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Civics Chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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Define Bicameral ] | In our government Congress has two parts or houses. This type of legislature is known as bicameral. |
Define session of Congress | A session is a meeting of a deliberative or judicial body to conduct its business. |
Define the structure of the House of Representatives | The House is composed of representatives who sit in congressional districts |
Define Congressional district | A congressional district is an electoral constituency that elects a single member of a congress. Countries with congressional districts include the United States, the Philippines, and Japan. A congressional district is based on population, |
Define term of congress | A term of Congress is two years long. Each Member of the U.S. House of Representatives is elected to serve for one term at a time. |
Define the structure of Congress | The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, and consists of two chambers: the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. |
Identify the members of Congress | There are a total of 535 Members of Congress. 100 serve in the U.S. Senate and 435 serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. |
Identify the duties of congress | The primary duty of Congress is to write, debate, and pass laws, which are then sent to the president for his approval and final signature. |
The Reapportionment Act of 1929 | was a combined census and apportionment bill passed by the United States Congress on June 18, 1929, that established a permanent method for apportioning a constant 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives according to each census. |
The seats in the House of Representatives are: | reapportioned among the states every ten years |