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The House of Representatives
The Senate
The House and the Senate
100
This is what we call the House when it sits as a large committee of itself.
What is the Committee of the Whole?
100
This is an official rule where the most important positions go to ranking members of the Senate.
What is seniority rule?
100
This is how old you must be to run for a seat in the House.
What is 25?
100
This is the number of people in the Senate.
What is 100?
100
In the Senate, a filibuster may be ended with this.
What is the rule of cloture?
200
This is money that a creditor (lender) must accept by law in payment of a debt.
What is legal tender?
200
This is the power of the government to take away private property for public use.
What is eminent domain?
200
The number of House members representing each State is recalculated after this.
What is a census (every 10 years)?
200
This is how many senators each State is given.
What is 2?
200
This house of Congress has few limits on debate.
What is the Senate?
300
This is what we call a district drawn to the advantage of the political party in charge of the State legislature.
What is gerrymandered?
300
This word means "to bring charges against".
What is impeach?
300
This is the length of a term in the House.
What is two years?
300
This is who used to choose senators before the US starting holding elections for the seats.
What is the State legislature?
300
Under these circumstances, the President may call Congress into a special session.
What is an emergency?
400
This is the title of a TEMPORARY presiding officer in the Senate.
What is the president pro tempore?
400
This is the presiding officer of the Senate.
What is the president of the Senate?
400
This is the number of Representatives in the House.
What is 435?
400
This is who replaces the president of the Senate if he/she is ever absent.
Who is the president pro tempore?
400
This is when congressional elections are held.
What is the Tuesday following the first Monday in November in even-numbered years.
500
This the name for elections in years that we do NOT elect a President.
What is an off-year election?
500
This is the legal proceeding in which someone's assets are distributed among those to whom a debt is owed.
What is bankruptcy?
500
Name the 3 requirements that must be met to sit in the House.
1. You must be 25 years old. 2. You must live in the US for 7 years. 3. You must live in the State you represent.
500
Name the 3 requirements that must be met to sit in the Senate.
1. You must be 30 years old. 2. You must live in the US for 9 years. 3. You must live in the State you represent.
500
This is the main benefit of a bicameral congress.
What is it allows one house to check on the work of the other?