government ch4
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| Define constituencies. | show 🗑
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| Define reapportion. | show 🗑
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| How does a member of Congress act as a trustee? | show 🗑
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| Three formal qualifications for a member of the House | show 🗑
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| show | 30+ years of age
U.S. citizen for 9+ years
Inhabitant of the State from which s(he) is selected
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| List three informal qualifications for a member of Congress. | show 🗑
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| Define prorogue. | show 🗑
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| Why is the Senate called the continuous body? | show 🗑
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| How does a member of Congress act as a partisan? | show 🗑
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| show | 2 years
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| How long is each term in the senate | show 🗑
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| How long is a term in Congress and when does it begin? | show 🗑
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| Who sets compensation for Congress? | show 🗑
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| show | A politico attempts to combine the elements of a delegate, trustee, and partisan.
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| show | The Speaker of the House presides and keeps order
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| How many times is a bill read? | show 🗑
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| What is the role of the majority and the minority floor leaders? | show 🗑
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| Who is the current President of the Senate? | show 🗑
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| show | Mike Crapo
James Risch
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| List two people chosen on opening day in the House. | show 🗑
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| show | The main goal of the standing committee is to sift through all the bills referred to them, and only admitting those they find prudent for floor consideration.
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| show | A stalling tactic in which senators monopolize the Senate floor with talk and other delays so a bill cannot be brought to a vote
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| show | What happens to bills that get stuck in committee
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| What is a rider? | show 🗑
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| Define quorum. | show 🗑
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| Is the Speaker of the House a member of the House and how are they chosen? | show 🗑
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| Define joint resolution and does it have the force of law? | show 🗑
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| show | A filibuster can be stopped by involving the Cloture Rule that limits debate.
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| Is the President of the Senate a member of the Senate? | show 🗑
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| Define a discharge petition. | show 🗑
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| What is the purpose of a conference committee? | show 🗑
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| Who are Idaho’s two U.S. representatives? | show 🗑
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| Explain a pocket veto | show 🗑
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| show | in the House debate is limited and a debate follows all rules and procedures closely because it is a larger body. In the senate things are more relaxed and there is no limit on debate.
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| Explain the role of the President of the Senate. | show 🗑
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| show | Implied, expressed, inherent
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| What is the purpose of the House Rules Committee? | show 🗑
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| show | Whips
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| show | Only to break ties
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| Who presides over the Senate if the President is not available? | show 🗑
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| show | Mike Johnson
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