Qualifications
The total number of lawmakers in the United States Senate.
100
A treaty with another country must be approved by this fraction of the senator voters on it.
two-thirds
This person is the president of the Senate.
The Vice President
A proposed law introduced by a senator.
Bill
They consist of members of both parties and do most of the actual work of the Senate.
Committees
If there are 52 Democrats and 48 Republicans in the Senate, this party chooses the minority leader.
Republican
The minimum age to be a U.S. Senator.
30
Thousands of them - made by the President each year - require Senate approval.
Appointments
During key votes, this person urges party members to support their party's position.
Whip
A bill that begins in the Senate and passes is then sent to this lawmaking body.
House of Representatives
In a word, the most important type of Senate committee.
Standing
Term for the political party with the most members in the Senate.
Majority Party
A Senator who serves three terms is in office for this many years.
18
It is an agreement between the U.S. and another country, which has to be approved by the Senate.
Treaty
The Vice President can only do this in the Senate when a vote among senators ends in a tie.
Vote
This is what a bill becomes when the President signs it.
Law
Select committees are formed for conducting them.
Investigations
It is not a factor - as it is in the House - when determining the number of senators from each state.
Population
To be a U.S. Senator, a person must have been one of these for at least nine years.
Citizen
Term for charging a federal official with misconduct.
Impeachment
The official who serves as temporary president of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President.
President Pro Tempore
After an identical bill passes the Senate and House, it is sent to this person.
The President
Members of each house of Congress belong to conference committees and, in a word, these committees.
Joint
They originally chose the senators from each state.
State Legislatures
In 1913, it gave voters the right to choose senators.
17th Amendment
If this group does not give any vice-presidential candidate a majority, then the Senate elects the Vice President.
Electoral College
The total number of people from the two major parties who hold the positions of majority leader, minority leader, and whip at any given time.
4
Eventually, both houses of Congress must pass ________ versions of a bill.
Identical
Conference committees resolve differences between them after similar ones have passed both houses of Congress.
Term meaning "more than half the senators present" - the margin needed to pass most bills.
Simple Majority