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The number of voting members in the House
What is 435?
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Each state has this many Senators
What is two?
100

Who is the person who breaks a tie in the senate

Who is the Vice President 
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This person ensure's party discipline in voting

Who is a Whip

100

This is the term for the advantage that Congressmen have in re-election because they were already in the seat 

What is incumbency?

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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 is the majority needed in order to override a presidential veto?

What is 2/3 in each house

200

The political party with the most members in a chamber is called the____________ party.

What is Majority 

200

Powers listed/stated in the United States Constitution.

What are expressed powers?

300
The length of a term for a House of Representative member
What is two years?
300

This part of the constitution give the legislative branch its power

What is Article I 

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A stalling attempt to "talk the bill to death"

What is a filibuster?

300
Presiding officer in the House of Representatives?
Who is the Speaker of the House?
300

Presidential appointments must be approved by which chamber?

What is the Senate

400
What happens every 10 years that determines how many seats for the house are in each state? And who re-draws district lines?

What is the census and who is the political party in power

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The number of senators up for election every two years
What is 1/3 or about 33?
400

Powers that are not listed in the Constitution, but are needed for Congress to carry out its duties. 

What are implied powers?

400

A symbolic position typically given to the senior member of the majority party. 

What is the President Pro Tempore?


 

400

Two chambers/houses in a legislative body

What is bicameral?

500
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

The three ways the President could handle a bill

What are signing the bill making it into a law, veto, and pocket veto?

500

Name the current Speaker of the House

Who is 

Mike Johnson - Speaker

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The part of the Untied States Constitution that list the expressed powers of Congress.

What is Article I, Section 8?