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HABBAL
In the Constitution
Fractions
Powers
Fili-What
100
When a committee sets aside a bill without considering it.
What is a PIGEONHOLE?
100
The minimum age requirement for the House of Representatives.
What is 25 YEARS OLD?
100
Term for just over half. Its what is needed to pass a bill in Congress.
What is a SIMPLE MAJORITY?
100
Powers given to Congress, listed directly in the Constitution.
What are EXPRESSED POWERS?
100
Dividing a state into odd shaped districts for political reasons.
What is GERRYMANDERING?
200
When a Senator talks endlessly to delay the vote on a bill.
What is a FILIBUSTER?
200
The Vice-President's only job in the Senate.
What is to BREAK TIES?
200
Fraction needed to override a Presidential veto.
What is 2/3 of CONGRESS?
200
Often the second most powerful person in his house, he keeps a count of his party members votes and encourages them to vote together.
What is the PARTY WHIP?
200
Taken every ten years it led to Missouri loosing a Representative.
What is the CENSUS?
300
The box where Representatives put suggestions for a bill.
What is the HOPPER?
300
The term length for Senators.
What is 6 YEARS?
300
Two-thirds of this house are needed to approve a Presidential nomination.
What is the SENATE?
300
He is in control of the Senate when the VP is not there.
Who is the PRESIDENT PRO TEMP?
300
John Boehner and the second in the line of succession to the Presidency.
What is the SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE?
400
An action on the Senate floor that ends a debate and brings a bill to a vote.
What is a CLOTURE?
400
The two step process for removing a President.
What is the HOUSE IMPEACHES and THE SENATE REMOVES?
400
The number of Senators needed for a cloture.
What is 60 SENATORS?
400
The people in a Representative's district and their bosses.
What are CONSTITUENTS?
400
The formal disapproval of a Congressman.
What is CENSURE?
500
A meeting of both houses of Congress to iron out the details of a bill before sending it to the President.
What is a CONFERENCE COMMITTEE?
500
Gives Congress implied powers like the Airforce.
What is the NECESSARY AND PROPER CLAUSE?
500
The minimum number of Representatives needed to pass a bill.
What is 218 REPRESENTATIVES?
500
Bills that give tax dollars to certain programs, and can only be introduced by the House.
What are APPROPRIATION BILLS?
500
This can keep a Congressman from being arrested or sued while doing their job.
What is IMMUNITY?