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Harry Reid

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Senate Minority Leader

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Orrin Hatch

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Third in line to presidency

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Joe Biden

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President of the senate

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Kevin McCarthy

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House Majority Leader

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Nancy Pelosi

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House Minority Leader

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Mitch Mconnel

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Senate Majority Leader

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John Boehner

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Speaker of the house

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How long is a term of congress

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2 years

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There a ____ sessions of congress in a term

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Two

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This is the ____congress that started on Jan 5

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114th

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Special Sessions of congress can only be called by

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President

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There are___ representatives in the house

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435

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There are___senators in the senate

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100

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Congressional Elections are held the first___after the first ____

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Tuesday

Monday

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4 types of votes

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Voice Votes
Standing Votes
Electronic Voting
Roll Call Vote

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2 expressed powers of congress

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Tax

War

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The implied powers of congress are also known as

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Elastic Clause

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2 non-legislative powers of congress

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Executive

Investigate

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Minimum years old for House of Representatives

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25

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Years of Citizenship for House of Representatives

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7

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Length of one term for House of Representatives

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2

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__is our representative for the fourth congressional district in Indiana

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Todd Rokita

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Minimum years old for senate

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30

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Years of citizenship for senate

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9

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Length of one term for senate

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6

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2 senators from Indiana

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Dan Coats

Joe Donelly

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Since 1914 senators have been elected by ___ of their state

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People

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___ of the senate is elected every two years

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One third

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Senate Watergate Committee is an example of

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Select Committee

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Constitutional___is an example of joint resolution

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Amendment

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Only___of congress can introduce bills

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Members

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To keep the fat or pork out of bills the past 5 presidents have supported __ __ veto

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Line Item

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Longer a congressman has served the greater their power in congress. This is called

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Senority Rule

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Rider

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Provision or bill not likely to pass on its own that gets attached to a bills that is certain to pass

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Bi-Cameral

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Two house legislature

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State of Union

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Required of president in constitution to give a report to congress

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Filibuster

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Attempt to “talk a bill to death” stalling tactic

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Apportionment

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How the seats are distributed among the states

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Pigeonhole

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Ignore a bill in committee

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Quorum

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Majority of the full membership

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Whip

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Assist the floor leaders

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Franking Privlege

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Free mail to constituents

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Joint Committee

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Any committee made up for both house and senate members

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Party Caucus

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Closed meeting of the members of each party

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Standing Committee

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Permanent committees of congress that handle bills in their area of expertise

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Gerrymandering

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Drawing district in strange shapes to benefit of one political party that controls the state legislature

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Bills

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Proposed laws presented to the house or senate for enactment

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Junket

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Trip to a location affected by a bill

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