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Vocabulary
House of Representatives
Senate
Misc.
Bill Process
100
The current office holder
What is Incumbent
100
The age required to serve in the house
What is twenty-five
100
The party in current control of the House
What is Democrat
100
The drawing of electoral district lines to the advantage of a party or group
What is gerrymandering
100
What begins the bill process?
What is the bill is proposed
200
Various tactics aimed at defeating a bill in the Senate to prevent a vote
What is Filibuster
200
The party in current control of the House
What is Republican
200
The length of one term for a Senator
What is 6 years
200
How many congressional districts are there in Indiana
What is 9
200
What ends the bill process?
What is the preseident vetos or it becomes a law
300
Type of veto a chief executive may use after a legislature has adjorned
What is Pocket Veto
300
The length of time Representatives serve
What is 2 years
300
How many people serve in the Senate?
What is 100
300
The two places Tax Revenues go to most
What is Welfare and Military
300
After the bill is given to a committee, where does it go?
What is a subcommittee
400
Unpopular provision added to an important bill so it will pass
What is Rider
400
The number of representatives per state is decided by....?
What is population
400
How many Senators are there per state?
What is 2 per state
400
The reasons for a bicameral congress
What is Historial, theoretical, and practical
400
The committee that helps reconcile differences over a bill
What is conference committee
500
Constitutional clause that gives Congress the power to make all laws necessary and proper
What is Elastic Clause
500
How many people serve in the House?
What is 435
500
How long do you have to me a U.S. citizen before you can become a Senator?
What is 9 years
500
Provision of the U.S. Constituation that states that the Constitution, federal law, and treaties are supreme law of the land
What is Supremacy Clause
500
Define "pigeon-holed"
What is "killing" of a bill in a committee