Jeopardy 10 20 30 40 50 Senate House of Reps About Congress Leaders of Congress at Work 10 20 30 40 50

the House of Representatives is _______ years. – 10 points The term for a member of the House of Representatives is _______ years. – 10 points Category 1 - 10

Because Congress has two houses, our legislative branch is ____________. – 20 points Category 1 - 20

The number of representatives in the House of Reps. in each state is based on __________. – 30 points

Drawing lines to favor one political party over another is known as____________. – 40 points

The Supreme Court case that established the “one- person, one-vote” rule for House of Representatives districts is ___________ vs. ____________.– 50 points

Members of the U.S. Senate serve terms of ________ years. – 10 points

Add… the age that you must be to be a U.S. Senator to the number of Senators in the U.S. Senate. – 20 points

What is a U.S. Senators constituency?– 30 points

Because only 33 or 34 U.S. Senators are up for re-election every two years, and not all of them, the U.S. Senate is considered to be a __________ _________. – 40 points

Name Michigan’s two United State’s Senators. – 50 points

The person who holds the most powerful position in the House of Reps. is known as the __________. – 10 points

The ________________ presides over the Senate’s proceedings.– 20 points

The _______________ presides over the Senate whenever the vice-president is not presiding. – 30 points

A __________ job is to make sure that the rest of his/her political party is voting in line with the party’s leadership. – 40 points

The president can take these three courses of action with a bill. – 50 points

Powers of Congress written specifically in the Constitution are known as ___________ powers. – 10 points

Powers of Congress not written in the Constitution are known as __________ powers. – 20 points

Implied powers are given to Congress through the _______________ clause. – 30 points

Someone who holds very closely to the Constitution when Congressional powers are concerned are known as… ________ ____________. – 40 points

Someone who favors a loose interpretation of the Constitution is known as a… – 50 points

Changes to most bills in Congress take place in the ___________ phase of the lawmaking process. – 10 points

A Committee of Congressman who meet in regular meetings on particular issue areas are known as _____________ committees. – 20 points

A Committee that meets for a limited time period that is made up of both House and Senate members. – 30 points

In the Senate, members are allowed to talk a bill to death, this practice is known as a ____________. – 40 points

In order to stop a filibuster _____ votes are needed. – 50 points

takes for a bill to become a law. Final Jeopardy Name the 6 steps that it takes for a bill to become a law.