The Senate
6 Year Terms
How long do Senators serve?
Congress adjusts the number of seats each state has in the House of Representatives every _____ years.
What is 10?
________________ is the qualification that both houses of congress have in common.
What is members must live in the state they represent?
Presides over meetings of the House of Representatives.
What is the Speaker of the House?
The _____ approved President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan in a 219 to 212 vote early Saturday morning, sending the measure to the _______ as Democrats race to pass it into law before boosted unemployment payments expire next month.
What are the House and the Senate?
This shields the Senate from sudden shifts in public opinion.
Staggering senators' terms
The Constitution requires a representative to be at least ____ years old.
What is 25?
The _______________ allows Congress to stretch its powers to meet new needs.
What is the elastic clause?
Is from the major political party with the fewest House members.
What is the minority leader?
This Congress is the most diverse ever. But Hill staffers remain overwhelmingly ________.
What is white?
You must be at least ____ years old to be a Senator.
What is 30?
In impeachment proceedings, the House may ________, but the Senate will convict.
What is impeach?
The Legislative Branch has the power to _________ war.
What is declare?
Sensible assumptions based on the expressed powers.
What are the implied powers of the Federal Government?
What is filibuster?
A __________ is used to block a vote on a bill in the Senate.
What is a filibuster?
Members of the House are called _____________.
What are Representatives?
The bicameral structure of Congress arose from ____________________.
What is a disagreement about representation at the Constitutional Convention?
A bill may be signed into law, or it may be ____________.
What is vetoed?
Capitol Police chief: Security will remain high due to ________________ threat.
What is the State of the Union?
In impeachment proceedings, the House may impeach, but the Senate must _____________.
What is convict?
A Representative must be a citizen of the U.S. for _________.
What is 7 years?
_______________ determines congressional apportionment for each state.
What is gerrymandering?
Congress's power to coin money is a(n) _________ power.
What is enumerated?
White House defends ______________.