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| two houses US congress and legislature are bicameral except nebraska which is unicameral |
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| political party in each house of congress with the most members, second in power behind Speaker and is most powerful member of the Senate |
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| political party in each house of Congress with the second most members |
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| the only officer in the House of Reps specifically mentioned in the Constitution; elected at the beginning of each new Congress by the entire; traditionally a member of the majority party |
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| key member who keeps close contact with al members of his or her party and takes nose counts on key votes, prepares summaries of bills, and in general acts as communications link within a party |
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| official chair of the Senate, usually the most senior member of the party |
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| the process of allotting congressional seats to each state following the decennial census according to their proportion of the population |
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| petition that gives a majority of the House of Reps the authority to bring an issue to the floor in the face of committee inaction |
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| committee to which proposed bills are referred; continuos from one Congress to the next |
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| special joint committee created to iron out difference between the senate and house of reps versions of specific piece of legislation |
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| a tactic by which a senator asks to be informed before a particular bill is brought to the floor. This allows the senator to stop the bill from coming to the floor until the hold is removed |
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| a process in which committee members offer changes to a bill before it goes to the floor in either house for a vote |
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| formal way of halting action on a bill by means of long speeches or unlimited debate in the Senate |
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| mechanism of requiring 60 senators to vote to cut off a debate |
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| legislation that allows reps to bring home the bacon to their districts in the form of public works program, military bases, or other programs designed to benefit their districts |
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| funs in appropriations bill that provide dollars for particular purposes within a state of congressional district |
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| passed by congress in 1973, the president is limited in the deployment of troops overseas to a 60 day period in peacetime unless congress gives approval for a longer time |
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| role played by elected reps who listen to constituents opinions and then use their best judgment to make final decisions |
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| role played by elected reps who vote the way their constituents would want them too. |
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| role played by elected reps who act as trustees or as delegates pending issues |
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Senators serve terms of six years each; the terms are staggered so that approximately one-third of the seats are up for election every two years.
) each senator must be at least 30 years old, 2) must have been a citizen of the United States for at least the past nine years, and 3) must be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state he or she seeks to represent. |
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Representatives and Delegates serve for two-year terms, while the Resident Commissioner serves for four years. Elections for representatives are held in every even-numbered year
(1) be at least twenty-five years old; (2) have been a citizen of the United States for the past seven years; and (3) be (at the time of the election) an inhabitant of the state they represent. Members are not required to live in the district they represent, but they traditionally do. |
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| Apportionment and redistricting typically occur every |
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| Members of the House of Representatives must |
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| Members of the Senate mus |
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| Who holds impeachment trials? |
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| approve major presidential appointments. |
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| The Senate has the sole power to |
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| the necessary and proper clause. |
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| The Supreme Court has permitted Congress to expand the scope of authority beyond the enumerated powers by using |
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| The Senate needs a _________ to approve a treaty. |
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| The congressional leaders whose major task is to keep party members in line and track votes are called |
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| The presiding officer of the Senate who can vote only in the case of a tie is |
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| How are committee chairs selected in the House? |
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better educated
older
more likely to be male
wealthier |
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| n general, members of Congress are ___________ than the rest of the United States. |
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| he English political philosopher who articulated a theory of representation was |
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