Congressional Queries
The number of members there are there in the House of Representatives.
What is 435?
The length of a term in office for a U.S. Senator.
What is six years?
This elects the President of the United States, in elections every four years.
What is the Electoral College?
Suffrage (the right to vote) has been granted to many groups in the US through this.
What are constitutional amendments (15th - Black Men, 19th - Women, 26th - 18-year-olds)?
When this occurs, the President has decided not to sign a bill into law from Congress.
What is a VETO?
This person has the most power in the House of Representatives to determine committee assignments and set the legislative agenda.
Who is the Speaker of the House and/or Nancy Pelosi?
This method may be used in the Senate to delay or block a vote on a bill?
What is a Filibuster?
This must happen for a candidate to be officially declared the winner in a presidential election.
What is winning a majority of the electoral votes (270 or more)?
The longest someone could serve as President, in accordance with the 22nd Amendment.
What is 10 years?
In Baker vs Carr, the Supreme Court banned this in the creation of congressional districts, which gives unequal numbers of voters in districts.
What is malapportionement?
The most important factor that determines what type of laws will be passed by Congress.
What is the majority party?
This must occur in order for a president to be removed from office during the impeachment process.
What is a 2/3 majority vote of guilty in the Senate?
This is used to enable voters to participate in an election when they cannot be present at the polls on election day?
What is an absentee ballot?
Thanks to the 22nd Amendment Presidential term in office is limited to this long at maximum.
What is 10 years? (2 terms, + 2 years if taking over for someone else).
The process used to determine a state’s number of representatives, usually done every 10 years.
What is apportionment/reapportionment?
These are THREE different types of committees in Congress.
What are Standing Committees, Select Committees, Joint Committees, and Conference Committees?
The Senate can block the president’s appointees to these positions. (Name AT LEAST two).
What are the Supreme Court, the Cabinet, Federal Judiciary Courts, and/or Federal executive agency heads?
This number is based on a states’ numerical representation in the House and Senate.
What is the formual for Electoral College Votes?
During the Civil Rights Movement, this group was protected when Poll taxes were barred (you cannot charge people to vote) by the 24th Amendment.
Who are African-Americans in the South?
This MUST happen to a bill before it can become a law, with no exceptions.
What is completing the legislative process in BOTH houses?
These are FOUR of the six roles of Congress and what they do
What are Lawmaking, Representation, Service to Constituent, Oversight, Educating the Public, Conflict Resolution (with definitions)?
These TWO positions are connected to the Senate are in the line of Presidential Succession (and name who currently holds them).
Who are the Vice President (Kamala Harris) and Senate President Pro Tempore (Patty Murray)?
These are the requirements for those who are usually selected to be Electoral College delegates.
What are Loyal party members who do not hold high offices & have not tried to overthrow the government?
When the 20th amendment gave new terms of office for the President and Congress, it shortened the “Lame Duck” period between President & President-Elect from March to this month.
What is January?
These people are usually responsible for drawing the congressional district lines within a state through redistricting or gerrymandering.
Who is the state legislature in each state?