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Flap 2 |
| 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 |
