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100
2 house legislature
What is bicameral?
100
The leader of the Senate.
What is the vice president?
100
The leader of the House of Representatives. The office, not the person.
What is the Speaker of the House?
100
Permanent committee oversees bills that deal with different issues.
What is a standing committee?
100
A person each member of congress has been elected to represent.
What is a constituent?
200
Population count
What is the census?
200
Senate member who stands in as president when the vice president is absent.
Who is the president pro tempore?
200
The total number of representatives.
What is 435?
200
Group within standing committee that specializes in an area.
What is a subcommittee?
200
Allows each senator to speak for only 1 hour on a bill.
What is a cloture resolution?
300
Elected official that currently holds the office they are running for.
What is an incumbent?
300
The total number of Senators.
What is 100?
300
The speaker of the house's top assistant.
What is the majority leader?
300
Jurisdiction shared by 2 or more committees.
What is concurrent jurisdiction?
300
Gives member of majority party with most experience, leadership of that committee.
What is seniority system?
400
A proposed law or first draft of a law.
What is a bill?
400
Method of defeating a bill by stalling process and preventing a vote.
What is a filibuster?
400
An assistant to the party floor leader in legislature.
What is a whip?
400
A committee that consists of members from both the House and Senate that act as a study group and report back on a topic.
What is a joint committee?
400
Motion where all present members of Senate agree to consider a bill from the calendar.
What is unanimous consent?
500
Minimum number of members who must be president for a legislative body to take official action.
What is a quorum?
500
The qualifications to be a Senator.
What are 30 years old, citizen for 9 years, resident of the state you represent?
500
Qualifications to become a representative.
What are 25 years old, citizen for 7 years, resident of the state you represent.
500
A committee created when the House and Senate passes different versions of the same bill.
What is a conference committee?
500
Private meeting where party leaders choose candidates for office.
What is a caucus?