Senate
House of Reps
Structure
Bills
Miscellaneous
100
How many senators does each state have
What is 2
100
How many in total
What is 435
100
Congress has _____ sessions in each term, each begins in January
What is 2
100
Every bill starts out as an
What is idea
100
Rejection of a bill by the Pres.
What is a veto
200
For how many years does each senator get elected (1 term)
What is 6 years
200
What is taken every 10 years to decide how many reps every state gets
What is census
200
The party with the most seats is called the
What is Majority Party
200
The purpose of this is to study bills
What is committees
200
What happens if the Pres. ignores a bill when Congress is in session
What is becomes a law
300
Senators can only serve one 6 year term. True or False
What is False
300
How many Representatives is each state required to have
What is 1 or at least 1
300
At these meetings, each party picks its learder
What is caucus
300
After the bill passes the House of Representatives it must also pass in the
What is Senate
300
Powers given to Congress in the Constitution
What is delegated powers
400
According to the constitution who is the President of the Senate?
What is Vice President
400
Who is the highest official in the House
What is Speaker of the House
400
This person counts votes and makes sure all members of the its party are present
What is party whip
400
Congress can overrule a Presidents veto with how much Fraction
What is 2/3 votes
400
Found in the Constitution this gives Congress the ability to do what is "necessary & proper"
What is elastic Clause
500
Called to end the debate
What is cloture
500
This type of bill must start here
What is appropriation bill
500
Budget, Armed Services, Agriculture are examples of these.
What are committees
500
This is a way of killing a bill by talking
What is filibuster
500
Takes over as the leader of the Senate, because VP cannot
What is President Pro Tempro
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