Senate
The more prestigious of the two houses of Congress.
What is the Senate?
The number of representatives that are in the House.
What is 435?
The main powers of congress
What is collect, levy, and raise taxes?
This decision ruled that unequal representation in legislative districts violated the equal-protection clause.
What is Baker v. Carr?
The fact of a legislative assembly comprising two chambers is the definition of
bicameralism.
The amount of seats the US Senate has.
What is 100 seats?
Hose of Representatives term length/
What is two years?
As a bill journeys toward becoming a law, the step in which a bill is assigned to a committee is known as this
What is referral?
True or False: racial gerrymandering is intended to decrease minority representation in Congress.
False
A member of Congress’ right to mail items free of charge is known as the ____________________ privilege
franking
Amount of Senators each state can has.
What is two?
The party that currently has the majority of House seats.
What are Republicans?
The power that allowing a Senator to speak for as long as he/she wishes.
What is a filibuster?
The majority party in the house picks the ____ to be their leader.
Who is the Speaker?
Which agency provides Congress with expert advice on budgetary and economic matters?
Congressional Budget Office
Presides over the Senate and is the tie-breaking vote
What is the Vice President?
The member who's in charge of making sure his party members vote with the leadership.
Who is the whip?
This body can impeach the President.
What is the US House of Representatives?
The president pro tempore of the Senate is chosen by which of the two parties (minority or majority)
Drawing up legislative districts so as to give a political party or ethnic minority a political advantage is known as
gerrymandering.
Must be US citizen for 9 years, must be a resident of state being represented, and must be 30 years of age
What are the qualifications to be a US Senator?
25 years of age, citizen for 7 years, legal resident of state which elects him
What are the qualifications to be a US Representative?
The reallocation of House seats to each state after a census.
What is reapportionment?
This parliamentary procedure ends a filibuster.
What is cloture?
True or False: The Senate interacts less with the president on national issues than the House does.
False