Terms
House members serve __ years terms
What is 2
Purposefully redrawing boundary lines to try an win elections
What us gerrymandering
Senators must be at least __ years old
What is 30
Their job is to consider and recommend actions and propose policies in the functional areas under their jurisdictions, subject to final approval by the Council
What is a standing committee
True or false: a bill can start off from a variety of different places?
What i true
Senate members serve __ year terms
What is 6
An action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures
What is filibuster
A house member must be ___ years old
What is 25
A permanent committee of the US Congress is
What is House Rules Committee
Each house has a ______ that considers bills
what is standing committee
The president serves __ year terms
What is 4
The ability of sending mail without payment of postage
What is Franking privalege
The president must me __
What is 35
This committee negotiate bills and send them back to be revised
What is the conference committee
The bill is the reported to ___
What is the floor
House members can be reelected an infinite number of times, true or false
What is true
This comprises the policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy, and interest groups, as described in 1981 by Gordon Adams
What is the Iron Triangle
True or false: senators must live in their state of running for only 5 years
What is false (its 9)
What is conference committee
Bills are ____ on in the house
what is debated
Senetors may run for reelection however many times they want, true or false
What is true
The power to tax, to borrow money, to regulate commerce and currency, to declare war, and to raise armies and maintain the navy.
What are Expressed Powers
How old does the vice president have to be
what is 35
Each committee has a ___ for each bill
What is speaker
The bill is finally sent to the ____ to sign or reject it
what is president