Congress
House of Representatives
Senate
Vocab 1
Vocab 2
100
The lawmaking body of government.
What is the role of Congress?
100
How many members are in the House of Representatives.
What is 435 members?
100
Name a qualification to be in the Senate.
What is 30+ years old/ citizen for at least nine years/ be a legal resident of the state you represent?
100
Immunity is...
What is legal protection?
100
Treason is?
What is an act that betrays or endangers one's country?
200
The number of houses in Congress.
What is 2 houses?
200
What is the number of representatives per state based on?
What is a state's population?
200
The Senate is much bigger than the House of Representatives. T or F
What is false?
200
What is the meeting of Congress that meets once every year?
What is a session?
200
Delaying a bill by making a very long speech is called..
What is filibuster?
300
The System in which Congress is made up of allows each house to do what?
What is check the actions of the other house?
300
How are the Houses seats distributed?
What is apportioning?
300
How many members are in the Senate?
What is 100 members?
300
Private meetings of Republican and Democratic members are called..
What are caucuses?
300
Congress is allowed to stretch delegated powers by what clause?
What is elastic clause?
400
To make sure that the two houses were fairly represented they created this lawmaking body. This is called...
What is bicameral legislature?
400
The month are elections held for the members in the House of Representatives.
What is November?
400
How long are they elected?
What is 6 terms?
400
In latin this words this means FOR THE TIME BEING. This word is?
What is President pro tempore?
400
What is a formal disapproval of a member's actions?
What is censure?
500
The reason Congress is divided into two houses.
What is the framers wanted to make sure that both small and large states would be fairly represented?
500
Name one country/city that have one nonvoting delegate in the House.
What is Washington DC, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands?
500
What happens if a senator dies or resigns before the end of a term?
What is Someone must take his or her place?
500
What are powers that Congress have exercised under this clause. What are these powers called?
What is What are powers that Congress have exercised under this clause. What are these powers called?
500
What is the word for when a person must give up his or her seat?
What is expulsion?
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