What is a closed meeting of the members of each party in the House called?
Caucus
what are the provisions attached to an important bill called?
Riders
This enables member to force a bill that has been in committee for 30 days onto the floor for consideration?
Discharge Petition
The duties of this House Committee are best described as those of a traffic cop?
Rules Committee
What is the main reason Congress created committees?
Divide up the workload
Describe a way a bill can become law without the President's signature?
Congress Overrides a veto or Congress is in session and President leaves bill sit for 10 days
To purpose a constitutional amendment requires what kind of vote in Congress?
2/3 vote by both house
How and when bills reach the floor of the House is decided by which Committee?
Rules Committee
Committee Chairpersons are usually chosen on the basis of?
Seniority
What is the difference between House debates and Senate debates?
Senate debates are unlimited
The main way to end a filibuster is by this rule? How many Senators does it take to end a filibuster?
Cloiture, 60
The president pro tempore serves as president of the Senate in the absence of the__________?
Vice-President
When a bill is introduced in the House where does it go first?
Committee
Most bills in the House die at which step?
Committee
The purpose of a filibuster is to?
delay or stop a veto on a bill
Why are discharge petitions seldom successful?
Have to get both parties to vote for it
What happens if the president leaves a bill sit for 10 days without signing it after Congress adjourns?
Pocket Veto
What must the president do with a bill he vetoes?
Send it to Congress with Reasons why he vetoed it
List the 3 qualifications for running for office in the House of Representatives.
25 or older
7 years of U.S. Citizenship
live in the state
List the 3 qualifications for running for office in the Senate.
30 or older
9 years of U.S. Citizenship
live in state
How many Senate seats are held by each state and what is the total?
2 per state
100 in total
How many members of the House of Representatives are there?
435
(can't change the amount of reps)
The number of Representatives from each state in the House is based on what?
population
What are the terms of the house of Representatives are there?
Senate 6 years
House 2 years
Which House has the sole power to impeach the president?
House of Repersentatives
Which house holds the trail for an impeachment case?
Senate
How many votes are required to dismiss the President from office?
2/3 votes by the Senate
When are congressional elections held?
the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of each even-numbered year
Who has the power to declare war?
Congress
Treaties must be approved by which house of Congress and by what vote?
2/3 votes by the Senate
Who has the power to propose constitutional amendments and by what vote?
2/3 votes by both houses in Congress
Someone seeking to limit the powers of Congress to its expressed powers and only the most vital implied powers is called a _______?
Strict Constructionist
Name two informal qualifications for running for congress?
Education
Name Recognition
Political Experience
Leadership
Raise Money