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House of Representatives & Senate
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Legislative Questions
100

What is a Special Session?

What is when the President calls Congress into work due to an emergency situation? 

100
What is a bill?
Proposed laws presented to the House or Senate for enactment
100

Which chamber of Congress is based on the population of the State?

What is the House of Representatives?

100
What is Congress' major function?
Their major function is to make laws.
100
What is a bicameral legislature?
It is a legislature made up of two houses.
200

What is a lobbyists?

Someone who tries to influence lawmakers

200

Who is able to veto a bill?

Who is the President?

200
How is each state represented in the Senate?
Each state is represented equally with two senators each.
200

How long does each term in Congress last for?

Senators: 6 Years 

Representatives: 2 years 

200
Who is the only one that may call a special session?
The President.
300
What is a hopper?
The hopper is a box, which members of the houses drop a bill they want to introduce into it
300

After a bill is discussed in committee, it goes where? 

What is a subcommittee?

300
What is the role of the “Speaker of the House”?
He/she is the elected presiding officer of the House and the acknowledged leader of its party.
300

Which part of the Constitution explains the Legislative Branch?

What is Article 1?

300

What is a pocket veto?

The President lets a bill die by not signing or vetoing it when Congress is NOT in session.

400
What is filibuster?
The tactic to delay or prevent Senate action on a bill
400

If a bill is introduced and passed in the Senate, where will it go next?

What is the House of Representatives?

400

Which amendment changed the way Senators are elected?

What is the 17th amendment?

400

Name the 2 Senators from the state of Georgia:

Who is Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff?

400

Which group of Congress represents people more directly? Why?

Who is The House? They represent a smaller group of the population so it is more direct. 
500
What is gerrymandering?
A practice that aims to establish a political advantage for a certain party by dividing geographic areas into voting districts
500
What does the conference committee do?
The conference committee produces a compromise bill to the president when the bills both houses pass are not identical.
500
Who serves as the President of the Senate?

Who is the Vice President?

500

Which chamber confirms presidential appointments, such as Supreme Court justices?

What is the Senate?

500

What is a negative effect of lobbyists?

They can bribe Congress and cause for unfair laws to be passed.