The Senate
The length of a term for a member of the Senate
What is 6 years
The length of a term for a House of Representative member
What is 2 years
The legislative branch of the U.S. government
What is Congress
Tactic used in the Senate to delay or block a vote
What is fillibuster
Name your Idaho Senator and representative in the House
Who are Mike Crapo and Mike Simpson
The number of voting members in the Senate
What is 435
The number of voting members in the House of Representatives
What is 435
Duty of legislative branch
what is to make laws
Districts drawn purposefully giving a political party the advantage
The fewest number of votes a state can have in the electoral college
What is 3
Party currently in control of the Senate
The smallest number of representatives a state can have in the House
What is 1
The two houses in congress
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives
Having two branches or chambers
What is bicameral
Capped the House membership at 435 and created a procedure for redistricting after the census
What is the Apportionment Act of 1929
The 3 requirements to become a senator
Party currently in control of the House of Representatives
What is republican party
The length of each term of Congress
What is 2 years
The people and interests that an elected official represents
What is constituents
The number of members of the electoral college
What is 538
Number of senators up for reelection every two years
What is 1/3 or 33
What is 25 years old, U.S. citizen for 7 years, and resident of the state of which they will be chosen
Ensures that only a third of senators are reelected at once
What is a continuous body
Only the president has the power to do this
What is special session
Name 3 of the 6 territories that have a representative in the House of Representatives
What is Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands