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This is the term length for members of the Senate.
What is 6 years?
Used by the House of Representatives, this type of Representation is based on the populations of the States.
What is Proportional Representation?
Appointed by the majority party, this person is the head of a standing committee.
Who is the Committee Chair?
This Chamber of Congress requires that its representatives be 25 years old and a citizen of the United States for at least 7 years.
What is the House of Representatives?
Proposed in either chamber of Congress, this term refers to a proposed law.
What is a bill?
What is bicameralism?
Found in Article I, Section II of the Constitution, this is a count of the population taken every ten years.
What is the Census?
This type of committee contains members of both the House of Representatives and Senate, and can be either permanent or temporary.
What is a joint committee?
This Chamber of Congress contains 100 members: 2 members for each state.
What is the Senate?
This form of presidential action occurs when the president rejects a bill and sends it back to Congress.
What is a veto?
While only appearing for mostly ceremonial purposes, this is the presiding officer and president of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
Based on the population changes as recorded every 10 years, this is the process of redistributing districts among the states.
What is Reapportionment?
This type of committee is found in both Chambers of Congress and is permanently in place for the purpose of gathering information, markup session, and deciding whether or not a bill makes it to the floor.
What is a standing committee?
This Chamber of Congress elects a speaker from the majority party to be it's presiding officer.
What is the House of Representatives?
This standing committee in the House of Representatives is responsible for placing a bill on the house calendar and creating rules for debate.
What is the House Rules Committee?
This is the 2-year length of time in which Congress does its work.
What is a Congressional Term?
This is the process of redrawing district boundaries in a way that gives advantage to a certain group or political party.
What is Gerrymandering?
This type of committee (usually temporary) is formed for matters of immediate concern, such as the Watergate Scandal of JFK Assassination.
What is a Select Committee?
This Chamber of Congress is given the exclusive power to bring impeachment charges against the President of the United States.
What is the House of Representatives?
This term/numerical value is required for a bill to pass in the House of Representatives when said bill is brought to a vote.
What is a simple majority/more than 50%?
The legislative agenda, committee appointments, and leadership positions within Congress are decided by this party.
What is the Majority/Democratic (as of 2021) Party?
These are the two types of Gerrymandering: one groups a certain section of the population together to waste their voting power and the other breaks them apart to weaken their voting power.
What is Cracking/Packing?
This type of temporary Committee is formed from members of the House of Representatives and Senate for the sake of resolving differences in these chambers and creating a compromise bill.
What is a Conference Committee?
This Chamber of Congress is given the Exclusive Power of Advice and Consent.
What is the Senate?
An exclusive feature of the Senate, this strategy involves a Senator holding the floor until cloture is invoked or the issue is dropped.
What is a filibuster?
Usually given to the most senior member of the majority party, this person is the presiding officer of the Senate in the absence of the President of the Senate.
Who is the President Pro Tempore
This governmental body is in charge of redrawing district lines after reapportionment takes place.
What is the State Legislature?
This part of the Constitution outlines the construction and functions of committees.
What is "nowhere; committees are not in the constitution"?
This Chamber of Congress is given the "Power of the Purse": all tax legislation must come from this chamber.
What is the House of Representatives?
This form of presidential action occurs when a bill is ignored for ten (10) days while Congress is adjourned.
What is a Pocket Veto?