Congress Structure
The Senate has this many members
What is 100?
Someone who is the head of a committee is called a
What is a Committee chair
To pass a bill to the president, congress must vote to _____ the same version of the bill
What is approve or pass
Someone who is represented by a government official is called a....
What is a constituent?
This is Batmans real name
Who is Bruce Wayne?
The House of Representatives has this many members
What is 435?
This person breaks a tie in the senate
Who is the president of congress?
When a bill is sent to the President and they do not approve it, it is called.....
This is how many days that a bill sits on the presidents desk before it is a law
What is 10 days
this is when a batter hits a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game.
What is a cycle?
This determines how many house of reps members a state has
What is population?
This person holds the most power in the house of representatives
Who is the speaker of the house
When a bill is not passed by both chambers of congress, it can be sent where to be revised?
What are Joint or Conference committees?
What is a rider?
This is the chemical symbol for tin
What is Sn
There are two chambers of congress meaning we have a ________ legislature
What is bicameral?
The people who assist majority leaders in keeping their party organized are called this
What is a whip?
Bills typically start here
What is a subcommittee?
A bill that has many riders that have something for everyone is called this
What is a Christmas tree bill?
In the second Hobbit film the Desolation of ______ this is the name of the dragon
Who is Smaug?
This involves talking about random things for a continuous long period of time to stall a bill being voted on
What is a fillibuster?
The job of members of congress is to uphold the principles of this document
What is the constitution?
This is the amount of people in each chamber that must vote to veto override
What is 2/3s of each chamber
For many years this factor has been a big decider of who gets to be a committee chair
What is seniority rule?
In Mythology this king turned everything he touched into gold
Who is King Midas