Formal Qualifications of Office and Terms of Office (Both
Houses)
Houses)
The minimum age required to be elected to the House of Representatives
What is 25?
Includes the activities by which group pressures are brought to bear on the legislative process and legislators
Lobbying
The frequency with which elections are held for all seats in the House of Representatives
What is every two years?
This amendment changed the way U.S. Senators are selected
What is the 17th amendment?
This is the main power of Congress outlined in Article l of the Constitution
What is making laws?
The first step in the legislative process, when a member of Congress presents a new idea for a law
What is introducing a bill?
The presiding officer of the House of Representatives
What is the Speaker of the House?
This Democratic senator from Georgia was first elected in 2021 and is up for re-election in 2026
Who is Jon Ossoff?
This chamber of Congress has the sole power to impeach federal officials
What is the House of Representatives?
The minimum age required to be elected to the Senate
What is 30?
Those individuals who lobby, are usually connected to special interest groups
Lobbyists
The number of Senate seats contested in each federal election cycle
What is one-third of the Senate?
Before the 17th Amendment, this group chose U.S. Senators
What are state legislatures?
Congress holds this power over the federal budget and government spending
What is the power of the purse?
After a bill is introduced, it is sent to one of these for study and discussion
What is a committee?
The official leader of the Senate when the Vice President is absent
What is the President pro tempore?
This Democratic Senator from Georgia has served since 2021 and is known for his background as a pastor
Who is Raphael Warnock?
This chamber holds the trial after an official is impeached
What is the Senate?
The number of years a person must have been a U.S. citizen to serve in the House of Representatives
What is 7 years?
Lobbyists provide this to lawmakers to help shape legislation
What is information or expert advice?
The method by which U.S. Senators have been elected since the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913
What is by direct vote of the people?
The 17th Amendment gave this group the power to directly elect U.S. Senators
What are the people?
Congress can declare this, even though the President is Commander-in-Chief
What is war?
This must happen in both the House and Senate before a bill can go to the President
What is passing the bill with a majority vote?
This person is the official leader of the Senate
What is the Vice President of the United States?
This Republican has represented Georgia's 1st congressional district since 2015
Who is Buddy Carter?
The number of votes required in the House to approve articles of impeachment
What is a simple majority?
The number of years a person must have been a U.S, citizen to serve in the Senate
What is 9 years?
Lobbying helps ensure that these voices are heard in the lawmaking process
What are the interests of the public or specific groups?
The type of district from which each member of the House of Representatives is elected
What is a single-member district?
The year the 17th Amendment was ratified
What is 1913?
This chamber has the sole power to impeach federal officials
What is the House of Representatives?
If the President does this, the bill does not become law unless Congress overrides it
What is veto it?
These permanent committees focus on specific subject areas like education and defense
What are standing committees?
This Democrat has served Georgia's 2nd congressional district since 1933
Who is Sanford bishop?
The number of votes needed in the Senate to convict and remove an official from office
What is two-thirds?
The length of a term for a member of the House of Representatives
What is 2 years?
One way lobbyists influence lawmakers is by doing this with campaign donations
What is contributing to political campaigns
The total number of voting members in the U.S. House of Representatives
What is 435?
The 17th Amendment aimed to reduce this in the selection of Senators
What is corruption or political influence?
This chamber holds impeachment trials and can remove officials from office
What is the Senate?
This is the term for when the President signs a bill
What is enacting it into law?
These temporary committees are created to investigate specific issues
What are select committees?
This Republican, a former Trump aide, began representing Georgia's 3rd congressional district in 2025
Who is Brian Jack
The presiding officer during a presidental impeachment trial
What is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court