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Congress
Legislative
Article I
Senate
House
100
Made up of two houses.
What is bicameral?
100
Made up of two sessions.
What is a term?
100
Period of time each year when Congress meets.
What is a session?
100
Session of Congress called by the President.
What is a special session?
100
Congressmen that believe that each question they face must be decided on its merits.
What is a trustee?
200
Congressmen that see themselves as agents of the people who elected them.
What is a delegate?
200
Congressmen that who owe their first allegiance to their political party.
What is a partisan?
200
Congressmen that attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles.
What is a politico?
200
To adjust the distribution of seats in the House of Representatives after each census.
What is reapportion?
200
Determines the number of representatives for each state.
What is the census?
300
The process by which Congress, through its committees, checks to see that the agencies of the executive branch are working effectively.
What is the oversight function?
300
An exclusive power of Congress in regards to national security.
What is the power to declare war?
300
The age and citizenship requirement of the Senate.
What is 30 and 9 years?
300
This group elects the Speaker of the House.
What is the majority party caucus?
300
This is how often elections are held for the House of Representatives.
What is every two years?
400
A joint committee that finalizes a bill so it can go to the President.
What is a conference committee?
400
The age and citizenship requirement of the House.
What is 25 and 7 years?
400
This allows Congress to override a President’s veto.
What is a two-thirds vote in EACH house of Congress?
400
To draw districts to the advantage of the political party in power.
What is gerrymandering?
400
The practical reason why did the Framers of the Constitution create a bicameral Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
500
A Congressional election that occurs between presidential elections.
What is an off year election? (or a midterm election)
500
The person who currently holds a political office.
What is an incumbent?
500
Bills for raising revenue must originate here.
What is the House of Representatives?
500
Part of the Senate that is up for election at any one time.
What is one-third?
500
A benefit for members of Congress that allow them to send mail without postage.
What is the franking privilege?