is a pocket veto?
A person who is employed by and acts for an organized interest group or corporation to try to influence policy decisions and positions in the executive and legislative branches.
What is a lobbyist?
The process of creating oddly shaped districts to increase the voting strength of a particular group
What is Gerrymandering?
The leader of the majority party who serves as the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, most powerful position in the House, 2nd in line for the presidency
What is the Speaker of the House?
A committee composed of members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate; such committees oversee the Library of Congress and conduct investigations.
What is a joint committee?
Groups who try to influence Congress; may also present ideas to Congress that may become bills.
What are special interest groups?