AP GOV CONGRESS REVIEW

AP GOV CONGRESS REVIEW

Speaker of the House

Speaker of the House

Kevin McCarthy

President of the Senate

Kamala Harris

Senior Senator from Iowa

Chuck Grassley

3rd District Representative from Iowa

Zach Nunn

Majority Leader of the House

Steven Scalise

President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Patty Murray

Junior Senator from Iowa

Joni Ernst

Minority Leader of the House

Hakeem Jeffries

Majority Leader of the Senate

Chuck Schumer

Minority Leader of the Senate

Mitch McConnell

Representatives serve a ___ year term

2

To be a representative you must be at least ___ years of age.

25

Senators serve a ___ year term.

6

To be a senator, you must be at least ___ years of age.

30

We are in the ___th Congress.

118

There are ___ members of the House of Representatives.

435

There are ___ members of the Senate.

100

There are ___ members of Congress.

535

The U.S. census is taken every ___ years.

10

The next U.S. census will be in what year?

2030

___ is the attempt to talk a bill to death

Filibuster

60 votes are needed to invoke ___, a procedural method to stop a filibuster

cloture

A permanent committee in congress is known as a ___ committee

standing

Reassigning how many representatives each state receives is known as ___

reapportionment

Redrawing congressional district lines is known as ___

redistricting

A temporary congressional committee is known as a ___ committee

select

To formally charge a president for a high crime or misdemeanor is known as

impeachment

When a member of congress casts a vote based on his/her own beliefs, this is known as

Trustee voting

Redrawing district lines to favor a political party is known as ___

gerrymandering

The current officeholder is known as the

incumbent

When a member of congress casts a vote based on the opinion of the political party, this is known as

Partisan voting

A bill is rejected automatically if it sits on the president’s desk for 10 days and congress is not in session

Pocket veto

This committee works out differences between a House and Senate bill

Conference committee

Authorization is typically larger than appropriation

false

Only the Senate can filibuster

true

The speaker of the house is considered the second most powerful person in the government

true

We have impeached four presidents

False, only three

The Senate Rules Committee sets the agenda for the senate

False, senate does not have a rules committee

The real power in the senate is held by the majority leader, not the president of the senate

true

The Ways and Means Committee deals with taxes

true

Revenue bills may start in either the House or the Senate

False, must be the House

Impeachment

special

Declare war

expressed

Necessary and proper

implied

Decide elections

special

Regulate commerce

expressed

Tax

expressed

Approve appointments

special

Create a national bank

implied

Regulate pollution emissions from a car

implied

Approve treaties

special