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2. What is the term length for a member of the House?

3. 2 years

4. The formal qualifications for a member of the House

5. What are at least 25 years old, U. S
What are at least 25 years old, U.S. citizen for 7 years, must be a resident of the state they represent

6. Presides over the House of Representatives, chosen from the majority party

7. Who is the Speaker of the House

8. Constitution makes no mention of them, but these bodies play an essential role in the lawmaking process, they sift through and decide the fate of bills

9. What are committees

10. The total number of representatives in the House

11. 435

12. The name of box in which all proposed bills are placed

13. What is the Hopper

14. The 3 formal qualifications to be a Senator

15. What are at least 30 years old, U. S
What are at least 30 years old, U.S. citizen for 9 years, must be a resident of the state they represent

16. The Senate has the privilege to “talk a bill to death”

17. What is a filibuster

18. The person who presides over the Senate

19. Who is the President of the Senate (Vice President of the U.S.)

20. Person who presides over the Senate when the President of the Senate is not present

21. Who is the President pro tempore

22. How is a filibuster ended?

23. Cloture- 60 votes

24. The only person who can sponsor or introduce a Bill

25. Who is any member of Congress

26. The majority of votes needed to override the President’s veto of a bill

27. What is 2/3 majority in both houses

28. What is a joint committee?

29. A committee made up of members from both houses.

30. Voting the way constituents want representatives to vote…

31. Delegate

32. Majority and Minority Leaders are assisted by whom

33. What is minority/majority whips

34. DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Great center of information containing almost 100 million items and is run by Congress

35. What is the Library of Congress

36. What is a standing committee?

37. A permanent committee focused on key issues.

38. The term used to identify the people from the home state that Representatives and Senators represent in Congress

39. Who is your constituency

40. Drawing district lines to concentrate the oppositions’ voters in one or a few districts

41. What is gerrymandering

42. Who is the current speaker of the house?

43. Paul Ryan

44. The number of representatives GA has

45. What is 14

46. What implied power comes from the expressed power to tax?

47. Punishment of tax evaders 2
Punishment of tax evaders 2. Support public schools, welfare, and public housing

48. When states lose or gain seats in the House of Representatives due to changes in population

49. What is reapportionment

50. Who are members of congress influenced by?

51. Constituents, special interest groups, party members, PACs, staff members

52. DOUBLE JEOPARDY
The President can veto a bill, sign it, or do this 3rd thing with the bill

53. What is do nothing, and after 10 days it automatically becomes a law