House
Number of voting members in the House.
What is 435?
Number of members in the Senate.
Two chambers.
What is BICAMERAL?
Who is the President?
Before both houses of Congress pass it and the president signs it, a proposed law is known as a
What is a BILL?
Term length of a representative.
Term length of Senator.
What is 6 years?
Powers that are explicitly stated in the Constitution.
What are enumerated or expressed powers?
If a congressperson introduces a bill into the House or the Senate, they are known as the bill's _____________.
What is SPONSOR?
This committee is set up when the House and Senate have passed different versions of the same bill
What is a CONFERENCE COMMITTEE?
Seats in the House are determined by....
What is population?
Every state gets _________ senators.
What are 2?
When a debate on a law ends with a vote of 60/100 Senators.
What is cloture?
A small group of members of Congress who meet to focus on bills dealing with a certain issue
What is a COMMITTEE?
What is a COMMITTEE?
The leader of the House of Representatives.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
Putting many members of one party into one district to limit the amount of seats they win.
What is PACKING?
If the Vice President is absent, the ________________ serves as the head of the Senate in her absence.
What is the PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE?
In order for a bill to be sent forward to the president to sign, it must be approve by ...
What is the HOUSE and the SENATE?
All __________________ bills start in the House.
The Senate typically approves 2 things. List them.
What are TREATIES and PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS?
The process of dividing and distributing the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states.
What is APPORTIONMENT?
A current REPUBLICAN in the House of Representatives that is the enforcer and is making sure that representatives are voting with their party would be...
What is the MAJORITY WHIP?
The only way to override a presidential veto is with a ______________________.