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House of Representatives
The Senate
Overview of Congress
Congressional Powers
Congress in Action
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The number of voting members in the House
What is 435?
100
Each state has this many Senators
What is two?
100
Type of legislature we have in America
What is a bicameral legislature?
100
Difference between expressed and implied powers
What is expressed powers are specifically stated in the Constitution and implied powers aren't specifically stated?
100
Presiding officer in the House of Representatives?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
200
Determines how many representatives each state gets
What is population of state?
200
The length of term for a Senator
What is 6 years?
200

What type of committee has members from both houses that meet to write the same version of a bill?

What is a conference committee?

200

What is a lobbyist?

What is a person who represents a special interest group and convinces Congressmen to write laws in their favor?

200
Serves as presiding officer of Senate in absence of Vice President
What is the president pro tempore?
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The length of a term for a House of Representative member
What is two years?
300
This amendment changed the election of senators from indirect to direct election?
What is the 17th Amendment?
300
Permanent panels that look through all bills sent to them
What is a standing committee?
300

Name two powers of Congress

What is power to tax, borrow money, distribute money, regulate value of money, declare war, raise a military, and Copyrights and patents

300
A stalling attempt to "talk the bill to death"
What is a filibuster?
400
This term means that representation in Congress can change after a census (population count) takes place.

What is reapportionment?

400

This person serves as the President of the Senate.

Who is the Vice President?

400

What does Congress have to do to override a Presidential veto?

What is have a 2/3rds majority vote in both houses of Congress?

400
Three presidents that have been impeached
Who are Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton?
400
What is gerrymandering?

What is manipulating a voting district so that it gives an unfair advantage to one party or group?

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Formal qualifications of being a House of Representative member
What is 25 years old, US citizen at least 7 years, and resident of state and district?
500
The formal qualifications of becoming a senator
What is 30 years old, 9 years of being a US resident, and live in state they're serving?
500

What section of the Constitution deals with the legislative branch?

What is Article 1?

500

What is the role of each house of Congress in the impeachment process?

What is the House brings the impeachment charges and the Senate has the impeachment trial?

500
The four ways the President could handle a bill
What are signing the bill making it into a law, let it site for 10 days without signing making it a law, veto, and pocket veto?