Legislative Branch 1
Number of Senators
What is 100
Length of term for the House of Representatives.
What is two years
How many people are in the House of Representatives?
435
In every session of Congress, proposed laws are known as
What are bills
Which part of Congress is represented according to population?
What is The House of Representatives
Minimum age to run for Senate
What is 30 years old
Bills that deal with taxation/revenue must be started in the
What is The House of Representatives
Refers to people who work directly for individual members of Congress
What is Personal Staff
What kind of committee is established for a specific purpose and with a limited time frame?
What is a select committee
A joint committee has members from
What are members from both the Senate and the House of Representatives
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Congress's review, monitoring, and supervision of the executive branch
What is Congressional Oversight
Congress's Watchdog
Audits, investigations, and performance reviews of agencies
What is General Accounting Office
The leader and president of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President
Who is Stone County and part of Christian County State Representative
Who is Burt Whaley
Congress's Think Tank
Write confidential reports for members, explain complex legislation, and answer urgent questions.
Library of Congress's Congressional Research Service
A committee was established to consolidate the House and Senate versions of a bill into a single, final version.
Conference Committee
Manipulating congressional districts (voting districts) to help or hurt a community of interest (members of a certain party, race, gender, or religion).
What is Gerrymandering
What is determined by the census every 10 years?
What is population & number of Representatives in the House
Daily Double:
Leadership positions in the US Senate. Minimum of two
What is
1. V.P. OR President Pro Tempore?
2.Majority Leader?
3.Minority Leader?
Who is the most powerful person in Congress?
Who is the Speaker of the House