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The Senate and House of Reps.
How Congress Is Organized
Leaders of Congress
How a Bill Becomes Law
Vocabulary
100
The function of the Legislative Branch
What is to make the nation's laws
100
The most powerful officer in the House
Who is the Speaker of the House
100
All committee chairs are from this party.
What is majority party
100
Where ideas for bills can come from
What are: 1. U.S. citizens 2. Organized groups 3. Committees 4. Members of Congress 5. The President
100
A method of delaying action on a bill in the Senate by making long speeches
What is filibustering
200
When a congreesional term begins and ends
What is January 3 at noon every odd year.
200
A term of Congress
What is 2 years
200
Iowa's two members of the Senate
Who is Chuck Grassley and Tom Harkin
200
The box on the clerk's desk that members of Congress drop ideas for bills into
What is the hopper
200
Method of breaking an endless debate in the Senate
What is a cloture
300
The House has __________ members and the Senate has __________ members.
What is 435 and 100
300
The party that has more members in Congress
What is the majority party
300
The current Speaker of the House
Who is John Boehner
300
A bill usually starts and is approved first by which house
What is the House of Representatives
300
Number of people needed to hold a meeting in congress
What is a quorum
400
The 3 qualifications required to be a U.S. Senator Clue: (Age, Citizenship, Residence)
What are 30 years old, 9 years as a U.S. citizen, live in state being represented
400
Private meetings between republicans and democrats where party leaders are chosen.
What are caucuses
400
Iowa's four members of the House
Who is Dave Loebsack, Tom Latham, Bruce Brailey, and Steve King
400
If both the House and the Senate approve of the same version of a bill it is then sent to who for final approval
Who is the president
400
Term that describes a 2 house legislature
What is bicameral
500
Senators are elected to _______ year terms and representatives are elected to _______ year terms.
What are 6 and 2
500
The 5 types of committees
What are standing, subcommittee, select, joint, conference
500
The only power the Vice President has in the Senate
What is break a tie vote.
500
Where most of the work for possible bills is done
What are committees/subcommittees
500
Drawing congressional district lines to favor a political party
What is gerrymandering