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QUESTION:

•How many members are in the US House of Representatives?

ANSWER:

•435

QUESTION:

•How old must a member of the US House be?ANSWER:

•25

QUESTION:

•What is the length of term for a Representative?

ANSWER:

•2 years

QUESTION:

•The House has priority on what type of bills?ANSWER:

•Revenue or Tax bills

QUESTION:

•Though US Territories (Puerto Rico, DC, etc.) do not send voting representatives to the House, they do send these

ANSWER:

•Delegates

QUESTION:

•Each state sends how many Senators to the Congress?ANSWER:

•2

QUESTION:

•The Senate, alone, ratifies treaties with other countries. What is the necessary vote to ratify a treaty?

ANSWER:

•Two-thirds

QUESTION:

•Before the 17th Amendment, Senators were elected/appointed by

ANSWER:

•State legislatures

QUESTION:

•Unlike the House, the Senate has ____ and _____ power on presidential appointments.

ANSWER:

•Advice and Consent

QUESTION:

•A long speech given in the Senate to prevent a vote on a bill

ANSWER:

•filibuster

QUESTION:

•These types of committees are permanent, subject-matter committees.

ANSWER:

•Standing

QUESTION:

•The Chairman of each committee is always withANSWER:

•The majority party

QUESTION:

•This House committee determines tax policy

ANSWER:

•Ways and Means

QUESTION:

•Committees assure the executive branch carries out the laws with it’s _________ function.

ANSWER:

•oversight

QUESTION:

•Which committee must confirm the president’s appointee to the Supreme Court?

ANSWER:

•Senate Judiciary Committee

QUESTION:

•The typical House member represents roughly how many constituents?

ANSWER:

•650,000

QUESTION:

•Most members of Congress fall into this demographic

ANSWER:

•White, male

QUESTION:

•Members of Congress are paid an annual salary of about

ANSWER:

•$165,200 ($160-170,000)

QUESTION:

•Who currently represents Ohio’s Second Congressional District?

ANSWER:

•Brad Wenstrup

QUESTION:

•Who was the fifth ever African American to serve in the US Senate?

ANSWER:

•Barack Obama

QUESTION:

•What power of Congress has been contested more than any other?

ANSWER:

•The Power to Regulate Interstate Commerce

QUESTION:

•Anyone can formulate or draft a bill, but who must enter a bill into the legislative process?

ANSWER:

•Any member of Congress

QUESTION:

•This is a House device used to move a popular bill out of a reluctant committee

ANSWER:

•Discharge petition

QUESTION:

•A vote of 60 out of 100 in the Senate is necessary to end debate on a bill. This is known as a ______ vote.

ANSWER:

•cloture

QUESTION:

•When similar bills have passed the House and the Senate, a ______ committee holds a ______ session to create a final draft of the bill.

ANSWER:

•Conference, Mark-up