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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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
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Which chamber of congress is less relaxed?

A

House, they are strict with a lot of rules

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4
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Which chamber of congress has less reliance on personal staff?

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House

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5
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Which chamber of congress deals with treaties?

A

Senate

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6
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Which chamber do you need to be at least 25 years old?

A

House

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7
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Which chamber has a larger chamber? Number?

A

House, 435 members

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8
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Which chamber is more prestigious?

A

Senate

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9
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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
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Which chamber has a 6 year term?

A

Senate

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12
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Which chamber deals with policymaking?

A

BOTH

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13
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Which chamber has a 2 year term?

A

House

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14
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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
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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
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Which chamber acts more slow on legislation?

18
Q

Which chamber has fewer overall committees?

19
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Which chamber deals with investigations?

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
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Which chamber has fewer committees?

22
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Which chamber has unlimited floor debate?

23
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Which chamber is less relaxed?

24
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Which chamber gets less media?

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Which chamber has less reliance on staff?
House
26
Which chamber serves on more committees?
Senate cause you have few colleagues (100 members)
27
Which chamber has more committees?
House
28
Which chamber has filibusters?
Senate, filibusters are EVIL!!
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Which chamber has more media coverage?
Senate
30
Which chamber has restricted floor debate?
House
31
Which chamber serves on less committees?
House cause there's 435 of ya
32
Which chamber becomes policy specialist (experts)?
House
33
Which chamber has more reliance on personal staff?
Senate
34
Which chamber has shared power and speaking?
Senate (equal representation), (equal speaking), leaders are guides but even a rookie can grab the floor!
35
Which chamber are policy generalist?
Senate, they know a lot about a lot
36
Which chamber has rules committee? What is the rules committee?
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
Which chamber takes care of the impeachment process?
BOTH!
38
committee of the whole
wtf is it?!?!