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Who is the president pro-tem?

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Patrick Leahy

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Who is the president of the senate?

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Joe Biden

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Who is the speaker of the House?

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John Boehner

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Who is the majority leader of the senate?

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Harry Reid

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Who is the majority whip of the senate?

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Richard Durban

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Who is the minority leader from the senate?

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Mitch McConnell

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Who is the minority whip from the senate?

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John Cornyn

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Who is the majority leader from the House?

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Kevin McCarthy

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Who is the majority whip from the House?

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Steve Scalise

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Who is the minority leader from the House?

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Nancy Pelosi

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Who is the minority whip in the House?

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Steny Hoyer

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Who are Alabama’s US senators and what party are they from?

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Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, both from the Republican Party

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Who is Alabama’s US representative and what party is he from?

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Spencer Bachus, from the Republican Party

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In the senate, there are ____ democrats (demographics of the 113th congress)

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53

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In the senate, there are ____ republicans

demographics of the 113th congress

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45

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In the senate, there are ____ independents

demographics of the 113th congress

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2

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In the House, there are ____ republicans

demographics of the 113th congress

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234

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In the House, there are ____ democrats

demographics of the 113th congress

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201

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The average age in the senate is ____

demographics of the 113th congress

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62

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The average age in the House is ____

demographics of the 113th congress

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57

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In the House, there are about ____ women

demographics of the 113th congress

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78

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In the senate, there are about ____ women

demographics of the 113th congress

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20

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In the House, there are about ___ African Americans

demographics of the 113th congress

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43

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In the senate, there are about ____ African Americans

demographics of the 113th congress

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1

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In the House, there are about ____ Hispanics

demographics of the 113th congress

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33

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In the senate, there are about ____ Hispanics

demographics of the 113th congress

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4

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In the House, what are the most to least common previous occupations?
(demographics of the 113th congress)

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Business, politics, law

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In the senate, what are the most to least common previous occupations?
(demographics of the 113th congress)

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Law, politics, business

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In all of congress, what is the percentage of professing Protestants?
(demographics of the 113th congress)

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56%

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In all of congress, what is the percentage of professing Catholics?
(demographics of the 113th congress)

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30%

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In all of congress, what is the number of professing Jewish?

demographics of the 113th congress

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6%

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How many members of congress served or are serving in the military and what percentage is that?
(demographics of the 113th congress)

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108 served/are serving

20% of congress

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How many members of congress only have a high school degree?

demographics of the 113th congress

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22

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8 major areas of difference between the House and the Senate when passing bills

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  1. ) the introduction of bills
  2. ) the use of discharge petitions
  3. ) existence of a Rules Committee
  4. ) amending the bills
  5. ) calendars
  6. ) debate
  7. ) voting on bills
  8. ) the use of Committee as a Whole
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5 things that a committee can do with a bill

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  1. ) pigeon-hole it (refuse to report on the bill)
  2. ) report the bill favourably
  3. ) report the bill negatively
  4. ) rewrite the bill and report it as a committee bill
  5. ) amend the bill
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How can a member of the House introduce a bill? (2 ways)

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  1. ) handing it to the clerk

2. ) putting it in a box on the clerk’s desk called the hopper

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How can a member of the senate introduce a bill?

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By getting the attention of the chair during the Morning Hour

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How can the members of the House release a bill to committee?

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By writing up a discharge petition. If a majority of members want it in committee, it has to be released to committee

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How can members of the senate release bills to committee?

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They don’t have a discharge petition, they are just read twice and then put in committee

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How can members of the House receive bills from subcommittees?

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They can use the process of Committee of the Whole, and they all discuss the bill with mark-up sessions and timed debates

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How can the senate handle bills that have come out of subcommittees?

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The don’t use Committee of the Whole, they don’t have mark-up sessions, and they don’t vote

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What do members of the House do when they have marked up a bill from subcommittees?

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They send it to the Rules committee

42
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How do bills come off of calendars in the House?

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The Rules Committee has to take them off

43
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How do bills come off of the Legislative calendar in the senate?

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They can only vote them off, they don’t have a Rules Committee

44
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The House has ___ legislative calendars, while the senate has ____

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The House has 4, the senate has 1

45
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What are the 4 calendars in the House called?

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  1. ) the Union Calendar
  2. ) the House Calendar
  3. ) the Consent Calendar
  4. ) the Private Calendar
46
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How do debates work in the House?

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They are timed and limited

47
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How do debates work in the senate?

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They are unlimited, which are called filibusters

48
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How does proposing amendments work in the House?

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The amendment has to be on topic, and riders aren’t allowed

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How does proposing amendments work in the senate?

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Riders are allowed, and amendments don’t have to be on topic

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2 types of voting used in both the House and senate?

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  1. ) voice votes

2. ) roll call votes

51
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2 ways to kill filibusters

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  1. ) cloture (60 votes)

2. ) unanimous consent to end it

52
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Bill (vocab)

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A type of proposed legislation

53
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Private bills (vocab)

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A type of bill dealing specifically with private, personal, or local matters that aren’t general legislative affairs

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Public bills (vocab)

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A type of bill that deals with matters of general concern

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Resolutions (vocab)

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A type of legislation that is for either the House or the senate, never both, and is taken on by the respective house

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Concurrent resolutions (vocab)

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A type of legislation involving both the House and the senate, and it never becomes law. These don’t require the president’s signature.

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Joint resolutions (vocab)

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Are like bills in that they have the power of a law when they are passed. These require the president’s signature

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Cloture (vocab)

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A motion in the senate to limit debate and end a filibuster. It takes 60 votes for it to go into effect

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Filibuster (vocab)

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An unlimited debate used to try to kill bills

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Rider (vocab)

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A miniature bill that can’t pass on its own, so it’s tacked onto a bigger piece of legislation. Not always on topic

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Germane (vocab)

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Pertaining to the topic

62
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Committee of the Whole (vocab)

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Used only in the House, it allows the whole entire house to become a committee temporarily so that they can debate and mark-up bills

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Quorum (vocab)

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A majority of the full membership

64
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After a bill has been passed and signed by the speaker of the House, where does it go?

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To the senate

65
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After a bill in the senate has been signed, where does it go?

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To the House

66
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What fraction of bills don’t make it out of committee?

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9 out of 10

67
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The House has how many members?

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435

68
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What is the member count in the House based on?

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It’s based on population, and was arbitrarily frozen at 435

69
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How many members are in the senate?

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100

70
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What is the member count in the senate based on?

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Equal representation; each state has two representatives

71
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What is the term length in the House?

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2 years

72
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What is the term length in the senate?

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6 years

73
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What is the day of elections?

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The Tuesday after the first Monday in November

74
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How many senate members are up for reelection at the regular election times?

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1/3 of the senate

75
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How many members of the House are up for reelection at the regular election times?

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435 (all of them)

76
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What is the age qualification in the House?

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At least 25 years

77
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What is the age qualification in the senate?

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At least 30 years

78
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What is the required length of citizenship in the House?

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At least 7 years

79
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What is the required length of citizenship in the senate?

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At least 9 years

80
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What are the rules of residence in the House and the senate?

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You have to live in the state you’re elected from

81
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How were members of the House chosen originally?

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By voters in the district

82
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How are members of the House chosen today?

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By the voters in the district

83
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How were members of the senate originally chosen?

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By state legislatures

84
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How are members of the senate chosen today?

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By voters in each state

85
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When did congress pass a law to allow the citizens to vote on their senators?

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In 1917

86
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Continuous body (vocab)

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All seats are never up for reelection at the same time

87
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Constituencies (vocab)

A

The people and interests that senators represent

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