Congress Review
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| How many members currently sit in the House of Representatives? | show 🗑
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| What are the qualifications for a member of the House of Representatives? | show 🗑
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| show | two
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| How often are the number of eats in the House of Representatives reapportioned? | show 🗑
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| What are the qualifications to be a Senator? | show 🗑
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| show | House of Representatives
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| What is the name of the power that allows Congress to take private property from citizens? | show 🗑
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| What name is the Necessary and Proper Clause also known by? | show 🗑
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| show | Power of Taxation
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| show | Senate
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| show | 66% or 2/3
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| Who replaces the President of the Senate in his absence? | show 🗑
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| show | Must be a member of the majority party
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| show | unlimited number
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| show | $158,100 per year, pension plan, travel allowances
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| show | income tax, property tax
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| What is one example of an indirect tax? | show 🗑
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| show | levying and collecting taxes, trade regulation, establishing and maintaining military, declare war, criteria for citizenship, establish post office
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| What is an example of an implied power? | show 🗑
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| Who has the sole authority in declaring war? | show 🗑
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| show | House of Representatives
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| Who is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives? | show 🗑
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| When are committee chairpersons, whips, and floor leaders chosen? | show 🗑
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| What is the name of the temporary committee established to find specific facts? | show 🗑
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| What is the name of a committee used to iron out differences in a bill passed by both the House and the Senate? | show 🗑
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| show | filibuster
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| show | On the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November
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| show | copyright
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| Give an example of an inherent power? | show 🗑
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| What is a strategy used to formally end a filibuster called? | show 🗑
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| show | set up conditions for debating a bill, speed up consideration of a bill, prevetn consideration of a bill
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| How often must Congress formally meet during each term? | show 🗑
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| How are each states Representatives determined? | show 🗑
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| How long does each session of Congress last? | show 🗑
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| show | off-year or midterm
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| show | gerrymandering
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| What is the name given to a person who seeks to limit Congress to its' expressed powers is called? | show 🗑
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| show | loose constructionist
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| show | committee of the Whole
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| Provision attached to an important measure? | show 🗑
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| show | discharge petition
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| With only a fraction of its seats up for election at any one time, the Senate is the sole________in Congress | show 🗑
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| Where can a bill originate? | show 🗑
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| show | the Rules Committee
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| show | being reported out of full committee
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| When is a bill considered by the rules committee? | show 🗑
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| How many representatives does Arizona have? | show 🗑
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| Who holds the trial to remove an impeached official from office? | show 🗑
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| How long is a term in the Senate? House? | show 🗑
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| Who presides over an impeachment trial? | show 🗑
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| show | Issues that people believe require government action.
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| show | Burden that people believe they must bear if a policy is enacted.
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| show | Satisfaction that people believe they will enjoy if a policy is adopted.
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| Majoritarian politics | show 🗑
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| Interest group policies | show 🗑
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| show | legislatino that gives tangible benefits
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| Logrolling | show 🗑
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| show | almost everybody benefits and small group pays
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| policy entrepreneurs | show 🗑
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| process regulation | show 🗑
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