House
Term length for a member of the house
What is 2 years?
Term length for a member of the Senate
What is 6 years?
President of the Senate
Who is the Vice President (Mike Pence)?
When a President basically refuses to sign a bill
What is veto?
Meaning of the word Impeach
What is to bring charges against a high official?
Minimum age requirement for a member of the US House of Representatives
What is 25 years old?
Minimum age requirement for a member of the US Senate
What is 30?
Title of the person who presides over a committee
Who is the chairperson?
Name one California Senator
Who is Dianne Feinstein or Kamala Harris?
The regular period of time during which Congress conducts its business.
What is a session?
Determines the number of representatives each state has
What is population?
Number of representatives each state has in the Senate
What is 2?
The title of the person who presides over the House of Representatives
What is Speaker of the House?
Votes necessary to override a veto
What is 2/3rds?
The article number of the Constitution defines the US Legislative Branch?
What is Article I?
Number of representatives California has
What is 53?
One reason why the Senate is considered the Upper House
1. The length of a senator’s term.
2. The size of each senator’s constituency.
3. The qualifications for members
Title of the person who presides over the Senate in the absence of the Vice President
Who is the President Pro Tempore?
Before a bill is debated on the floor of either house, if goes to this group first
What is a committee?
The total amount of representatives in Congress
What is 535?
The one of the qualification that is the same for a member of the House as well as the Senate
What is resident of the state they represent
Term used for the Senate referring to the fact that not all of the seats are up for election at the same time
What is Continuous body?
The title of the person who is charge of the floor and getting members of their party to vote
Who is the Whip?
Stalling tactic allowing a Senator to “talk a bill to death”
What is Filibuster?
The redrawing of district lines to the benefit of one political party
What is Gerrymandering?