Lesson 17-
Choosing the Senate
Choosing the Senate
It is the more "prestigious" house of Congress- it has fewer members and members serve six-year terms.
What is the Senate?
The meetings of Congress in a given year are called this.
What are sessions?
This is the term for a senator or representative who is serving a first term.
What is a freshman?
Today we call them factions.
What are political parties?
"Senators were a species; they all wore an air, as they wore a blue dress coat or brass buttons; they were Roman."
What are the things Henry Adams said about the Senate after he made his visit to the Capitol in 1907?
The THREE constitutional requirements for serving in the Senate.
What are- you must be 30 years old, American citizen for 9 years, and a resident of the state you represent.
It used to be the first Monday in December, but now this is the date that Congress convenes each year.
What is January 3?
This famous president sold his entire library to Congress.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Senators and representatives who favored a strong central government.
Who were the federalists?
The president who appointed Hattie Caraway to a federal commission after she lost her Senate reelection bid in 1944.
Who is President Roosevelt?
Beginning in 1914, this amendment to the Constitution changed the way senators are elected.
What is the 17th amendment?
A congressman's privilege of sending mail at the government's expense.
What is franking privilege?
The term for an international trip of Congress members.
What is a junket?
He is the president of the Senate but can't vote unless the votes are equally divided.
Who is the vice president?
What is slavery?
This person appoints someone to fill the seat of a senator who has died.
Who is the governor of that state?
This group votes on pay raises for Congress.
What is Congress?
Henry Adams visited the Senate in 1907 as a 12-year-old boy and said senators "wore an air" because of THIS.
What is they wore a blue dress coat with brass buttons?
The president pro tempore.
Who is the person who presides over the Senate in the absence of the VP?
This is the number of times the Constitution states that Congress must convene.
What is once a year?
Who was Hattie Caraway?
Senators and representatives can't be arrested for charges (except treason, felony, or breach of peace) during these times.
What is while attending a session of Congress OR going to or from the session?
These are two things a senator or congressman can do for a constituent.
What are- help with a problem involving a federal agency or give a pass to the visitor gallery in D.C?
Citizens make this perilous mistake about their political party, says the Harper's Weekly editorial from May 30, 1868.
What is supporting it at all costs so it wins?
They need to take the "Oath or Affirmation," the Chief Justice needs to preside, and no conviction can be made without 2/3 of the members present.
What are the requirements for the Senate trying a presidential impeachment?