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Mack Gov Ch 5 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The United States Congress has two houses. what kind of legislature does that make it? | bicameral legislature |
| what do you call a legislature with one house? | unicameral legislature |
| What are the qualifications for a U.S. Representative? | 25 years old, citizen for 7 years, legal resident of state |
| What are the qualifications for a U.S. Senator? | 30 years old, citizen for 9 years, legal resident of state |
| Who is the most powerful member of the House of Representatives? | Speaker of the House |
| Who is the most powerful member of the Senate? | Senate Majority Leader |
| How is the majority leader in the House and the majority leader in the Senate decided? | By the majority party |
| How is the minority leader in both houses decided? | By the minority party |
| How is the Speaker of the House decided? | By the majority party |
| Who serves as the President of the Senate? | Vice President |
| Who takes the place of the President of the Senate in his absence? | Senate President Pro Tempore |
| What does it mean when we say that Senators are voted for at-large? | It is a statewide vote. |
| How does a State decide its Representatives? | Each State district votes for its own Representative |
| What are you doing when you change voting boundaries to gain an election advantage? | gerrymandering |
| How do we decide how many representatives each state has? | By national census |
| When the number of Representatives each state should have changes and districts are redrawn its called _______ and _________. | reapportionment and redistricting |
| What court case established the principle of "one-person, one-vote"? | Wesberry v. Sanders |
| What prohibits Congress from colling pay raises just created until after the next election? | 27th Amendment |
| What can Congresspersons be censured for? | offenses such as impropriety, harrassment, and official acts of misreporting, etc. |
| What can Congresspersons be expelled for? | treason and bribery |
| Where does much of the work of Congress get done? | Committees |
| Who is the traffic cop of the House? | House Rules Committee |
| HOw does a bill reach the Senate floor? | unanimous consent |
| What was created to settle a conflict over how big and small states would be represented in Congress? | a bicameral legislature |
| How many senators does each State get? | 2 (equal representation) |
| How many representatives does each State get? | It is based on population. |
| How long is a session of Congress? | one year or less |
| How long is a term of Congress? | two years between Federal elections |
| How often are elections held for Representatives? | every 2 years |
| How often are elections held for a given Senator? | every 6 years |
| What do we call the practice of spreading elections of Senators out so that only about 1/3 are up for election every 2 years? | staggered elections |
| How many Senators are there? | 100 |
| How many Representatives are there? | 435 |
| What is the most common profession for Senators? | lawyers |
| From what social class do most Representatives come from? | upper middle class |
| When Congress members vote according to what they think is best for everyone that are acting as this. | a trustee |
| When Congress members vote according to what the voters want they are acting as this. | a delegate |
| Congress members have this privilege granted in Article I, Section 6. | Cannot be sued for public speeches (speeches in the Capitol) |
| How often does the national census require reapportionment? | every 10 years |
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