House of Representatives
The Senate
Overview of Congress
Congressional
Representation
Congress in Action
100
The number of voting members in the House
What is 435?
100
Each state has this many Senators
What is two?
100
Type of legislature we have in America
What is a bicameral legislature?
100

This is how often the census is required to be conducted

What is every 10 years?

100

Presiding officer in the House of Representatives

Who is the Speaker of the House?

200

The length of a term for a House of Representatives member

What is two years?

200
The length of term for a Senator
What is 6 years?
200
When Congress assembles to conduct business
What is a session?
200
Determines how many representatives each state gets
What is population of state?
200
Serves as presiding officer of Senate in absence of Vice President
What is the president pro tempore?
300

This is the action of accusing a president of a crime

What is Impeachment?

300

This is the fraction of Senators needed to bring cloture

What is 3/5ths

300
Permanent panels that look through all bills sent to them
What is a standing committee?
300

The practice of manipulating new district boundaries to favor one party

What is Gerrymandering?

300
A stalling attempt to "talk the bill to death"
What is a filibuster?
400

If a presidential election does not have a winner or ends in a tie this happens

What is the House chooses from the three candidates with the most electoral votes?

400

Senators are elected in this type of election that represents an entire state

What is an "At-Large" election?
400

Name two expressed powers of Congress

What is power to tax, borrow money, distribute money, regulate value of money, declare war, raise a military, and Copyrights and patents?

400

Drawing electoral district boundaries in the United States is known as this process

What is Redistricting?
400

This is the responsibility of the Majority/Minority Whip

What is to get party members to vote on the party line?

500

Formal qualifications for being a House of Representatives member

What is 25 years old, US citizen at least 7 years, and resident of state and district?

500

The formal qualifications of becoming a senator

What is 30 years old, 9 years of being a US resident, and live in state they're serving?

500

Difference between expressed and implied powers

What is expressed powers are specifically stated in the Constitution and implied powers aren't specifically stated?

500

This reallocates House of Representatives seats based on the results of the census

What is Reapportionment?

500

These are two of the ways the President could handle a bill

What are signing the bill making it into a law, let it sit for 10 days without signing making it a law, veto, and pocket veto?

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