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100
Congress does not have the power to do this
What is ratify amendments?
100
youngest age for a candidate for the House of Representatives
What is 25?
100
number of members of the House of Representatives
What is 435?
100
congressional power over public officials who have committed crimes
What is impeachment?
100
a group of Congress memebers that discusses new bills
What is a committee?
200
Congress's power to charge a public official with wrongdoing
What is impeachment?
200
youngest age for a candidate for the U.S. Senate
What is 30?
200
number of years in a senators term of office
What is 6?
200
when a president does not act on a bill and Congress adjourns
What is a pocket veto?
200
one of two elected memebers of Congress from each state
What is a senator?
300
committee that settles and differences the Senate and HOuse have over a bill
What is conference committee?
300
number of years a candidate for the House must have been a U.S. citizen
What is 7?
300
votes needed for a vetoed bill to become a law
What is two-thirds?
300
period of time each year when Congress meets
What is session?
300
a member of the House of Representatives
What is a representative?
400
the number of votes it takes from Congress for a vetoed bill to become a law
What is 2/3rds vote?
400
number of senetors elected from each state
What is 2?
400
Number of senators in the original Senate that represented the 13 states
What is 26?
400
person who leads the Senate when the vice president is abesent
Who is the president pro tempore?
400
an idea or suggestion for a new law
What is a bill?
500
Allows Congress to make all laws necessary to carry out its duties
What is elastic clause?
500
number of senators in the United States Senate
What is 100?
500
the number of members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
500
the end of a session
What is adjournment?
500
The leader of the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House?