Legislative Branch 1
Which part of Congress is represented according to population?
What is The House of Representatives?
Length of term for the House of Representatives.
What is two years
How many people are in the House of Representatives?
435
Proposed laws are called these.
What are bills?
A charge levied by the government on persons or property to raise money to meet public needs
What is a tax
What kind of committee is established for a specific purpose and with a limited time frame?
What is a select committee?
How are senators elected?
What are the voters in each state?
Bills that deal with taxation/revenue must be started in the
What is The House of Representatives
This is determined by the census ever ten years.
What is population & number of Representatives in the House?
This happens when a president ignores a bill for ten days while congress is in session.
What is the bill becomes law?
Number of Senators.
What is 100?
A joint committee has members from
What are members from both the Senate and the House of Representatives
Daily Double:
What is a politician who is running for re-election?
Incumbent
When a president ignores a bill for ten days while congress is out of session.
What is a pocket veto?
What is the total number of members in Congress?
535
The leader and president of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President
Who is the representative for Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District
Who is Derrick Van Orden
This chamber of congress has the fillibuster
What is the senate?
A committee was established to consolidate the House and Senate versions of a bill into a single, final version.
Conference Committee
The word for when congress is doing its job.
What is in session?
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
Who is someone that is represented by a politician. Starts with a "C"
Who is a Constituent?
Lawmakers has four voting options. Name two of them
Yes, No, Abstain
Who is the most powerful person in Congress?
Who is the Speaker of the House
Leadership positions in the US Senate. Minimum of two
What is
1. V.P. OR President Pro Tempore?
2.Majority Leader?
3.Minority Leader?