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2 Legislation House Senate Committees Members 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10

3 QUESTION: How many members are in the US House of Representatives? ANSWER: 435

4 QUESTION: How old must a member of the US House be? ANSWER: 25

5 QUESTION: What is the length of term for a Representative? ANSWER: 2 years

6 QUESTION: The House has priority on what type of bills? ANSWER: Revenue or Tax bills

7 QUESTION: Though US Territories (Puerto Rico, DC, etc.) do not send voting representatives to the House, they do send these ANSWER: Delegates

8 QUESTION: Each state sends how many Senators to the Congress? ANSWER: 2

9 QUESTION: The Senate, alone, ratifies treaties with other countries. What is the necessary vote to ratify a treaty? ANSWER: Two-thirds

10 QUESTION: Before the 17 th Amendment, Senators were elected/appointed by ANSWER: State legislatures

11 QUESTION: Unlike the House, the Senate has ____ and _____ power on presidential appointments. ANSWER: Advice and Consent

12 QUESTION: A long speech given in the Senate to prevent a vote on a bill ANSWER: filibuster

13 QUESTION: These types of committees are permanent, subject-matter committees. ANSWER: Standing

14 QUESTION: The Chairman of each committee is always with ANSWER: The majority party

15 QUESTION: This House committee determines tax policy ANSWER: Ways and Means

16 QUESTION: Committees assure the executive branch carries out the laws with it’s _________ function. ANSWER: oversight

17 QUESTION: Which committee must confirm the president’s appointee to the Supreme Court? ANSWER: Senate Judiciary Committee

18 QUESTION: The typical House member represents roughly how many constituents? ANSWER: 650,000

19 QUESTION: Most members of Congress fall into this demographic ANSWER: White, male

20 QUESTION: Members of Congress are paid an annual salary of about ANSWER: $165,200 ($160-170,000)

21 QUESTION: Who currently represents Ohio’s Second Congressional District? ANSWER: Brad Wenstrup

22 QUESTION: Who was the fifth ever African American to serve in the US Senate? ANSWER: Barack Obama

23 QUESTION: What power of Congress has been contested more than any other? ANSWER: The Power to Regulate Interstate Commerce

24 QUESTION: Anyone can formulate or draft a bill, but who must enter a bill into the legislative process? ANSWER: Any member of Congress

25 QUESTION: This is a House device used to move a popular bill out of a reluctant committee ANSWER: Discharge petition

26 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

27 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


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