Vocab 1
period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business
Session
permanent committee to which all similar bills are sent
Standing
Richmond is the capital city of what state?
Virginia
unwritten custom where important posts are awarded due to a person’s length of service
Seniority rule
Republican Senators from Iowa (2 of them)
Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst
a meeting to deal with some emergency situation, called by the President
Special Session
also called a special committee, set up for some specific purpose
Select
The Dream Team won basketball gold at the Olympic Games which were held in what Spanish city in 1992 (Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Mallorca)
Barcelona
power of Congress to regulate interstate and foreign trade
Current President of the Senate
J.D. Vance (Vice President)
after the decennial census the seats in the house are????
Reapportioned
committee composed of members of both houses
Joint
The Stanley Cup is awarded to the champion of what professional sport?
Hockey
most powerful and important position in the U.S. House
Speaker of the House
West Liberty's Representative in the U.S. House
Marianette Miller Meeks
districts drawn up to the advantage of a certain group or party
Gerrymandering
temporary committee created to iron out the differences in a bill
conference
What US president served 2 non-consecutive terms? Cleveland, Truman, Polk, Arthur
Cleveland
Set the House Number at 435
Reapportionment Act of 1929
President who gave the first State of the Union address in person?
Woodrow Wilson
voters in each district elect one of the State’s representatives from a field of candidates running for a seat in the House from that district
Single-Member District
House committee that is sometimes called the “traffic cop”
Rules
Name of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
(Spirit of St. Louis, Mustang, Memphis Belle, Enola Gay)
Enola Gay
Amendment that had senators picked by voters in each state instead of the State Legislatures
17
Current Speaker of the House
Mike Johnson