Senate
What is the minimum age requirement for a Senator?
What is 30 Years old?
What is the minimum age requirement for a Representative?
What is 25 Years old?
Congress is made up of two chambers, and has this many total members.
What is 535?
What is the main purpose of Congress?
What is to Make Laws?
The leader of the Party that holds the most seats in Congress?
What is the Majority Leader?
How many senators are given to each state?
What is 2 per state?
Representatives serve terms of how many years?
What 2 year terms?
What is Term?
Total number of members of House of Representatives.
What is a 435?
During the redrawing of the district lines, a party draws them in a way to benefit their party.
What is a gerrymandering?
What the number of representatives for each state is based on.
What is the state's population?
Senators are chosen by equal representation, but how are Representatives decided?
What is by population?
The smaller group of congressmen who debate and make changes to a bill before they reach the floors of both the Senate and House
What is the committee?
All bills that raise money must begin where?
What is the House of Representatives?
Powers given to Congress that are stated directly in the Constitution
What is Expressed Powers?
Senators have this unique power, and usually involved long continuous speeches.
What is a Filibuster?
Known as the leader of the House of Representatives
Who is the Speaker of the House
The charging of a public official with a crime.
What is to impeach?
How is it possible for Congress to make a bill a law, even if the President Vetoes?
What is a 2/3rd vote in Both Chambers
Powers given to Congress that are NOT explicitly stated within the Constitution
What are Implied Powers?
This role's Responsibility involves assuming the role of the Vice President in their absence, as well as being the leader of the Senate.
What is President Pro Tempore
Representatives are chosen to represent their what, rather than the whole state.
What is their District?
What is the term for the minimum amount of members needed for Congress to conduct business?
What is Quorum?
IN ORDER, list the 7 steps of how a Bill becomes a Law
What is Bill is created, Committee, House Floor, Committee, Senate Floor, Passed by both Chambers, President Signs or Vetoes.
Powers given to the Government because they are the Government of a Sovereign State in the global community
What are Inherent Powers?