How many members there are in the House of Representatives.
What is 435 members
100
How old a person must be to qualify to be a Senator
What is 30 years old
100
Actions that take place during the introduction of a bill in the House of Representatives.
What is given a number, title, and entered into the House Journal and Congressional Records.
100
These types of Committees are permanent committees and all bills are funneled to them.
What is Standing Committees
100
This allows congress to print and mail free of charge
What is franking privilege
200
How old a person must be to be qualified for the House of Representatives
What is 25 years old
200
The length of the term of office before a Senator has to be reelected.
What is 6 years.
200
A bill is sent here to be researched, changed, refined, or otherwise considered for appropriateness.
What is committee
200
The person who is in charge of a committee
What is Chairman
200
An investigatory power that allows congress to oversee the operations of various executive branch agencies
What is oversight function
300
How long one must live in the United States before one can run to be a House of Representative member
What is 7 years
300
Who is given the Constitutional role of being in charge of the Senate, but can not vote on most measures?
What is the Vice President.
300
In the House a bill must be placed on one of these before floor consideration. Hint there are Five of them in the House.
What is a calendar
300
This is a further division of a committee needed to work on proposed Bill.
What is a subcommittee
300
A person who believes in the literal interpretation of the Constitution.
What is strict constructionist
400
This person is the leader of the House of Represenatives
What is Speaker of the House
400
The title given of the person who usually presides over the Senate in the absence of the President.
What is the President Pro Tempore
400
After the second reading this is done to a bill before the final vote and being signed.
What is engrossed or printed in its final form
400
The most powerful Committee in the House
What is the Rules Committee
400
This is unrelated legislation that is added to a proposed bill, often to guarantee a vote by a particular congress person
What is a rider
500
This standing committee acts like a traffic cop, allowing some bills to the floor for consideration and denying others.
What is The Rules Committee
500
This is the role that the Senate plays in the impeachment process.
What is jury for sentencing on whether to remove a President from office or acquit a president.
500
The final stage before a bill becomes law involves the President. What actions can he take to make a bill a law.
What is sign it into law or leave it as is while Congress is in session and it becomes a law automatically
500
These are the actions that a Committee can take with a bill
What is recommend it as is, recommend it in amended form, report with an unfavorable recommendation, pigeon hole it or refuse to report, report another committee bill in its place.
500
Allows congress to force a bill that has been in committee for more than 30 days to the floor for consideration