House or Senate
2 Qualifications of the House
What are?
25 Years Old
Citizen for 7 Years
Speaker of the House
Who is Mike Johnson (R) LA?
Permanent that handle most of Congress's work
What is Standing?
What is the Senate Finance?
After the bill is introduced in the House, it goes to
What is the House Committee?
Members trying to reflect the will of the constituency
What is delegate model?
Who draws the congressional district lines?
Who are the state legislatures?
Drawing of illogical district lines to give advantage to one party
What is gerrymandering?
This is needed to end a filibuster in the Senate
What is cloture?
2 Qualifications of the Senate
What is
30 Years Old
9 Years Citizen?
Senate Majority Leader
Who is John Thune (R) SD?
Members of both houses that address a long-term issue or program
What is a joint committee?
Determines House proceedings
What is the Rules?
After the Bill passes a floor House vote it goes to the..
What is the Senate?
Voting using a representative best judgement
What is a trustee model?
This was the state that was involved with a lack of reapportionment of over 60 years.
What is Tennessee?
This was the state involved in this case
What is North Carolina?
This type of request by the House leadership can expel a bill from a committee if it is taking too long
What is a discharge petition?
Members/ Terms of the House and Senate
What is
House 435/2/Unlimited
Senate 100/6/Unlimited
Who is Steve Scalise (R) LA?
Temporary Committee that handles a particular issue or investigation
What is a select or special?
Drafts crime bills; impeachments
What is the Judiciary Committee?
After the bill passes the House and Senate, it first will go here before the President...
What is a Conference Committee?
What is politico Model?
This was the constitutional amendment and clause involved with this case.
What is the 14th and Equal Protection Clause?
Reno argued that lines needed to be redrawn to include more of this group in the House of Representatives
Who are African-Americans?
This type of spending is not mandatory
What is discretionary spending?
Unique Powers of the House
What is
House: Rules Committee/Revenue Bills Originate
Limit Debate Time/Powerful Speaker of the House
Focus on Revenue/Spending
Who is Chuck Grassley (R) IA?
House and Senate members who reconcile similar bills
What is a conference committee?
Addresses farming, food, and nature
What is the Agriculture farming, Nutrition, and Forestry?
A rejection of a bill by the President
What is a veto?
Voting based on party membership
What is partisan model?
This was the year the case took place
What is 1962?
The SCOTUS ruled in favor of...
Who is Shaw?
"You vote for me and I will vote for you". This is an example of
What is logrolling?
Unique Powers of the Senate
What is
Looser debate-Filibuster
Focus on foreign policy
Leaders less powerful except for Majority Leader.
House Majority Whip
Who is Tom Emmer ( R) MN?
This one determines tax policy
What is the House Ways and Means?
Oversees the Military
What is the Armed Services?
What percentage of each House and Senate must the bill pass if wants to override the President
What is 66%?
This model was in Michael Jackson's hit song "Keep it in the closet" music video.
Who is Naomi Campbell?
What is "one person-one vote"?
SCOTUS has no problem allowing gerrymandering regarding this topic
What is Partisan?
Members of both chambers working together to get a bill passed
What is a coalition?