What is the minimum age to become a member of the House?
200
100
How many members in the Senate?
200
Committees
Where do bills go first?
200
Paul Ryan
Who is the Speaker of the House?
200
Filibuster
How do you 'talk a bill to death' in the Senate?
200
9 years citizenship
What is the citizenship requirement to become a Senator?
300
One
What is the minimum # of Reps a State can have?
300
The House of Representatives & the Senate
What two houses make up the Congress?
300
Committee Chairmen
Who are the most powerful people in Congress?
300
Rider
What is a measure tacked onto another bill so it will be more likely to pass?
300
Reside in the State
What are the residence reqt's for becoming either a Senator or a member of the House?
400
Two
How many Senators does each State have?
400
Bills involving $$$
What types of bills must originate only in the House?
400
President pro Tem of the Senate
Who heads the Senate in the absence of the V.P.?
400
Pigeon-hole
What is the term that is used to describe the 'killing' of a bill by a committee?
400
30 years old
What is age reqt to become a Senator?
500
The House
Where must $$$ bills begin?
500
2/3rds vote
How might Congress override a Presidential veto?
500
Younger, less experienced members
Who makes up the House membership?
500
Pocket Veto
What is the term which describes the type of veto where the President refuses to sign or veto a bill but allows it to 'die' by doing nothing (providing that Congress adjourns within 10 days)?
500
7 yrs citizenship
What is the citizenship reqt to become a member of the House?