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