House of Representatives
The number of voting in the House
What is 435?
Number of members in the Senate
What is 100?
Vote needed to overturn a Veto
What is 2/3?
An idea for a law that the Legislative Branch proposes
What is a Bill?
What determines the number of representatives each state gets
What is population?
Term that a Senator serves
What is 6 years?
The primary job of Congress
What is making laws?
Signs/vetoes the bill
Who is the President?
Term length of a House member
What is 2 years?
Senators have to be how old to serve in the Senate
What is 30 years old?
What building does Congress work in
What is the U.S Capital?
The geographical areas represented by members of a legislature.
What are Districts?
Number of congressional Districts in Wisconsin
What is 8?
Who does a Senator represent
Who is the citizens of their state?
What are the 2 chambers in the Legislative Branch
What is the House and the Senate?
The name for both chambers in the Legislative Branch
What is Congress?
The Leader of the House
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Officer of the Senate selected by the majority party to act as chair in the absence of the vice president
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
What are 3 powers that Congress has
What is, Create rules on how to become a citizen, Collect taxes, pay debts, borrow money, Regulate commerce (trade) between states and other countries, Coin money and punish counterfeiters, Punish pirates, Establish post offices, Protect patents and copyrights, Create lower and federal courts, Declare war, raise and support an Army and Navy,
A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
What is Bicameral?