Composition
This term describes a two house legislature.
What is bicameral?
Term for a member of the House.
What is 2 years?
This person is responsible for ratifying (accepting) or vetoing (rejecting) a bill.
Who is the President?
Leader of the house.
What is Speaker of the House?
The term used for help that Congress members give their constituents when dealing with the federal government.
What is casework?
This is the function of the legislative branch.
What is to make/create/write laws?
Term for a Senator.
What is 6 years?
Congress divides itself into these smaller groups to work on bills and agendas.
What are committees?
The political party with the most people in Congress.
What is the Majority Party?
This is a term used for delaying a vote on a bill. Often times, it is a Representative or Senator talking excessively to postpone voting.
What is a filibuster?
According to the Constitution, this is where Congress derives its power.
What is the people?
This house is referred to as the upper house.
What is the Senate?
Congress forms this when both houses pass different versions of the same bill.
What is a conference committee?
The political party with the second most people in power in Congress.
What is the Minority Party?
This group will spend money to campaign for certain politicians or use their money to have laws created that support their business interests?
What are lobbyists and/or PAC's *Political Action Committees?
Congress is divided into two chambers that share power and provide a system of _______________________ where they can ensure the other one isn't growing too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
This chamber/house is based on population.
What is the House of the Representatives?
This is the committee formed when special events happen?
What is a select committee?
The person in charge of accepting or vetoing bills.
Who is the President?
The term used for ending a filibuster or a debate with a vote.
What is cloture?
A person that lives in the district of the people representing them in government or Congress.
What is a constituent?
The amount of terms Senators are allowed to serve.
What is unlimited?
These are additional amendments/requests added into bill.
What are riders?
The leader of the U.S. House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House.
The leader of the U.S. Senate is the Vice President of the U.S.A.
North Carolina House of Representatives and Senate have similar leaders. What are they?
Who are the Speaker of the House and the Lieutenant Governor?
Checks and balances example occurring with our current president. Term is accusing an elected official of wrong doing legally.
What is impeachment?