Which House?
In which house or chamber of Congress, does each state get representatives according to population. There are 435 members that serve two year TERMS.
The House of Representatives
Total number of Senators.
What is 100?
What kind of bill must start in the House?
a bill about money
What are the two chambers of the US Congress?
The Senate and the House of Representatives
The number of representatives a state has is based on.
What is one representative for every 500,000 people?
Majority or Quorum.
What is one over half (50% +1)
Who has the power to declare war?
Congress/Legislative Branch/ House and Senate
Length of term for a Senator.
What is 6 years?
True or False? The first step in the lawmaking process is for a bill to be given a title and number?
How does Congress expel, or remove, a member of either house?
What is 2/3 majority vote?
Length of term for House of Representatives.
What is 2 years
The House of Representatives and the Senate meet in different chambers in this location.
Which house of Congress holds the trial for an impeachment case?
The Senate
Who is in charge of the Senate when the vice president is not there?
The "president pro tempore"
What is it called when a president rejects a bill that has been passed by Congress?
veto
Where is the record kept and published of all the Congressional meetings?
What is the Congressional Record?
What is the title given to the name of the leader of the House of Representatives?
Speaker of the House
Which Article of the Constitution establishes the legislative branch?
Article I
The house of Congress which decides is an accused official is guilty.
What is the Senate?
The leader and president of the senate.
Who is the Vice President
When the President vetoes a bill, Congress can "override" the veto and pass the bill into law with a
What is a 2/3rds vote by both chambers of Congress?
Two chambers
What is bicameral
Daily Double:
Qualifications to become a member of the House of Representatives
What is
1. Min. age is 25 yrs.
2. Must be 7 years a citizen
3. Must live in the state you represent
What is the primary job of the Legislative branch?
to make the nation's laws
This house of Congress is the only one that can make laws regarding raising money.
Age requirement to become a Senator.
What is at least 30 years old?
How many voting members of Congress are there in total?
535
Privileges provided to members of Congress.
What are - They cannot be arrested when going to or coming from Congress, or while attending a session of Congress? A member cannot be sued or punished for anything he or she might say in Congress.
House of Representatives impeachment proceeding duty.
What is to accuse an official of some wrongdoing or misuse of power?
Pays the salaries of representatives and senators.
Who is the US government?