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Vocabulary
Checks and Balances
House vs. Senate?
100
The number of members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
100
This is the number of people in the Senate
What is 100?
100
Two United States Senators who are elected by the party conferences that hold the majority and the minority respectively
What are the Senate majority and minority leaders?
100
With a two-thirds vote in each House, this can be overridden
What is a veto?
100
Members of this house have no term limits
What are the House of Representatives AND the Senate? (must mention both)
200
The length of a Representative's term
What is 2 years?
200
This is the length of a senator's term
What is 6 years?
200
These commitees include members from both the House and the Senate and oversee government agencies
What are joint comittees?
200
Senate must approve people chosen for these positions
What are presidential appointments?
200
This House has the ability to filibuster
What is the Senate?
300
This is the minimum age of a Representative
What is 25?
300
This is the minimum age of a Senator
What is 30?
300
There are 16 of these committees which each have jurisdiction over a certain field
What are standing committees?
300
Even thought the President is the Commander in Chief, it is a power of Congress to do this
What is declare war?
300
This house has the ability to impeach the president
What is the House of Representatives?
400
This is the minimum numbers of years a person must have been a citizen of the United States to serve in the House of Representative
What is 7 years?
400
This is the minimum number of years you must have been a citizen of the United States to serve in the Senate
What is 9 years?
400
This process ends a filibuster
What is cloture?
400
These are two ways Congress can avoid a Supreme Court decision
What is adding an amendment to the Constitution or amending a law
400
In the Sherman's Compromise, this House was structured to satisfy those in favor of the Virginia Plan
What is the House of Representatives?
500
These kinds of bills must begin here
What are appropriation bills?
500
This type of amendment, also known as riders, may be introduced from the floor
What are non-germane amendments?
500
This is the process by which a vote is slowed to halt
What is filibuster?
500
If Congress does not like certain programs, they may do this instead of shutting down the program
What is cutting off funding?
500
Only this House can confirm treaties
What is Senate?