Congress
How we determine the population for the purpose of forming congressional districts
What is a census?
The number of senators per state
What is 2?
The number of representatives per state
This number is based off of state population
When a senator who opposes the bill can keep on talking nonstop until the sponsor withdraws the bill
What is a filibuster?
Having two houses
Legal protection against prosecution/arrest
What is immunity?
The age a person must be to run for Senate
What is 30 years old?
The people represented by Congress
What are constituents?
A procedure in which each person is called upon to announce his or her vote
This article of the Constitution describes Congress
What is Article One?
The right of members of Congress to send work-related mail without paying postage
What is the Franking Privilege?
A term length for a senator
What is 6 years?
The age a person must be to run for House of Representatives
What is 25 years old?
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?
Type of session when Congress is called to meet for urgent problems
Powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution
What are Expressed, Enumerated, or Delegated Powers?
A person must be a US citizen for this many years before running for Senate
What is 9 years?
Describe the process of introducing a bill in the House
The bill's sponsor drops the bill into the "hopper"
What is a Cloture Vote?
The person to fill this position is selected by the majority party in the House of Representatives
What is the Speaker of the House?
Powers given to Congress by the "necessary and proper" clause
What are Implied Powers?
Describe the process of introducing a bill in the Senate
The number of Congressional Districts within the state of Virginia
What is 11?
A subcommittee must hold this as required by law
What is a Public Hearing?
This person is also president of the Senate
Who is the Vice President?