The minimum age requirement to be elected in the Senate
What is 30 years old
100
The minimum age requirement to be elected in the House.
What is 25 years old
100
How many types of committees are there in Congress?
What is 5
100
Which Article states that the Congress shall have "all legislative Powers"
What is Article I of the Constitution
100
What party controls what happens on the both chamber floors?
What is the majority party
200
What is the citizenship requirement to be elected into the Senate?
What is a US citizen for 9 years
200
What is the citizenship requirement to elected in the House?
What is U.S Citizen for 7 years
200
This type of permanent committee of legislators, form either House or Senate, are responsible for specific policy areas, such as foreign affairs or agriculture.
What is standing committee
200
Name at least three powers given to Congress
What is to levy and collect taxes, borrow money, regulate interstate and foreign commerce, coin money, and declare war
200
Why does the House restrict debates?
Because of the larger size
300
What is the term limit in the Senate?
What is 6 years
300
What is the term limit in the House?
What is 2 years
300
A temporary committee of legislators from both the House and Senate created to work out differences in bills passed by both houses of Congress
What is conference committee
300
The Constitution authorizes Congress to "make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper" because of this clause...
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause
300
The tactic of using endless speeches on the Senate floor to delay or prevent passage of legislation.
What is a filibuster
400
What are the leadership positions in the Senate?
What is the president, majority and minority leaders, and whips
400
House seats are apportioned based on what?
What is population
400
A permanent committee of legislators from both the House and Senate that deals with matters of common interest, such as economic policy.
What is joint committee
400
Name at least three of the powers that were given to Congress to check the other two branches
What is oversight, impeachment, ratification, override, and amendment
400
This process is used to end a filibuster in the Senate.
What is the cloture rule
500
How does the Senate achieve equal representation?
They believe that each state has an equal voice, regardless of population
500
The constitutional principle behind apportionment; Each congressional district should have about the same number of people
What is "one person, one vote"
500
Why do we have various committees?
What is the lack of time or expertise that individual legislators don't have to thoroughly understand all the bills that come before Congress
500
An official statement from both houses of Congress. This is like a regular bill, it has the power of law once the president signs its
What is joint resolution
500
This is another tactic similar to the filibuster; This signals the lawmaker's intention of launching a filibuster if the bill is sent to the Senate floor