Vocabulary
House of Representatives
Senate
Representation
Legislating
100
Two Houses
What is bicameral?
100
Number of seats in the House.
What is 435?
100
Number of seats in the Senate.
What is 100?
100
Members of Congress who make legislative decisions based on their best judgement.
Who are trustees?
100
Introduction, Committee Review, House Debate, Vote, repeat, to the President.
What are the steps in a bill becoming a law?
200
General agreement
What is a consensus?
200
What determines how seats in the House of Representatives are allocated.
What is the census?
200
The president not appointing a Federal Judge if one of the State's Senators doesn't like the appointee.
What is Senatorial Courtesy?
200
Members of Congress who make legislative decisions based the wishes of their constituents.
Who are delegates?
200
tax, regulate commerce, coin and borrow money, create laws on bankruptcy, naturalize citizens, create a postal system, govern copyrights and patents
What are expressed powers?
300
Currently in office.
What is incumbent?
300
Where members of the House of Representatives are elected from.
What are districts?
300
Senators are no longer chosen by the State legislatures thanks to this.
What is the 17th Amendment?
300
Members of Congress who make legislative decisions based on their party platform.
Who are partisans?
300
Laws created through the necessary and proper clause create these powers for Congress.
What are implied?
400
Write or enact rules.
What is legislate?
400
The Supreme Court ruled that districts must be drawn in accord with this rule.
What is one person, one vote?
400
Presidential actions that must be approved by the Senate.
What are appointments and treaties?
400
Members of Congress who make legislative decisions based on the needs of the situation.
Who are politicos?
400
Power of Congress to investigate controversies scandals.
What is investigative?
500
Not making progress.
What is gridlock?
500
Districts that are not drawn in accord with the one person, one vote rule.
What is gerrymandered?
500
Act in an obstructive manner in a legislature, especially by speaking at inordinate length.
What is fillibuster?
500
Taxes and representation are based on this.
What is population?
500
Select, Joint, Conference, Standing
What are Congressional committees?
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