House of Representatives
The most powerful person in the House (title, not name)
Who is the Speaker of the House
How many senators does each state get?
Two
Voting along party lines
Partisan
to suspend operations until the start of the next Congressional session
Adjourn
When Congress goes to work is called?
Session
This is the minimum age to be a Representative
This is the minimum age to be a senator
What is 30
Voting your conscience
Trustee
A two part legislature
Bicameral
A Committee? is Permanent is called what
A Standing Committee
The number of Representatives in the House
What is 435?
The number of Senators in the Senate
What is 100
Voting to represent your constitutuents
laws proposed in Congress
Bill
The Session called by the President in case of Emergency?
Special Session
The term of a Representative is this many years.
What is 2
The term of a Senator is this many years
What is six Years
Combing the other three roles
Politico
Counting the population of the country every ten years
Census
The House or Senate has the power to try cases of impeachment?
The Senate
True or False The house ratifies (approves) treaties.
False
What percentage of Senators is up every two years?
What is 33%
Name an informal factor to getting elected to congress
Ethnicity, party, age, education
When someone is removed from congress for ethics violations
Expelled
Where do bills that deal with money start?
The House
How many years does a house member need to be a citizen?
7 years
This person (by title) is the President of the Senate?
Who is the VPOTUS?
Why is the senate more respected? Name a reason.
Longer terms, stricter requirements, more diverse constituency
benefit that allows Senate and House members to mail letters and other materials postage-free
Franking Priviledge
What is the name of the Committee that meets to work out a Bill when it has problems?
Conference Committee
True or False The house is more powerful than the senate
False
True or False the senate is the higher House.
True
What does this quote mean? ““In a republican government, the legislative authority necessarily predominates [is the most powerful]. The remedy [fix] for this inconveniency [problem] is to divide the legislature into different branches.”
Redrawing district lines to give one party an advantage
Gerrymandering
What is the name of the committee that is created for a special reason then dissolved?
Select Committee