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Our type of legislature (meaning 2 houses)
What is bicameral
100
Number of representatives in the Senate
What is 100
100
How many representatives in the House of Reps
What is 435
100
The number of representatives Washington state has
What is 9 (10 for this year)
100
The names of the two houses in Congress
What are the House of Reps and the Senate
200
Senators serve this term (how long is each term)
What is 6 years
200
The years a Senator must be a citizen
What is 9 years
200
The years that is the term of a member of the House of Reps
What is 2 years
200
The years a member of the House of Reps must be a citizen
What is 7 years
200
Name 2 Washington state Senators
Who is Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell
300
Must be agreed upon by both houses before it becomes a law
What is a bill
300
Third in line to fill the place of the President
Who is the Speaker of the House
300
Elects the President and vice President into office (formal)
What is the electoral college
300
what percentage of votes does the Senate need to impeach the president
What is 2/3
300
Neither Senate or House can adjourn for more than this many days without the consent of the other
What is 3 days
400
Each house has one of these to record its proceedings and outside of top secret stuff Americans have access to it.
What is a journal
400
Oversees the administration of Justice within the federal courts
What is the house judiciary committee
400
Name 2 Presidents that have almost been impeached
Who are Clinton, Nixon, Johnson, Tyler
400
Property taxes go directly to government
What is a direct tax
400
A person immediately convicted without trial
What is a bill of attainder
500
A persons’ right to present evidence before a court that he/she has been wrongly accused
What is a writ of habeus corpus
500
Removal from office and disqualification for any future offices
What is impeachment
500
Taxes that go through a middle man before going to the government
What is an indirect tax
500
A power of Congress is to_____________and _____________piracies and felonies on the high seas.
What is define and punish
500
Serves as President of the Senate when the speaker of the house fills in for the president or vice president or is out of town
What is President Pro Tempore