Membership
a meeting of Congress is called a ______
session
The __ is a complete count of population, including place of residence, that is taken every 10 years.
census
Name the U.S. Representative for District 15.
Monica De La Cruz
Name Texas' two Senators
John Cornyn and Ted Cruz
A __ committee is a permanent committee in Congress that oversees bills that deal with certain kinds of issues.
standing
You are going to be in Washington, D.C. later this year and would like to tour the White House. Which of your elected officials can help you get a tour?
de la Cruz, Cruz or Cornyn
A ___ legislature has three houses.
tri-cameral
Name the Premont Cowboy who represents Premont in the Texas House of Representatives.
J.M. Lozano
After the census is taken, every 10 years, the House of Representative districts are redrawn in each state to balance the population. This process is called __.
reapportionment
The ____ of the House is the presiding officer in the House of Representatives.
Speaker
The __ of the Senate is the Presiding officer of the Senate.
President of the Senate
A ___ is a committee within a standing committee that specializes in a subcategory of the standing committee's responsibility.
subcommittee
You want to help your Grandfather with a Social Security problem but you have not been able to get the answers he needs. Which of your elected officials can help you get answers?
Monica De La Cruz, Ted Cruz or John Cornyn
Nebraska has the only _ legislature, meaning it only has 1 house.
unicameral
__ is a vote of formal disapproval for a member's actions
censure
If the redistricting is drawn in a manner that gives one group of people an electoral advantage, that process is called __.
gerrymandering
Who is the current Speaker of the House and what political party does he/she belong to?
Mike Johnson / Republican
Who is the current President of the Senate and what political party does he/she belong to?
Kamala Harris / Democratic
select committee
The people who work directly for individual Senators or Representatives
personal staff
Texas has a ___ legislature. It has two houses.
bicameral
Name the U.S. Representative that represents Premont.
Monica De La Cruz
What US Congressional District is Premont in?
District 15
What is the title of the Speaker's top assistant?
majority leader
Patty Murray (WA, D) has been elected by the Senate to stand in as President of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President. She is called the __.
President Pro Tempore
A __ is a committee made up of members from both the House and Senate; usually formed to act as a study group that reports back to their respective houses on a topic or bill.
joint committee
People who work for the House and Senate committees.
Committee staff
The assistant to the majority and minority leaders in both chambers of Congress are responsible for rounding up the vote, making sure a quorum is available. They are called __.
Whips
Name the two houses of the U.S. legislature.
House of Representatives and Senate
Which party currently holds the majority in the House?
Republican
Which party currently holds the majority in the Senate?
Democratic
A __ is a temporary joint committee set up to work out the differences when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill.
conference committee
person on a legislator's staff who researches, gathers information and writes up reports to make certain the lawmaker is well informed about proposed legislation
legislative assistant
a __ is a proposed law
bill
Name the two houses of the Texas legislature.
House of Representatives and Senate
A __ is a conference of members of a legislative body who belong to a particular party, faction or interest
caucus
a __ is a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a bog
filibuster
A committee with __ means that authority is shared by two or more committees.
concurrent jurisdiction
the person on a legislator's staff who handles requests from constituents
caseworker
an __ is a piece of legislation that has been passed
act
An __ is an elected official who is currently serving in office.
incumbent
a __ is a schedule that lists the order in which bills will be considered in Congress
calendar
__ is a procedure that ends a filibuster but may allow each senator only 1 hour to speak about a bill under debate.
Cloture resolution
The member of the majority party with the longest uninterrupted service on a particular committee serves as the Chair. This system is called the ___.
seniority system
assistant who runs the lawmaker's office, supervises the schedule and gives advice
administrative assistant
A __ is the minimum number of members who must be present to permit a legislative body to take official action.
quorum