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Miscellaneous
100

The name of the Legislative Body of the United States

What is Congress?

100

A representative elected will only serve for this many years - just long enough to campaign again.

What is two?

100

2 per state gives us this total of members in the Senate

What is 100?

100

A bill may be referred to a smaller, permanent legislative fixture

What is a standing committee? 

100

This prefix comes from Late Latin for "law"

What is legis?

200

This word literally means "two chambers"

What is bicameral?

200

The leader of this body goes by this title.

What is the Speaker of the House?

200

While they are staggered, Senators terms are this long:

What is 6 years? 

200

Sometimes a bill will be referred to a smaller group, with a more targeted focus, called this

What is a subcommittee?

200
The suffix in "legislator" literally means this - it can also be someone down on one knee asking for a hand in marriage

What is proposer? 

300

This part of the branch sports proportional representation for the states

What is the House of Representatives?

300

The House of Representatives wields this power unique to them - only 4 presidents have faced it, 3 formally so, and one of them twice. 

What is impeachment?

(Also: what is the power to impeach?)

300

Though absent the majority of the time, the leader of the senate holds this office of the executive branch

What is the Vice President (of the United States)?

300

If a bill makes it out of committee, it moves to this place, although it more literally sits on a desk or table

What is the floor? 

300

Congress has the power to do this for the United States, although they haven't officially done so since World War II

What is declare war? 

400

The name of this comes from Ancient Rome, and has equal representation.

What is the Senate? 

400

Not to exceed 1 for every 30,000, the House currently sits at this number of representatives.

What is 435?

400

In the absence of the Vice President, the leader goes by this title

What is the President Pro Tempore? (Tem-per-ee)

400

If both chambers pass different versions of a bill, Congress will form this to come to a compromise

What is a Conference Committee? 

400
Most laws that get passed are constitutional thanks to this imperative clause

What is the Necessary and Proper Clause? 

500

The rules for the Legislative Branch comes from this article of the US Constitution:

What is Article 1?

500

These types of bills have to originate in the House of Representatives:

What are $ related bills?

(Also accepted finance related bills/financial bills/bills that deal with money, etc.)

500

To counter the House, the Senate's unique power does this - although none of the 3 presidents have been found guilty before them.

What is try all impeachments?

500
This is when a president does nothing with a bill for 10 days and congress leaves session

What is a pocket veto? 

500

These are two Senate specific proceedings - one means to talk a bill to death, the other ends that process

What is filibuster and cloture?