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Final Jeopardy
100
The Constitution limits each state to this number of senators.
What is two?
100
Minimum age
What is 25 years old?
100
"traffic cop"
What is the Rules Committee?
100
The legislative branch in the United States.
What is the US Congress?
100
open, closed, and modified
What are the three types of rules from the Rules Committee?
200
Joe Biden
Who is the current President of the Senate?
200
Length of U.S. citizenship to be a representative.
What is 7 years?
200
House and Senate together.
What is a joint committee?
200
Population count.
What is a Census?
200
Needed to hold a session and function as a legislative branch.
What is a quorum?
300
Minimum age
What is 30 years old?
300
Every vote has meaning.
What is One Person, One Vote?
300
Carry out specific tasks.
What is a select committee?
300
The decision to use parts of the New Jersey and Virginia Plans.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
Current President
Who is Barrack Obama?
400
The person in charge when the President of the Senate is absent.
What is the President Pro Tempore?
400
Second in line for the Presidency and the most powerful member of the House.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
400
Sometimes referred to as a permanent committee.
What is a standing committee?
400
The three powers of Congress.
What are Expressed, Implied, and Inherent Powers?
500
Term length of senators.
What is six years?
500
Means that the distribution of seats is based on population.
What is apportionment?
500
The head of each committee.
What is a chair?
500
Charged with establishing the federal courts.
What is Congress?
500
A court order that forces the police to present a person in court to face charges, except in cases of rebellion or invasion.
What is writ of habeas corpus?