House of Reps
How many members are in the House of Representatives?
What is 435?
How many members are there in the Senate?
What is 100
What is a simple majority in the Senate?
What is 50 plus 1
Lying under oath is known as what?
What is Perjury
When a member of Congress passes away while serving what are the two ways they can be replaced?
What is appointment by the Governor or by special election.
What are the three qualifications that a person must meet to be elected as a House of Representatives?
What is you must be at least 25 years old, be a citizen of the U.S. for at least 7 years, and live in the state that you represent.
How long is a term for a Senator.
What is six years.
In which chamber of Congress do filibusters occur?
What is the Senate
When one party controls the White House and the other controls the House and the Senate is known as what?
What is a divided government
Awarding grants and projects from the government to a member’s home state is known as what?
What is pork-barrel spending
How long is a term for a House of Representative?
What is two years?
What are the three qualifications that a person must meet to be elected as a Senator?
What are to be at least 30 years old, live in the state you represent and be a U.S. citizen for at least 9 years.
What are the 3 things a president can do when a proposed bill comes to him or her?
What is sign the bill into law, veto the law, or pocket veto
The president's refusal to spend money Congress has voted to fund a program is known as what?
What is impoundment
What is considered to be the most powerful committee in Congress?
What is the House Rules Committee?
What can the five delegates in the House of Representative do?
What is propose laws, sit on committees, and debate on the House floor.
Who are the leaders of the Senate?
Who are the Vice President, the Senate Majority and Senate Minority Leaders.
How is the Speaker of the House chosen for that position?
What is a by a Caucus
A method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote is known as what?
What is a filibuster
What are the six steps for a bill to go through to become a law?
What are referral to committee, hearings, markup, floor considerations, conference committees, and presidential action
Who are the leaders of the House of Representatives?
Who are the Speaker of the House, House Majority and Minority Leaders, Majority and Minority Whip.
What are the Senate's two calendar's called.
What is the Executive calendar and General Order calendar.
Which chamber of Congress has quorum requirements
Who is the House of Representatives
A proposed law to authorize spending money is known as what?
What is an Appropriations Bill
Approving treaties and regulating foreign trade are considered to be what types of powers of Congress?
What are legislative powers