In order to obtain a quorum, how many members of the House must be present?
What is 218?
100
This position is replaced, when absent, by the president pro tempore
Who is the President of the Senate?
100
Senators represent how many people?
What is half their state's population?
100
In order to make their work more manageable, the House and Senate do what?
What is divide the work among committees?
200
A provision not likely to pass on its own merit that is attached to an important measure.
What is a rider?
200
The presiding officer of the House is (double your points if you can tell me who he/she is)
Who is the Speaker of the House? John Boehner.
200
Most measures introduced in Congress die where?
What is in committee?
200
A filibuster may be ended with a vote that invokes ___________.
What is a rule of cloture?
200
This devise enables members to force a bill stalled in committee onto the floor for consideration
What is a discharge petition?
300
Advises the floor leader on who is present, which way party members are likely to vote, and make sure members are present for important votes
What is a party whip?
300
How and when bills reach the floor of the House is decided by this committee.
What is Rules Committee?
300
Committee chairpersons usually chosen on the basis of
What is seniority?
300
What is the minimum number of times a bill is read before it is voted on in the Senate?
What is 3?
300
This term means a trip taken to locations that will be affected by a measure
What is a junket?
400
This occurs if a bill is not signed by the President in a 10 day period and Congress is not in session the bill does not become a law.
What is a pocket veto?
400
Law that calls for “automatic reapportionment”
What is Reapportionment Act of 1929?
400
The "3rd house of Congress" is also known as
What are conference committees?
400
Who USED to elect senators?
What are state legislatures?
400
What is the difference between a joint committee and a conference committee?
What is conference committees are temporary.
500
The cloture vote which can be invoked to end a filibuster.
What is Rule 22?
500
Name the five methods in which a member of the House may vote on a bill
What is voice, standing, teller, roll-call, electronic?
500
Which method of voting is NOT used in the Senate which may be used in the House?
What is a teller vote?
500
Which of the following happens only in the Senate?
a. debate ends by unanimous consent of the members
b. presiding officer requires a member to stick to the subject under debate
c. majority of members forces a bill out of committee by discharge petition
d. a roll-call vote is recorded electronically
What is A?
500
How many Senators have gone to become President of the United States of America?