House of Representatives
How long is a term in the House of Representatives?
What is 2 years?
Total number of senators in Congress.
What is 100?
The current holder of a political office
What is the incumbent?
What are the two chambers of congress?
What is House of Representative and the senate?
Coining money
What is expressed/enumerated?
House of Representatives is representation based on this.
What is state population?
How long is a Senator's term?
What is 6 years?
Used to prevent a bill from being voted on in the Senate.
What is a filibuster?
What is the main job of Congress?
What is to pass laws?
Establishing school standards
What is reserved?
What are the qualification for being a House Representative?
What is 25 years old, US citizen for 7 years, be a resident of the state you represent?
This is the number of Senators that each state sends to Congress.
What is 2?
The practice of drawing district lines to favor one political party
What is gerrymandering?
Congress holds the ability to impeach who?
What is Federal officials?
Collecting taxes
What is concurrent?
Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?
Who is Speaker of the House?
What requirements are there to be a Senator?
What is 30 years old, US citizen for 9 years, Resident of State from which they were elected?
This is the action the Executive branch can take if it doesn't like the legislation passed by Congress
What is a veto?
Who has the power to start an impeachment of a federal officials?
Who is the House of Representatives?
Making laws
What is concurrent?
The Speaker of the House is elected by who?
Who is Majority party?
What is the total number of people working in Congress?
What is 535?
People who live in an elected official's district or area and whom that official represents.
Who are constituents?
What does Bicameral mean?
What is having two houses?
Create Lower Federal Courts
What is expressed/enumerated?