60 questions
All revenue bills start in the
Legislature
House
Select
McCulloch v Maryland has to do with the creation of the Second
Bank
Standing
Five
The ________ Justice presides over an impeachment trial of a president.
Lobbyist
Census
Chief
The amount of State representatives a state can have is based on its.........
gerrymandering
population
override
Every state gets two....
senators
representatives
Chiefs
_______ officials have been impeached (not just presidents)
7
13
5
2
Each congressional district has roughly _________ hundred thousand constituents.
7
6
5
4
Main function of congress is to make.........
punishment
impeachment
laws
Special committees are called __________ committees
select
bank
standing
435 congressional ________________
incumbent
districts
chiefs
Wesberry v Standards determined that congressional districts must have an ____________ population
equal
five
senators
The __________ party has the most members in each house
majority
democratic
republican
green
Holder of an office is a ___________________
senator
incumbent
oversight
Every 10 years a __________ is taken to determine the population that can affect the seats in the House
sessions
laws
census
Congress always remains in ___________
session
standing
select
Senate is a "__________ body"
incumbent
continuous
override
A representative must have been a citizen for _____________ years
8
7
6
5
Voters are called ____________
selects
constituents
senators
Leader of the senate is the president __________________
lobbyist
laws
pro tempore
congress's "watchdog function" is also called.............
oversight
census
three-fifths
It takes __________ of the Senate to approve the cloture rule.
two thirds 2/3
four eighths 4/8
three fifths 3/5
Permanent committee is also known as a ___________________
Standing Oposition
Sitting Committee
Standing Committee
People who try to influence Congress by giving information on a certain bill are known as......
lobbysts
conformists
laws
Before the 17th amendment, senators were chosen by_________legislatures
country
state
population
Two-house legislature
Quadcameral
Tricameral
Bicameral
Each house has an election to determine who is in charge, this person is referred to as the minority or majority ________
standing
leader
ruler
Congress is divided into _________ parts
three
four
two
nine
Congress can ________ blank a veto with a two-thirds vote
override
census
invade
Election of senators was adopted in 1913 under the _____ Amendment
seventeenth
fourteenth
twelve
Odd shaped districts designed to benefit one party over another
pro tempore
gerrymandering
select
Term of office for the House in years:
three years
four years
two years
The ________ Act of 1929 set the size of the House to 435
population
reappointment
five
Term of office for the the Senate in years:
seven years
six years
two years
Leader of the House
speaker
porkbarrel
subpoena
House members represent _______ within the state
filibusters
districts
unlimited
Most of the work in Congress is done in the _________________
districts
whips
committees
___________ is the House and Senate
unlimited
subpoena
congress
A special way to end a filibuster is the _________ rule
cloture
majority
congress
Unlikely to pass on its own, a __________ is attached to a popular bill
rider
pro tem
implied
The __________ can impeach
Senate
House
Congress
A senator represents the _______ population of the state
majority
six
entire
President of the Senate is the ______________
congress
porkbarrell
vice-president
Age requirement for the senate is ________ years old
twenty
thirty
forty
fifty
Document forces you to show up to a congressional hearing
expressed
subpoeana
rider
Free mailing privilege by Congress
districts
cloture
franking
Powers that are directly listed is called _________ power
expressed
one
junket
To impeach, the Senate needs a _________ vote
minority
equal
majority
The President pro tempore is also known as.........
protege
pro ter
pro tem
por que
Assistant majority and minority leaders are known as party........
whips
congress
implied
Talking a bill to death
junket
filibuster
porkbarrel
Floor debates are ________ in the Senate
unlimited
limited
special
To bring charges against a public official
repeach
umpeach
impeach
subpoena
Trips taken by Congress to learn about proposed legislation
clotures
whips
junkets
Term used when federal funds are allocated to certain projects as grants or contracts
porkbarrel
junket
district
Powers that are not expressed
applied
implied
unlimited
To impeach, the _______ needs a vote of two-thirds
Court
Congress
Senate
Age requirement for the House is ________ years old
twenty-two
twenty-five
twenty-eight
The terms within the Senate are staggered every ________ years
one
two
three
four
Only the President can call Congress into a _________ session
special
house
cloture
For every one-half million people, state receives _______ representatives in the House
one
two
three
four