8a Legislative Branch - SMS
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| census | popuation count taken every 10 years
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| presiding office in House of Rep. | Speaker of the House
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| people a member of Congress represents | consituents
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| plan for raising and spending money | budget
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| chief officers of each party in Congress | floor leaders
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| person who presides over the Senate in Vice President's place | president pro tempore
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| accuse an offiial of serious wrongdoing | impeach
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| area a House member represents | congressional district
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| a proposed law | bill
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| president prevents a bill from becoming a law by keeping it for 10 days while Congress in in session | pocket veto
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| total # of member in the House | 435 members
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| total # of members in the Senate | 100 members
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| # of members in House needed to pass a bill | 218 members
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| # of members in Senate needed to pass a bill | 51 members
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| # of votes needed in House to override a President's veto | 290 votes
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| # of votes needed in Senate in order to override a President's veto | 67 votes
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| # of years a Congressman or woman serves in office | 2 years
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| # of years a Senator serves in office | 6 years
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| fraction of the Senate members that are re-elected every two years | one third
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| names of Maine's two senators | Olympia Snowe & Susan Collins
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| Congressmen from our district | Tom Allen
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| name of th president of the Senate | Dick Cheney
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| name of the president pro tempore | Ted Stevens
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| name of the Speaker of the House | Denny Hangtot
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| all members of congress must | live in the state that elects them
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| congress has the power to... | control trade, coin money & declare war
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| Elastic clause | gives Congress the right to make laws that are "necessary & proper" in order to carry out their powers
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| writ of Habeous Corpus | brings someone to court
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| power held by House but NOT by the Senate | ability to impeach & accuse officers
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| powers of Congress are limited by... | President's veto, Supreme Court decisions and the Constitution
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| # of president's who have been impeached and convicted | none
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| purpose of a system of committee in Congress | to study bills
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| before a bill reaches the President it passes through... | both houses and Congress
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| after a president vetoes a bill... | congress can override it by 2/3 vote
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| ONLY a membe of Congress can... | introdue a bill to Congress
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| reason that a bill goes through many steps | to make sure it's studied with care
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| if a majority can't stop a filibuster | the bill doesn't become a law
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| filibusters occur only in the | Senate
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| Senators focus on interests of the | whole state
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| 3 ways to stop a bill from becoming a law | pocket veto, filibuster, veto
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| Vice President's only constitutional responsibility | to be the president of the Senate
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