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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the age and other requirements for congress: senate | 30 years of age to be in the senate, 9 years of being a citizen, resident of the state, 6 year tearm and there is on limit how long you can be in office only can be 100 memebers. |
| What is the age and other requirements for congress: house of reps. | 25 years of age to be in the house, you have to be at lest 7 year a citizen, 2 year treams and no limits. there are 435 members of the house |
| The duties for the members of congress for the house | initates all revenue nills $$$, charges for inpeachment, selects president president if there is no majority winner or a tie in the electoral vote. |
| the duties for the members of congress for the senate | Ratifies treaties and presidentail appoionments, votes for removal of office in impeachment cases, slecets the veep if there is no majority winner or a tie in the electrol vote. |
| What congress parties has control over impeachment? | the senate |
| dose all states have the same number of senators regardless of the siz? | yes every state has 2 in one state, because that way it give the state to have a changes from both partie. |
| Gerrymandering | means that the political partys controlling the state government drews a district's boundaries to gain an advantage in elections. |
| congress can reprimand members who engage in unethical beavior by the..... | cesure |
| Filibustering | stall the leigislative process and prevent a vote |
| What is the 17th amendment | state that the people , instead of state legislatures elect united state senators |
| what is the 27th amendment | makes congressional pay raises effective during the term following their passage |
| Rediatricting | in most state the state legislature draws the boundary lines for each congressional election district, the process of setting up new district lines after reapportionmat has been complate. |
| What is the differencts about the house and stante? | the house, elected by popualar votes, all seats elcected at the same time. then the stante, originallt selected by the state legislatures;with changes with the 17th amendment-direct election by popualar vote by 1913.then 33% of seats elected every 2years |
| Who has the power to ratify treating and presidentail appointments? | The house |
| Bicameral legislatures | that it is made up of 2 house in this case that caes the semate and the house of the rep. most delegates to the house constitutional convention agreed to a bilcamearal legisattures. |
| Censure | vote of for-mal disapproval of a member actions |
| caucus | a privatie meeting of party leaders to choose candidates for office |
| Quorum | minimum humbers of members who must be persent to permit a legislative body to take official action house 28 and sentate 51 |
| Conference commitee | temparay commttes that set up to resalve the differnces in the house |
| Joint committee | tempsrary committess made up of memero of both houses |
| standing committee | deals with certain legistative issues contnurng from one congress to the next |
| select committee | study on issuse that are reporting to be suspishes and not right |
| How many ohio congress/ districts and north canton disrict # | 16 |
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