Congress

Rule 22

The rule number of cloture is …

What are majority-minority districts?

The cultural minority is in the majority of the district

What is not related to Gerrymandering?

Gerrymandering politicizes federal court

What is not required for redrawing, new congressional districts?

District must have 1/3 of people registered with the minority party.

What is the overriding political interest of house members?

Working to get reelected

How many members are there in Congress?

535

Which constitutional amendment says “no law vary the compensation of the service of the Senators and representative shall take affect until an election of representatives shall be intervened”

The 27th amendment

Which amendment gave the people the right to vote for their senators?

The 17th amendment

Who draws US congressional districts in the state?

State legislature

What are benign gerrymandered districts called?

Majority-minority districts

What is a Partisan gerrymandered District called?

A safe seat or district

What constitutional amendment in Claus compels counting all people ( not all citizens) of the US population during the ceases

The equal population cause of the 14th amendment

What term best accurately describes when the house in Senate are controlled by opposite parties

Congressional gridlock

When is a president impeached?

The president is impeached when by a majority vote of the house it determines that there is enough evidence against the president to send the matter onto the Senate

What is the partisan composition of house committee?

They are roughly equal in partisan members with the chair, always being from the majority party

Who sermons who is going to share house committees

The speaker

What is the role of the house in impeachment proceedings?

That house acts like a grand jury by hearing evidence of possible wrongdoing and voting on whether the wrongdoing deserves to be tried as criminal Act or act of fitting a president Before sending the matter to the Senate

What is the rule of the Senate and impeachment proceedings

The Senate act as troy to convict the president of high crimes or misdemeanors and remove the president from office

What is not a check that Congress has over the president?

The power of judicial review

What is not one of the checks the Senate has on the president

The city can request The Supreme Court to censure the President

What is the congressional power of oversight?

Congress has the power to oversee federal departments and agencies to be sure they are operating within the laws or operating effectively according to the department or agencies mission

What is a filibuster, Which institutions has the filibuster, And how is a filibuster Brought to a conclusion?

The filibuster Is a senate tradition that allows the minority party a means of blocking a vote on a majority legislation.cloture-vote To end a filibuster Requires a super major majority of 60 votes

Which assembly of congress represents state geography

The senate

These legislators serve as the mouthpiece of their constituents

Instructed delegates

These legislators make decisions based on their conscience

Legislative trustees

These legislators make decisions that favor their constituents pocketbook issues and decide non-bread and butter issues based on their conscience

Politicos

What are the three theories of representation?

The trustee, instructed delegate, and politico theories

What is another term use to describe senatorial courtesy?

Blue slip

What constitutional Claus gives Congress the power to execute the legislation it passes

The necessary And proper cause

Where is the elastic clause found in the constitution

Article one section 8

What term is given to irregular drawn, congressional districts that entrench partisan control?

Gerrymandering

Who are the congressional whips?

Congressional legislators assigned by the Respective parties to build support among their members to vote for their party, bills or defect bills, sponsored by the opposition party

What is the CBO?

The Congressional Budget Office

What is the role of the house and Senate minority leaders?

The minority leaders speak for their house or Senate members in the media and the minority party agenda in their respective assemblies

What are continuing resolution

They are bills passed to finance the federal government if Congress and the president cannot pass a budget

Where do all bills begin the constitutional process of becoming a law?

With the house

What term describe redrawn congressional district boundaries every 10 years

Redistricting

What occurs every 10 years after the cercus

Reappointment of the house seats based on population changes in individual states

These house committees to highly specialize work on social economic sector. They are not permanent and cannot introduce a bill.

Subcommittee

This Committee must reconcile the house and state visions of a bill before it can be proceed to the president

Conference committee

These house committees, create programs and prosper budgets for those programs

Authorization committees

These house committees do in investigative work ,are temporary, and cannot introduce legislation

Select committees

This house committees, fix the actual budgets for specific programs

Appropriation committee

These house committees, cover Broad social areas, Are Permanent, And can introduce legislation

Standing committee

What are the terms of office for house members?

Two years

Who formally preside over the Senate

The vice president

There are how many senate

100

What are the terms of office for senators?

Six years with 1/3 up for election every two years

Who is the most powerful individual in the US House of Representatives?

The speaker

How many members In the US House of Representatives

435