Senate
The Senate appropriates many of its tasks among these.
What are standing (and temporary) committees?
There are this many representatives in the House.
What is 435?
Which country was the U.S. trying not to model their congress like?
What is Britain?
In this type of primary, independents and members of the other party are not allowed to vote.
What is a closed primary?
This private university in Peoria, Illinois, was eliminated in the first round of March Madness this year.
What is Bradley?
This establishes the direct election of Senators.
What is the 17th amendment?
The House has rules to prevent one of these from occurring on the Debate Floor.
What is a Filibuster?
Which article did Madison argue that congress be split into two branches?
What is Fed 51?
These three parts make up an iron triangle.
What are executive agencies, congressional committees, and interest groups?
Habit makes this unnecessary.
What is memory?
The role given to the most senior member of the majority party.
What is the president pro tempore?
These may or may not be allowed during a debate on a bill on the House Floor.
What are Non-Germane Amendments?
Which plan established the bicameral legislature we see today?
What is the Connecticut Compromise?
Identify three advantages incumbents have over their opponents.
Franking privilege, staff, gerrymandering, pork barreling, etc.
The song "Happy Birthday" was sung in Mr. Weaver's fourth period class this many times.
What is four?
The powers to create/establish these (2) are explicitly denied to Congress in the Constitution.
What are ex post facto laws and bills of attainder?
Decides the rules of the House Floor Debates.
What is the Rules Committee?
The senate was extremely important because it lessened the possibility of this happening.
What is mob rule?
This type of campaign, where the incumbent is not running for reelection, is the most competitive.
What is an open seat campaign?
This is Weaver's least favorite smell.
What is shrimp or cucumbers?
Name 3 powers that are granted exclusively to the Senate.
What is the power to
a. approve (ratify) treaties
b. conduct impeachment trials
c. approve presidential appointments
d. select VP if no majority in Electoral College
The location of the House Chamber in the US Capitol Building.
What is the South Wing?
Who first proposed the bicameral legislature?
what is Roger Sherman?
These groups in Congress are made up of congressmen with similar ideologies who vote together.
What are caucuses?
This English teacher was one of Weaver's favorites.
Who is Mr. Brennan?