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5. 100 200 300 400 500 Congress Basics Congress Numbers Congress Powers More Powers Making Laws Grab Bag

6. Most measures introduced in the House die at which step of the lawmaking process A 100

7. Committee Discussion A 100

8. How many U.S. Representatives are there total? U.S. Senators? A 200

9. 435 Representatives 100 Senators A 200

10. What is the word for the regular period of time during which Congress conducts business? A 300

11. Session A 300

12. The fact that each state has fixed seats in the Senate derives from what document A 400

13. The Constitution A 400

14. The reason the Framers favored bicameralism A 500

15. Allowed for equal representation of the states A 500

16. Every state has at least one of these in Congress B 100

17. Representative B 100

18. The day on which Congressional Elections must be held B 200

19. Tuesday after the First Monday in November (Even- Numbered Years) B 200

20. What is the term length for a U.S. Representative? A U.S. Senator? B 300

21. Representative = 2 years Senator = 6 years B 300

22. How long must a U.S. Representative be a citizen before being eligible for office? A U.S. Senator? B 400

23. Representative = 7 years citizen Senator = 9 years citizen B 400

24. Senators where chosen by State Legislatures before the passing of this Amendment? B 500

25. 17th B 500

26. Which of the following is not a way in which the House and Senate Differ? – size, term or election C 100

27. Election C 100

28. Which political party has currently has the power in the U.S. House of Representatives? C 200

29. Republicans C 200

30. Which political party currently has the power in the U.S. Senate? C 300

31. Republicans C 300

32. DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager

33. The group that has the sole power to impeach the President C 400

34. House of Representatives C 400

35. The Senates most influential non-legislative power C 500

36. Approving Presidential Appointments C 500

37. Who has the sole power to declare war? D 100

38. Congress D 100

39. All treaties must be approved by 2/3 rd vote from this group D 200

40. Senate D 200

41. The Framers included this Clause in the Constitution allowing Congress to carry out expressed powers D 300

42. Necessary and Proper Clause D 300

43. Who has the sole power to propose Constitutional Amendments D 400

44. Congress D 400

45. Congress shares Foreign Relation Powers with what official D 500

46. The President D 500

47. Congress uses these to divide their workload E 100

48. Committees E 100

49. This can happen to a Bill if the President fails to act on it 10 days after received by Congress while Congress is in session E 200

50. Becomes Law E 200

51. How are bills introduced in the House of Representatives? E 300

52. Placed in the Hopper E 300

53. Unlike the House, the Senate has few limits on this process of lawmaking E 400

54. Debate E 400

55. The official that presides over the Senate in the Vice President ’ s absence E 500

56. President Pro Tempore E 500

57. The Cloture rule can be used to end this F 100

58. Filibuster F 100

59. The President may do this to prevent a bill passed by Congress F 200

60. Veto F 200

61. The President Pro Tempore follows this official in leading the Senate F 300

62. Vice President F 300

63. Who is the current Speaker of House? F 400

64. John Boehner F 400

65. This is how bills are introduced in the Senate F 500

66. By Individual Senators F 500

67. The Final Jeopardy Category is: Bicameralism Please record your wager. Click on screen to begin

68. List 3 Reasons the Framers of the Constitution established a Bicameral Congress Click on screen to continue

69. Equal State Representation Checks and Balances in Lawmaking Process Divide Workload Other Answers May Be Accepted Click on screen to continue

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