Congress by the #'s
Minimum Age a US Senator must be to be eligible to get elected
30
The power the President has to essentially block a bill from becoming a law
veto
Advice and Consent
John Thune, a senator from S.D. is the Senate Majority Leader...what political party is he from?
Republican
This person controls the day to day actions of the House including but not limited to assigning bills to committee, ruling on points of order and presides over debate
Speaker of the House
Total number of House of Representative members
435
This person is given the power to break a tie in the US Senate
President of Senate or US Vice President
Great Compromise combined ideas from which two plans presented at the Constitutional Convention
New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan
Technique used by minority party senators to delay a vote in the Senate...used when a bill is on the floor of the Senate for debate
filibuster
Name given to the voters or residents who live in a congressional district
constituents
Amendment that allows voters to directly elect US Senators...remember in original constitution state legislatures were given to ability to select US Senators
17th
Type of committee that does must of the work on a bill including holding hearings, presenting studies, making revisions to the bill and calling experts to testify.
Subcommittee
Congress has the power to issue these...which is a legal document that requires a person to testify at congressional hearings
subpoena
This position replaces the President of the Senate when he/she is unable to be present
President Pro Tempore
Leadership position that exists in House & Senate that encourages fellow party members to vote as party leadership wants.
Whips
Number of US Senators that need to agree on a piece of legislation to reach cloture and end a filibuster
60
Name of committee that bill goes to that resolves any differences between house and senate versions of a bill
Conference Committee
Members of congress will often add provisions to a bill that have little to nothing to do with the main topic of the bill...often these provisions are 'poison pills'
Rider provision
Who picks a replacement Senator when one vacates office
State Governor
Congress has this power which allows them to bring charges against officials of the executive or judicial branches for wrong doing and bring them to trial...this process starts in the House.
Impeachment
Amendment that gives the House of Representatives the ability to elect the President if no candidate receives a majority of electoral college votes (270)
12th
Congress must vote using this technique in an attempt to make sure their constituents know how their representatives voted.
Roll Call Vote
When Congress sets aside funds for projects
Appropriations
Which senate standing committee has the very important job of vetting presidential picks for potential Supreme Court nominees
Senate Judiciary Committee
When congressional districts are drawn for a political advantage
Gerrymandering