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Congress Vargo
Congress
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Members in the Senate | 100 |
| Members in the House of Representatives | 435 |
| Term of a US Senator | 6 |
| Term of a US Representative | 2 |
| Minimum Citizenship US Representative | 7 |
| Minimum Citizenship US Senate | 9 |
| Minimum Age US Representative | 25 |
| Minimum Age US Senate | 30 |
| Type of Congressional power derived from the "elastic clause" | implied powers |
| House Committee in charge of appropriating funds | Ways & Means |
| Senate Committee that reviews Presidential appointments to federal courts | Judiciary |
| License for publication is good for the author's life + 70 years | Copyright |
| 1964 Supreme Court Case "1 person, 1 vote" | Wesberry v. Sanders |
| First African American to serve in Congress | Hiram Rhodes Revel |
| First woman to serve in Congress | Jeannette Rankin |
| First Native American to serve in the Senate | Ben Nighthorse Campbell |
| Practice of giving the best posts to the most experienced congressmen | Seniority Rule |
| Temporary Committee set up fro a specific purpose | Select |
| House Committee which acts as a filter for all bills | Rules |
| Proceeding where a bill is debated | Hearing |
| Measure passed in both houses stating a position | Concurrent Resolution |
| Forces a bill out of committee and onto the floor of Congress | Discharge Petition |
| Meeting of all democrats or republicans in either house | Party Caucus |
| Term fro a permanent committee | Standing |
| Drawling of voting districts to gain an advantage | Gerrymandering |
| Presidential rejection of legislation | Veto |
| A proposed law | Bill |
| Minimum number of congressmen needed to conduct business | Quorum |
| Official who polls his party on key issues | Whip |
| Measure passed in both houses carrying the force of law | Joint Resolution |
| Representatives can't be arrested when Congress is in session | Immunity |
| Process of accusing gov't officials or wrong doing | Impeachment |
| Head of the majority or minority party in either house | Floor Leader |
| Unrelated clause attached to a bill likely to pass | Rider |
| Allows congressmen to get free postage | Franking |
| Official who sets the agenda in the Senate | Majority Leader |
| Dividing congress into districts according to population | Apportionment |
| Official that presides in the House | Speaker |
| Attempt to talk a bill to death | Filibuster |
| Motion to end debate and vote on a bill | Cloture |
| Senate standing committee in charge of making tax laws | Finance |
| Minimum Quorum in the Senate | 51 |
| Minimum Quorum in the House | 218 |
| A patent is good for this many years | 17 |
| Fraction required for a successful cloture | 3/5 |
| The official newspaper of the Legislature | Congressional Record |
| House standing committee in charge of setting aside funds | Appropriations |
| Congressional subcommittee, interest group and government bureaucracy | Iron Triangle |
| The trading of votes amont members of congress | Logrolling |
| Implied powers are derived from this part of Constitutional Article 1 | Elastic Clause Sec. 8 |
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