2. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 HOUSE SENATE Bills and Laws Congress or States Article 1

3. What is the term of office for a member of the House?

4. 2 years

5. What type of bills must begin in the House of Representatives?

6. Money or revenue bills

7. What is the name of the overriding officer of the House of Representatives?

8. Speaker of the House

9. How many members are there in the House of Representatives?

10. 435

11. What are the three qualifications needed to become a member of the House?

12. 1. 25 years old 2. U.S. citizen for 7 years 3. Live in state and district that elects you

13. How many members are there in the Senate?

14. 100

15. Does the Senate impeach or try impeachment cases?

16. Tries impeachment cases

17. About what percentage of Senators are elected every two years?

18. 1/3

19. What is one thing the Senate approves of from the President?

20. Treaties and appointments

21. What are the Qualifications needed to be a member of the Senate?

22. 1. 30 years old 2. Citizen for 9 years 3. Live in the state that elects you

23. Where must a bill start off?

24. House or the Senate

25. What type of vote is needed (number of votes) in each house to pass a bill to the next one?

26. majority

27. If a President refuses to sign a bill for 10 days when the Congress is in session, what happens to the bill?

28. It becomes a law

29. What is a pocket veto? Daily Double

30. When the President refuses to sign a bill for days and Congress adjourns in that time (the bill is dead then)

31. What type of bill must originate or start in the House of Representatives?

32. Money or revenue bill

33. Can coin money

34. Congress

35. Can collect taxes

36. Congress and States

37. Can set up court systems

38. Congress and States

39. Controls immigration

40. Congress

41. Can grant copyrights and patents

42. Congress

43. What is the job of the Legislative Branch (Congress)?

44. Make laws

45. According to the Constitution how many times must Congress meet in one year?

46. One

47. How many total electoral votes are there and how many are needed to win the election? Daily Double

48. 538;270

49. How many members of the House of Representatives does Illinois have in Congress?

50. 19

51. What is the Franklin Privilege?

52. Free postage for Congressmen for official business