Question | Answer |
What is the chief duty of the legislative branch? | To make Missouri's Laws |
What constitutional article describes the legislative branch? | Section 3 |
What is the name of the house and senate together? | The General Assembly |
How many total members are there in the Senate? | 34 |
What are the three formal qualifications to be a Senator? | 30 years old, Regestered voter of Missouri for 3 years, live in the district you reperesent |
What is the term length for a senator and how many terms may they serve? | 4 years, unlimited |
What are the two unique duties of the Senate (what two things can only the senate do)? | Jury in impecahment, approve governors appointments |
Who oversees the Senate? | Lt. GOvernor |
Who oversees the senate in the absence of the Lt. GOvernor? | President Pro Tem |
How many members are there total in the House of Representatives? | 163 |
What are the three formal qualifications of to be a member of the house? | 24 years old, regestered voter in Missouri for 2 years, live in the district you represent |
What is the term length for a member of the house and how many terms may they serve? | 2 years, unlimited |
Who oversees the House? | Speaker of the House |
What unique duty does the house have? | Speaker of the House |
What is pork spending? | Attaching money to a bill that has nothing to do wiht the bill |
What is geremandering? | Stacking a congressional district in order to favor one party over another |
Cracking and Packing | Two ways of geremnadering |
Bicameral | another way of describing The Missouri General Assembly |