Titles
Fancy Words
The House
The Senate
Odds and Ends
100

This is the formal name for the structure of Congress.

What is bicameral?

100

This is the name of a tax paid directly to the government.

What is a direct tax?

100

This is the number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives.

What is 435?

100

This is the number of members in the U.S. Senate.

What is 100?

100

This is the group in charge of formally bringing about charges of impeachment.

Who are the House members?

200

This person is the President of the Senate.

Who is the Vice President?

200

This is the name of a tax levied on one person but passed on to another for payment to the government.

What is an indirect tax?

200

This is the minimum age requirement to be a House member.

What is 25 y/o?
200

This is the minimum age requirement to serve as a U.S. Senator.

What is 30 y/o?

200

This is the ability of Congress to review how the executive branch is operating and to make sure it is following the laws Congress has passed.

What is congressional oversight?

300

This is the most important person in the House of Representatives.

Who is the Speaker of the House?

300

This is the term for the redistribution of seats in the H.O.R.


What is apportionment?

300

This is the number of a years in a House member's term.

What is 2?

300

This is the number of a years in a Senate member's term.

What is 6 years?

300

This type of committee is permanent, meaning they always exist.

What are standing committees?

400

This is the person 3rd in line for the Presidential succession. Hint: their title means "temporary president"

Who is the President Pro Tempore (Pro Tem)?

400

This is the term for a bill that sets aside funds for a specific purpose.

What is appropriation?

400

This is the number of years a person must be a U.S. citizen in order to serve in the H.O.R.

What is 7 years?

400

This is the number of years a person must be a U.S. citizen in order to serve in the Senate.

What is 9 years?

400

This is the name of the committee that conducts hearings for federal nominations before the Senate vote.

What is the Senate Judiciary Committee?

500

This is the most important person in the Senate.

Who is the Senate Majority Leader?

500

This is the term for when the federal government does not generate enough revenue to cover expenses.

What is a deficit?

500

This is the last listed requirement to serve as a U.S. House member.

What is live in the state to represent?

500

This is the name of the current President Pro Tempore.

Who is Charles Grassley?

500

The Commerce Clause can be found specifically here in the Constitution.

What is Article 1, Sec. 8, Clause 3?