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Jeopardy Congress
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Congress Roles Requirements Actions Other 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy
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Congress True/False The House of Representatives is where all bills begin.
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Answer False: No, only tax bills.
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Congress A bill is revised in this committee with both the House and Senate represented to work out the difference in the bills proposed by both houses
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Answer Conference Committee
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Congress A filibuster is used by which party in the Senate?
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Answer Minority Party
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Congress The presiding officer of the Senate is the…
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Answer Vice President
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Congress Those members head the standing committees in each chamber.
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Answer Committee Chairperson
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Roles Lawmakers who owe their first political allegiance to their party.
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Answer Partisan
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Roles Lawmakers who believe they should vote the way they think the “folks back home” would want.
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Answer Delegates
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Roles Lawmakers who vote according to their own conscience and judgment.
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Answer Trustees
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Roles Lawmakers who combine the basic elements of all other roles.
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Answer Politicos
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Roles The elected presiding officer of the House and the acknowledged leader of its majority party is the…
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Answer Speaker of the House
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Requirements True/False
A member of the House must be at least 30 years old
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Answer False
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Requirements True/False
A member of Senate must have been a citizen for at least 9 years
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Answer True
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Requirements True/False
The term length for the House of Representative is six years
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Answer FALSE
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Requirements True/False
A member of Senate must be at least 30 years old.
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Answer True
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Requirements Why do members of the Senate serve six years, whereas members of the House serve only two?
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Answer The Senate is a Continuous Body
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Actions A meeting called by the President to deal with a pressing issue
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Answer Special Session
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Actions Districts are drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the State legislature.
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Answer Gerrymandering
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Actions This is when congress oversees the spending of the executive departments
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Answer Oversight Function
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Actions Which of the following is not an expressed power of Congress?
A. Power to collect taxes B. Power to borrow money C. Power to set minimum wage D. Power to coin money
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Answer C. Power to set Minimum Wage
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Actions The main way to end a filibuster is….
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Answer Cloture Rule
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Other Congressional elections that occur in the non-presidential election year are called…
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Answer Off Year Election
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Other The people of states or districts ie: voters
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Answer Constituents
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Other They want a broad interpretation of the Constitution
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Answer Liberal Constructionist
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Other True/False Strict constructionists believed that Congress should exercise only its expressed powers and those powers absolutely necessary to carry out those expressed powers.
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Answer True
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Other True/False Members of Senate may be elected numerous times
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Answer True
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Final Jeopardy Question
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