What is the general power of the Legislative Branch
make new laws and change existing laws
100
how many commities are there?
four
100
how many members are in the house of Representatives?
435
100
how many representatives of each states does the Senete have?
two from each state
100
How does a bill get on the legislative agenda?
it needs to adress an approprite and timely problem that congress believes it can solve with a new law
200
What part of the legislative branch has the decentalized power?
The Senate
200
Why were committees developed?
the number of bills congress had to consider increased to an unmanageable amount
200
How old do you have to be to be in the House of Representatives?
25 years old
200
how many members are in the senete?
100 members
200
How many houses are in the legislative Branch?
2 houses, the Representative and the Senate
300
How many times larger is the house of representative than the Senate?
four times larger
300
What do committees do?
Committees gather information and redraft legislation
300
When are new members elected for the House of Representatives?
the first tuesnday after the first monday in november on even number years
300
How many members from each state are there?
two
300
Which house can create revenue laws?
the house of Representatives
400
How many senators represent each state?
2
400
What are two of the four types of committess?
Standing, Select, Joint, Conference
400
True or False the president is in the House of Representatives as well
False
400
How old must you be to be of age for the senate?
30 years old
400
Definiton of the Legislative branch
the branch of federal and state government allowed to make the laws that are then applied by the excutive branch and interpreted by the judicial branch
500
Centralized leaders hold the most power...
House of Representatives
500
Most importnat committee
Standing
500
What are the representatives called
also refured to as congressman or congresswomen
500
How long must you be a citizen in order to be in the senate?