1. Legislative Branch

2. What is the job of the Legislative branch
Make laws

3. What are constituents?
A person who lives in an electoral district and is represented by an elected official

4. What is the age requirement to be a U.S. House of Representative?
25… lived in the U.S. for 7 years

5. How long are the terms for House of Representatives?
2 years

6. How many members are the in the House of Reps?
435

7. How are the number of House Reps decided?
Apportionment: divided among the states by population
Census: every 10 years
Gerrymandering: manipulating boundaries of an electoral constituency as to favor one class or party.

8. Are there term limits on the national level for members of Congress?no
John Dingell

9. What does bicameral mean?
Having two divisions of congress

10. Who has the most power in the House?
Speaker of the House

11. Why is the Speaker of the House’s job important?
Decides what bills will be heard and debated

12. Who is the official head of the Senate?
Vice president

13. Who is in charge of the Senate under the Vice?
President Pro Tempore: Orrin Hatch

14. How long are the terms for Senators?
6 years

15. What is the age requirement to be a U.S. Senator?
30yrs… lived in the U.S. for 9 years

16. What are three powers given to Congress?
Levy and collect taxes
Borrow money
Regulate interstate and foreign commerce
Coin money
Declare war
To make “laws that are necessary and proper” : Elastic Clause

17. What are the checks that the legislative branch has over the other branches?
Oversight: oversees executive agencies
Confirmation: approving officials appointed to office by the president
Impeachment:
Ratification: approve of all treaties
Override: reverse an amendment
Amendment: can propose an amendment to the Constitution

18. How does the impeachment process work?
House: impeach the federal official: formal wrongdoing
Senate holds the trial

19. Which bills can only start in the house?
Tax or Appropriation bills

20. Describe three ways state legislature differs from the national legislature?
Citizen legislature
Hybrid legislature
Professional legislature

21. State Legislators: Montana
Senate- 50
Elected every 4 years, but cannot serve more than 8 years
House of Representatives- 100
Elected every 2 years, but cannot serve more than 8 years

22. What is an incumbent and what are the advantages?
Person who is currently holding office and running for reelection.
Name recognition, office resources, campaign funds, and bragging rights, franking privileges

23. What is a standing committee?
Permanent committees that handle most legislative business