Constitution
Senate
House
Historical
HABBAL
100
The Legislative Body was created in the Constitution where?
What is Article 1
100
The term of a Senator is
What is 6 years
100
The term for a Representative is
What is 2 years
100
Which of the following would be an example of an Expressed Power? Navy Income Tax Draft Air Force
What is Navy
100
In order for a bill to go to the President what must happen to the bill?
What is Must be passed and be the exact same
200
Non-Revenue Bills must start in which house of Congress?
What is either house
200
Leader of the Senate is
What is Majority Leader
200
How many Representatives are there in the House of Representatives?
What is 435
200
How many CONGRESSMEN are there?
What is 535
200
Where is a bill placed in the House?
What is Hopper
300
What are the three expressed powers of the Senate?
Try impeachments, Approve Treaties, and Approve Presidential Appointments
300
At what point can a filibuster take place?
What is During the full senate vote
300
How is the House of Representatives different than the Senate when it comes to conducting business?
What is Speaker of the House has all the power.
300
What is Gerrymandering?
What is Drawling of districts so that one political party has all or most of the control of the state.
300
Before a bill can be brought into the Senate it must be?
What is Co-sponsored
400
Which house of Congress has always been connected to the people? What changed this?
What is House of Reps and 17th Amendment
400
To be a U.S. Senator, what are the three Constitutional Requirements?
What is 30 years Old, 9 years a citizen, must live in the state
400
What are the two expressed powers of the House of Representatives
What is Start Impeachments, Start Revenue Bills
400
The house had new Congressional districts every ten years because of
What is Census/population shifts
400
What is a conference committee
What is a committee that makes a bill the same in order for it to go to the President.
500
What is the role of the Vice President and President Pro-Temp of the Senate
What is break ties
500
Why is the Senate known as a continuous body
What is only a third of Senators are ever up for election.
500
What are the requirements to be a member of the House of Representatives?
What is 25 years old, 7 years a citizen, must live in state/district
500
What is one way that either house of Congress checks the other house of Congress
What is Passing a bill, Impeachment, Revenue must start in the House
500
What three things can a President do to a bill?
What is Pass, Veto, Pocket Veto
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