House
This many members are in the House of Representatives.
What is 435 members.
How many members are in the Senate?
What are 100 members in the Senate
These committees are permanent and are based in specific policy areas.
What are standing committees.
This is what a proposed law is called before it is a passed.
What is a bill.
This is the type of legislature our congress is.
What is bicameral legislature.
This person serves as the official spokesperson of the House.
What is the Speaker of the House.
Senators serve this many years per term.
What is 6 years.
This type of committee is appointed only to deal with something not appointed to a standing committee.
What is a select committee.
This committee in the House sets the terms for debate before a bill goes on to the floor.
What is the rules committee.
This year was when the House was capped at 435 members.
What is 1929.
These are the term lengths in the House of Representatives.
What are 2 year term lengths.
This chamber requires its members to be at least 30.
What is the Senate.
This type of committee type includes members of both the House and Senate.
What is a joint committee.
This person in the House receives the bills and turns them to committees.
Who is the Speaker of the House.
Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Andrew Johnson, all share this presidential experience.
What is being impeached.
This leadership role in the house is the speakers chief lieutenant.
Who is the House majority leader.
This position in the Senate is considered the most powerful position in this chamber.
What is the Senate majority leader.
This committee type is only temporary to reconcile differences between House and Senate.
What is a conference committee.
If this happens, a bill can still become law even if a president vetoes it.
What is an override by the House and Senate.
Before 1929, seats in the House were allocated by giving one seat for this many inhabitants.
What is 30,000 inhabitants.
Following the census in 2020, the average member of the house represents around this many constituents.
What is around 760,000 constituents.
What is a 2/3 vote.
During this specific committee stage process, members can rewrite bills that tend to be very different from the original version.
What is markup.
This is one of the last stages where a bill can die after its been passed by the House and Senate.
What is a presidential veto.
This process reallocates seats in the House among states every 10 years.
What is reappointment.