| Question |
Answer |
| Constitution: Congress? |
Article One |
| How long is a session |
One year, two per term of congress |
| Congress remains in congress... |
until vote to adjourn |
| House of Representatives # |
435 |
| H of R qualifications |
25 years old, seven year resident of constituency |
| census |
population count every ten years |
| apportionment |
number of representatives each state gets |
| redistricting |
setting up new district lines after apportionment |
| Baker V Carr |
Federal courts decide conflicts over redistricting |
| Wesberry v Sanders |
1964 one person one vote |
| gerrymandering |
drawing of district boundaries to get political advantage |
| senate |
2 per state 30 years old nine year legal resident of state |
| at large |
state wide senators elected |
| senate term |
six year terms 1/3 run for re election |
| honoraria |
money paid for speeches |
| 27 Amendment |
prohibits congress salary increase from effect until after intervening election |
| Senate perk |
free from arrest on way to congress |
| Hutchinson v Proxmire |
1979 can be sued libel for statements outside of congress |
| censure |
vote of formal disapproval in senate |
| incumbent |
members already in office. 90 percent win re-election |
| What changed in 1994? |
Republicans win majority in Congress |
| bill |
proposed law |
| calendars |
schedules that list order bills will be considered |
| house Rules Committee |
moves, holds, stops bills; settles disputes between other house committees |
| "rule" |
special order from ruels committee t |
| quorum |
minimum number of members to be present to permit legislative action |
| calendar of general orders |
lists all bills senate will consider |
| filibuster |
keep talking until maj abandons or agrees to modify bill |
| cloture |
closes filibuster by 3/5 senate |
| speaker of House |
majority party chooses speaker |
| Majority leader |
plan party leg. programs, implement bills, make sure bills important to party pass |
| whips |
assistant to floor leaders in the House |
| Vice President in House |
president of senate votes in ties. Constitutional definition of VP |
| president pro tempore |
senior member of majority party |
| Standing committtee |
permantent group to oversee bills. Subcommittees specializeses in standing comm respronisbility |
| Select committteeeeeees |
temporary committttttees that study on special issue. matters of great concern - overlooked problems - problems of interest groups |
| join commmmmmitttteees |
house and senate temporary or permanetn member from both parties and houses. no authority to deal with bills or prppose legislation |
| conference commmmiiittteeee |
temporary set up when house and senate pass different versions of same bill |
| seniority system |
majority party person with long time in commmittttteee becomes chairperson |
| two types of staff |
personal and commmmiittteee staff |
| Administrative assistant |
legislative aide |
| legilative assistants |
well informed about bills |
| caseworkers |
handle request from people in lawmakers state or district |
| congressional budget office |
coordinate budget of congress |
| general accounting office |
congresssional spending and oversight monitoring |
| Government printing office |
daily publishing office that records all bills |
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