House v. Senate Flashcards

House of Rep vs. Senate, basic AP Gov info

1
Q

Which chamber of congress has a smaller chamber? Number?

A

Senate, 100 members

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2
Q

Which chamber of congress is affected by Reapportionment Act? What is the Reapportionment Act?

A

House
An act that capped (limited) the max number of House members to 435

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3
Q

Which chamber of congress is less relaxed?

A

House, they are strict with a lot of rules

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4
Q

Which chamber of congress has less reliance on personal staff?

A

House

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5
Q

Which chamber of congress deals with treaties?

A

Senate

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6
Q

Which chamber do you need to be at least 25 years old?

A

House

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7
Q

Which chamber has a larger chamber? Number?

A

House, 435 members

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8
Q

Which chamber is more prestigious?

A

Senate

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9
Q

Which chamber is quick with legislation?

A

House

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10
Q

Which chamber has more policy experts?

A

House

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11
Q

Which chamber has a 6 year term?

A

Senate

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12
Q

Which chamber deals with policymaking?

A

BOTH

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13
Q

Which chamber has a 2 year term?

A

House

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14
Q

Which chamber protects small states in representation?

A

Senate because each state gets two members

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15
Q

Which chamber is affected by US Census?
What is US Census?

A

House
US Census is… either redistributing of house seats or redistributing of funds per state decided in the house.

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16
Q

Which chamber is more centralized (leadership is far more powerful)?

A

House, their leadership is like a pyramid with speakers on top. Ten shepherds and a ton of sheep!!

17
Q

Which chamber acts more slow on legislation?

A

Senate

18
Q

Which chamber has fewer overall committees?

A

Senate

19
Q

Which chamber deals with investigations?

A

BOTH

20
Q

Which chamber has the ways and means?
What is ways and means?

A

The House has the Ways and Means committee which is where all tax legislation originated.

21
Q

Which chamber has fewer committees?

A

Senate

22
Q

Which chamber has unlimited floor debate?

A

Senate

23
Q

Which chamber is less relaxed?

A

House

24
Q

Which chamber gets less media?

A

House

25
Q

Which chamber has less reliance on staff?

A

House

26
Q

Which chamber serves on more committees?

A

Senate cause you have few colleagues (100 members)

27
Q

Which chamber has more committees?

A

House

28
Q

Which chamber has filibusters?

A

Senate, filibusters are EVIL!!

29
Q

Which chamber has more media coverage?

A

Senate

30
Q

Which chamber has restricted floor debate?

A

House

31
Q

Which chamber serves on less committees?

A

House cause there’s 435 of ya

32
Q

Which chamber becomes policy specialist (experts)?

A

House

33
Q

Which chamber has more reliance on personal staff?

A

Senate

34
Q

Which chamber has shared power and speaking?

A

Senate (equal representation), (equal speaking), leaders are guides but even a rookie can grab the floor!

35
Q

Which chamber are policy generalist?

A

Senate, they know a lot about a lot

36
Q

Which chamber has rules committee?
What is the rules committee?

A

House
Poweful committe with powerful people/speakers in it that determines wether a bill will be subject to debate, how long it will last, and then vote wether amendments will be allowed.

37
Q

Which chamber takes care of the impeachment process?

A

BOTH!

38
Q

committee of the whole

A

wtf is it?!?!