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100

Members of the House serve for terms that are this long.

What is two years?

100

The number of Senators per state

What is two?

100

A person who introduces a bill to the House or Senate is called...

What is a sponsor?

100
The Speaker leads this chamber of Congress.

What is the House of Representatives?

100

You are required to be this old to vote in the US.

What is 18?

200

The House Representative for the district where Ursuline is located is named...

Who is George Latimer?

200

You must be this old in order to serve in the Senate.

What is 30?

200

Bills beginning in this chamber of congress begin with the letter S.

What is the Senate?

200

The person in this position breaks ties in the Senate.

Who is the Vice President?

200

Drawing districts to give one party an unfair advantage in an election.

What is gerrymandering?

300

This is the name of the process by which House seats are allocated to each individual state.

What is apportionment?
300

This is the procedure by which a Senator can stop a bill from progressing to a vote indefinitely.

What is a filibuster?

300

A bill must pass the Senate and House by this much to bypass a presidential veto. 

What is a supermajority, or 2/3rds?

300

People in this position count votes and try to ensure Representatives or Senators vote the party line.

What is a whip?
300

Elections to this chamber of Congress are held every two years

What is the House of Representatives?

400

This is the total number of representatives in the House.

What is 435?

400

This amendment changed the US constitution to specify that Senators would be elected through the popular vote.

What is the Seventeenth Amendment?

400
This brings together members of the House and Senate to determine the final wording of a piece of legislation. It is rarely used anymore.

What is a conference committee?

400

This person currently serves as the House Minority Leader

Who is Hakeem Jeffries

400

Party members choose their preferred candidates in this type of election.

What is a primary election?

500
This committee regulates expenditures of money by the government of the United States

What is the Appropriations Committee?

500

The Senate does not have the power to originate bills concerning this subject.

What is raising revenue?

500

This percentage of bills die in committee before going to election. 

What is 90%?

500

Chuck Grassley currently serves in this role

Who is the president pro tempore of the Senate?

500

This is the date of the next presidential election.

What is November 7th, 2028?