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SENATE
THE HOUSE
PEOPLE
ODDS & ENDS
100
In the Senate and in the House, this is the term for the party--Democrats or Republicans-- with the most members.
What is the "majority party?"
100
Each state sends this many senators to Washington, D.C.
What is two?
100
No state can have fewer than this number of House members.
What is one?
100
These people can call, write, or visit their legislator.
What are constituents?
100
This number is the sum total of the members of Congress.
What is 535?
200
Also called a conference, it is the meeting of each party before every new session of Congress.
What is a "caucus?"
200
The Senate, like the House, meets in a separate chamber in this building.
What is the Capitol?
200
A meeting in the House chamber attended by senators
What is a joint session?
200
These groups of people prepare bills to be voted on.
What are committees?
200
The Congress of the United States consists of these elected bodies.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
300
An official condemnation by Congress of its own members.
What is a "censure?"
300
Almost one fourth of these fail to win Senate nomination.
What is a Supreme Court Nominee?
300
This official is chosen by the House when there is no electoral College majority.
What is the President?
300
After Congress adjourns, this person can call back its members to Washington for a special session.
What is the President?
300
This document gives Congress "all legislative powers" of the federal government.
What is the Constitution?
400
These powers are the specific powers of Congress. They are also called "expressed powers."
What are "delegated powers?"
400
This fraction of the Senate is elected every two years.
What is one-third (1/3)?
400
These two words are for the part of a state a House member represents.
What is a Congressional District?
400
This president was impeached by the House in 1868.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
400
Members of Congress help young people get appointed to these schools.
What are the Military Academies?
500
The "elastic clause" gives Congress these powers to deal with matters not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
What are "implied powers?"
500
This is the fraction of Senators needed to approve treaties.
What is two-thirds (2/3)?
500
A charge of misconduct by the House against a federal official.
What is impeachment?
500
They recommended impeachment charges against President Richard M. Nixon.
What is the House Judiciary Committee?
500
Four words referring to Congress's control over taxing and spending.
What is the "Power of the Purse?