Meet Congress
This is the total number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives.
What is 435?
This is the primary job of Congress.
What is making laws?
This person is the official presiding officer and leader of the House.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
A proposed law is called this.
What is a bill?
This process redraws congressional district boundaries.
What is redistricting?
Members of the House serve this many years in one term.
What is 2 years?
All revenue bills must originate in this chamber.
What is the House of Representatives?
The Constitution assigns the Vice President this position.
What is President of the Senate?
Most bills are reviewed and may die during this stage of the legislative process.
What is committee action?
This is the redistribution of House seats among the states following the census.
What is reapportionment?
Members of the Senate serve this many years in one term.
What is 6 years?
This chamber has the power to approve treaties and confirm presidential appointments.
What is the Senate?
This person presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent.
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
This Senate tactic attempts to delay or prevent action by extending debate.
What is a filibuster?
Drawing district boundaries to create a political advantage is called this.
What is gerrymandering?
A person must be at least this old to serve in the House and this old to serve in the Senate.
What are 25 and 30?
The House brings impeachment charges, while this chamber conducts the impeachment trial.
What is the Senate?
These permanent congressional committees handle bills dealing with particular subjects.
What are standing committees?
This Senate procedure can be used to limit debate and end a filibuster.
What is cloture?
These individuals work to persuade lawmakers to support policies that benefit the groups they represent.
Who are lobbyists?
This amendment changed the election of senators from selection by state legislatures to direct election by the people.
What is the 17th Amendment?
Congress can override a presidential veto with this fraction of the vote in both chambers.
What is a two-thirds majority?
When the House and Senate pass different versions of the same bill, this temporary committee works out the differences.
What is a conference committee?
The President rejects a bill. Congress still wants it to become law. Explain exactly what must happen next.
What is both the House and Senate must override the veto with a two-thirds majority?
Explain the difference: reapportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering.
Reapportionment redistributes House seats among states; redistricting redraws district boundaries; gerrymandering manipulates those boundaries to create a political advantage.