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Stack #1528257
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the _____ compromise at the constitutional convention set up a ____congress...meaning a ___________ congress | Great, bicameral, two-house |
| upper house | senate |
| how many people in the senate? | 100 |
| Qualifications to be a senate | Us citizen for 9 years, at least 30 years old, be a resident in that state |
| lower house | house of reps |
| how many members in house of reps | 435 |
| Qualifications to be in house of reps | Us citizen for 7 years, at least 25, be living in that state |
| when each congress meets for a period | term |
| __that last ____ years and starts during the only the _____ _____ years | term, two, odd numbered |
| each ____ is divided into two one year ______ | term, sessions |
| 1789 | 1st congress |
| 2103 is what congress | 113th |
| This is the larger body of congress with ____ voting members given to states based on _______ | 435, population |
| each star has at least __ member: no matter how small the state | one |
| census | population count |
| how often is the census taken | 10 years |
| after each census congress will ___ the number of reps given to each state | adjust |
| members of the house serve a ____ year term and only represent the people back in their districts | 2 |
| district | geographic area that a member of house represents |
| states with more than one rep are broken into districts with each representative responsible for the ______ _______ | whole state |
| state with one rep that repos responsible for the ____________ | constituents |
| constituents | people within a representatives district |
| gerrymandering | is an oddly shaped district designed to increase the voting strength of a particular group |
| has _____ members with _____ representing each of the 50 states | 100, 2 |
| each senator represents the ______ ______ | entire state |
| senators serve a __ year term | 6 |
| purposely set-up so __________ of the senators are up for reelection every ______ years | one-third, two |
| the staggering of the start dates ensures _________ & ________ in the group | stability, experience |
| if a member of the senate dies or leaves office early, the ______ of that star gets to chose the replacement | governor |
| majority party | political party to which more than half the member of congress |
| minority party | political party which has less than half the members of congress |
| Overall leader of the house of reps is called ______ _____ ______ | speaker of house |
| in the senate the ______ _______ is the official leader but really only ___________________ | vice president, votes to break tie |
| the ___ ___ ________ is the actual day to day leader in the stenate (this person is the senior member from the majority party) | president pro- tempe |
| both houses of congress deal with thousands of ________ in a session | bills |
| to handle so many bills at once, they have developed a ___ ______ _______ | system of committes |
| standing committe | permanent commitie |
| select committees | temporary committees just members from |
| joint committees | specific issues include both people from both houses |
| what four things are considered when putting a congress person on committee | preferences, experience, loyal to party, seniority |
| the ______ _______ member usually gets the more preferred committee spot | longest serving |
| the chair person of a committee is the ____ ______ member of the ______ party | longest serving, majority |
| those in favor feel it prevents __ over committee jobs & ensures chair people have _________ | fights, experience |
| those against this system feel ______ _________ get over looked in favor of people have been _______ _______ _______ _______ | talented people, grounded for a while |
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