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| Who are the Virginia Senators? |
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| What are the five types of committees? |
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Standing Committees
Subcommittees
Special or Select Committees
Joint Committees
Conference Committees |
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| Permanent committees that handle most of the legislative business |
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| handle must of the actual legislative work and are part of standing committees |
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| Special or Standing Committees |
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| investigate specific problems like drug abuse |
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| Usually permanent and include members of both houses; issues like taxation, the economy, the government printing office, and the Library of Congress |
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| iron out differences in versions of the same bills passed by the House and the Senate |
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| What are the Special duties of the Senate? |
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- Confirm appointments for president
- Ratify treaties
- Conduct trials for removals from office
- Count electoral votes
- Devide winner if Vice Presidential candidate fails to win an electoral majority
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| What are the special duties of the House of Representatives? |
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- Bring charges against an accused official
- Count electoral votes
- choose president if no candidate wins an electoral majority
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What are the Roles of Congress?
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- Legislators
- Committee members
- Servant of Constituent
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| Define the Legislator role of Congress |
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| Define the Committee Member role of Congress |
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| Review and screen proposed laws to decide if they'll go on to the floor for consideration. Check to endure executive agencies are working effectively and according to policies |
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| Define the Servant of Constituent role of Congress |
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| solving problems or doing favors for people, recieve requests from constituents |
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| What are the four voting options for Legislators? |
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- Trustee
- Delegate
- Partisans
- Politicos
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| Believe each question must be decided on its merits |
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| act as agents of those who elected them |
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| vote based on party allegiance |
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| attempts to combine elements of all the options |
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| What is the oversight function of committee members? |
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| Check to ensure executive agencies are working effectively and according to policies |
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| Why must Congressmen be servants to the people? |
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| Because if they don't it could mean losing votes in the next election |
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| What are Congress member's privileges? |
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- Immune from arrest on non-criminal charges when engaged in Congressional business
- Protected from suits of slander arising out of official conduct
- Use of Library of Congress
- Franking Privilege
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| send out official mail at the government's expense |
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| What are the different types of resolutions? |
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| expressing opinions on policies or issues |
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| measure dealing with "house-keeping" or procedural matters that only affect 1 house |
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| measure when approved by both houses and the president carries the force of law |
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| legislative motion that must be approved by both houses but doesn't hav ethe force of law |
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| Member(s) keep talking to block debate on a bill |
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- vote by Senators
- 3/5 of the vote
- can end a filibuster
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| Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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| Majority Leader of the House of Representatives |
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| Minority Leader of the House of Representatives |
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| President Pro Temporate of the Senate |
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| What are the three actions committees can take on a bill? |
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| vote favorably, unfavorably, or table the bill |
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| How are the House and Senate procedures different? |
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-how the bill is introduced (it goes in the hopper in the house but is read allowed in the Senate)
-when it goes to the floor (house has one hour debates and the senaet has untimed debates)
-voting (the senate has role call voting, the house is too big to do that) |
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| Why is the Conference committee important? |
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| Review and screen proposed laws to decide if they will go on the floor for consideration |
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| What are the actions the President may take on a bill? |
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| Sign bill into law, veto bill, pocket veto |
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| someone who is served by a representative |
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| Qualifications for the United States House of Representatives |
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- Age: 25
- Must live in the state they represent
- Must have been a citizen for 7 years
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| Qualifications for the United States Senate |
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- Age 30
- Must have been a citizen for 9 years
- Must live in teh state they represent
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| How many people are in the United States House of Representatives? |
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| How many people are in the United States Senate? |
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| What is the term length for the United States Senate? |
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| How long is one term for the House of Representatives? |
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| Potentially, how many times could each house vote on a particular bill? |
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| What happens is a bill dies in one of the houses of Congress? |
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| It goes back to the beginning of the whole process of becoming a bill |
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