1. House of Representatives
Legislative Branch
House of Representatives
Senate
Bill to Law
Misc.
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2. How many members are there In the HR?
Category
435

3. The number of seats each State gets in the HR is based On what?
Population or proportional representation
Category

4. The Constitution states that Who is the head of the HR?
Speaker of the House

5. The term or office for members Of the HR is?
2 years

6. The minimum age for members Of the house is what?25

7. What is the term of office For the senate?
Six years

8. The Constitution states this Person is the head of the senate
Vice President

9. The number of seats that Each state gets in the Senate
Is based on this?
Equal representation

10. Who is the most powerful Person in the senate?
Senate majority leader

11. What is the minimum age for A senator?30

12. Double Jeopardy. You can wager as many points as you have.
After a bill passes both houses
And changes have been made, it
Goes here?
Conference committee

13. What are the three things that Can happen to a bill at the
Committee level?
Hearings
Change
Voted on

14. Where does a bill go after it leaves the Conference Committee?
To both houses for another vote

15. What are the three things that can
Happen to a bill at the floor level?
Debated
Changed
Voted on

16. What vote is needed for changes to be
Made to a bill or to pass committees
Or the floor vote.
Majority

17. What do we call non congressional
groups that try to influence
bills during the bills
During the bill making process?
Special interests or
Lobbyist

18. Extra stuff added to a bill that
Has nothing to do with the
Original bill.
Earmarks, Pork, riders

19. Which house allows filibusters?
Senate

20. What is a cloture vote?
Vote to end a filibuster

21. Override a presidential veto?
What vote is needed to
Override a presidential veto?
2/3rds

22. What is the term for an elected Official who is running for
Reelection?
Incumbent

23. What is the term for the people that elected
Officials represent?
Constituents

24. What is the term for drawing political boundaries
In a way that benefits one particular party?
Gerrymandering

25. What is the term for a Senator preventing a vote on a bill?
Filibuster

26. What is the term for a type of veto
In which the president took no action
But congress wasn’t in session?
Pocket veto