Unit 5

Question 1

United States Congress which is made up of two houses is a what?

Answer 1

Bicamel

Question 2

The US legislature is bicameral, consisting of two houses, the House of Representatives and what?

Answer 2

Senate

Question 3

Purpose of Congress

Answer 3

Make Laws/Legislate

Question 4

What is adjounment

Answer 4

The house and the senate vote to adjourn, go home

Question 5

When can the President call a special session

Answer 5

Extraordinary circumstances

Question 6

What is the salary of a Congress member?

Answer 6

174,000

Question 7

What is a formal disapproval of a members actions

Answer 7

Censure

Question 8

What is an incumbent

Answer 8

Members already in office seeking reelection

Question 9

This group specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility

Answer 9

Subcommittee

Question 10

These committee’s act as study groups for the House and Senate

Answer 10

Joint committee

Question 11

The budget-making work of Congress is coordinated by the?

Answer 11

Congressional Budget Office

Question 12

This government office is responsible for the Statistical Abstract of the United States

Answer 12

Government Printing office

Question 13

This great center of information contains more than 150 million items

Answer 13

Library of Congress

Question 14

What is the purpose of committees?

Answer 14

Divide workload, select bills that get further consideration, inform the public

Question 15

Committee that studies one specific area?

Answer 15

Select Committee

Question 16

Which committee helps when both house of Congress pass 2 different versions of the same bill?

Answer 16

Conference COmmittee

Question 17

What is the Seniority system?

Answer 17

How they decide the chair person

Question 18

How does a bill become a law?

Answer 18

1. Drafted
2. Introduced
3. Committee Action
4. Vote
5. Passes second house
6. President signs or vetoes

Question 19

T or F, in order for a bill to become a law, it has to be passed by both houses of Congress

Answer 19

True

Question 20

T or F, a presidential veto can override congress

Answer 20

Yes (2/3 vote)

Question 21

This is the minimum number of members who must be present for a legislative body to conduct official business

Answer 21

Quorum

Question 22

In Congress, the majority and minority leaders are assisted by

Answer 22

Whips

Question 23

What is a whip?

Answer 23

Someone who helps

Question 24

How many members in the House of Representatives?

Answer 24

435

Question 25

How many members in the Senate?

Answer 25

100

Question 26

Reapportionment

Answer 26

Determines number of Representatives after census

Question 27

Districts

Answer 27

Areas representatives represent in Congress

Question 28

Redistricting

Answer 28

New districts after reapportionment as population changes

Question 29

Gerrymandering

Answer 29

Drawing district boundaries to give one party advantage

Question 30

The process of legally setting up new congressional districts after reapportionment is called?

Answer 30

Redistricting

Question 31

What is the process of setting up new district boundaries?

Answer 31

Redistricting

Question 32

Redrawing district boundaries to gain political power

Answer 32

Gerrymandering

Question 33

T or F, The purpose of gerrymandering is to give the minority party more representation, to even out Congress

Answer 33

F

Question 34

What is the purpose of the Rules Committee?

Answer 34

Traffic Officer, determine the rules for the bills

Question 35

People in districts represented in Congress are called?

Answer 35

Constituents

Question 36

The presiding officer of the House of Representatives is the?

Answer 36

Speaker of the House

Question 37

A US House member must be how old?

Answer 37

25

Question 38

A US Senate member must be how old?

Answer 38

30

Question 39

A US President must be how old?

Answer 39

35

Question 40

What is the term for the process of determining the numbered of Representatives each state gets

Answer 40

Reapportionment

Question 41

What does a law start off as?

Answer 41

Bill

Question 42

What is the hopper?

Answer 42

The box bills are placed in

Question 43

How many years does a House member serve?

Answer 43

2

Question 44

How many years does a President serve?

Answer 44

4

Question 45

How many years does a Senate member serve?

Answer 45

6

Question 46

Every state is guaranteed at least how many members in the House?

Answer 46

1

Question 47

Who is the leader of the Senate?

Answer 47

Vice President

Question 48

How many House of Representatives does each state get?

Answer 48

Based on population

Question 49

What is used to list bills up for consideration? House and Senate each have their own.

Answer 49

Calendars

Question 50

The Constitution state three requirements for Senate eligibility. What are they?

Answer 50

30, resident of the state, and citizen for 9 years

Question 51

How many Senators does each state get?

Answer 51

2

Question 52

If the Vice-President is not presiding over the Senate, who is the acting president of the Senate?

Answer 52

President Pro-Tempor

Question 53

Filllibuster

Answer 53

Extended debate to prevent voting on a bill

Question 54

Is the filibuster in the Constitution?

Answer 54

No

Question 55

What limits Senators to speaking for only 1 house and is the only way to ens a filllibuster?

Answer 55

Colture

Question 56

How many votes does a Colture require?

Answer 56

60

Question 57

Only way to stop a fillibuster

Answer 57

Colture

Question 58

T or F The purpose of a filibuster is to delay a vote in Congress

Answer 58

T