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How many members are in the House of Representatives?
435
How many members are in the Senate?
100
What is a bill?
A proposed law
What is a precedent?
Court decision that guides future similar cases
What is a Subpoena?
What is Perjury?
Legal order requiring a person to appear
Lying under oath
What is a Unicameral
One house legislature
Congress is made up of two houses name them?
Senate and House of Representatives
How long are terms for senators?
6 years
What is Impeachment?
The formal accusation of wrongdoing by a gov. official
What is a line item veto?
rejecting one part of the bill without vetoing the whole bill
The houses uses a what to introduce bills while the Senate does what?
House- Hopper
Senate- bill's sponsor formally presents the bill
How many state Senators does Nebraska have?
49
How long are terms for house members?
2 years
What is an incumbent?
Person already in office.
How many votes does it take to pass a constitutional amendment?
2/3 of the votes in both Houses of Congress
Daily Double
How many points do you want to risk?
Who is the current Speaker of the House or name the Leader of the Senate?
What are taxes?
What is the difference between a felony and a misdemeanor?
Felony is more serious and punishable by more than 1 year of jail time.
Misdemeanor is less serious crime and punishable by less than 1 year in jail.
What is Gerrymandering?
Drawing oddly shaped districts lines to gain an advantage in elections.
What are constituents?
The people a lawmaker represents
What expressed powers?
Powers stated directly in the Constitution
Lobbyists
Representatives of an interest group who make direct contact with lawmakers.
What are interest groups?
What is a county?
The largest political subdivision of a state.
Who is the powerful person in the House of Rep.
The Speaker of the House
What is the Filibuster and how many votes does it take to end a filibuster in the Senate?
talking endlessly to kill a bill
60 votes
Name two of the options a President can do when a bill hits his desk?
Sign the bill into law
Not sign the bill for 10 days making it law
Veto the billPocket veto
What is public policy?
Gov. plan of action to address a problem.
Name Nebraska two Senators
Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts
What is an ordinance
a local law.