House v. Senate Flashcards
House of Rep vs. Senate, basic AP Gov info
Which chamber of congress has a smaller chamber? Number?
Senate, 100 members
Which chamber of congress is affected by Reapportionment Act? What is the Reapportionment Act?
House
An act that capped (limited) the max number of House members to 435
Which chamber of congress is less relaxed?
House, they are strict with a lot of rules
Which chamber of congress has less reliance on personal staff?
House
Which chamber of congress deals with treaties?
Senate
Which chamber do you need to be at least 25 years old?
House
Which chamber has a larger chamber? Number?
House, 435 members
Which chamber is more prestigious?
Senate
Which chamber is quick with legislation?
House
Which chamber has more policy experts?
House
Which chamber has a 6 year term?
Senate
Which chamber deals with policymaking?
BOTH
Which chamber has a 2 year term?
House
Which chamber protects small states in representation?
Senate because each state gets two members
Which chamber is affected by US Census?
What is US Census?
House
US Census is… either redistributing of house seats or redistributing of funds per state decided in the house.
Which chamber is more centralized (leadership is far more powerful)?
House, their leadership is like a pyramid with speakers on top. Ten shepherds and a ton of sheep!!
Which chamber acts more slow on legislation?
Senate
Which chamber has fewer overall committees?
Senate
Which chamber deals with investigations?
BOTH
Which chamber has the ways and means?
What is ways and means?
The House has the Ways and Means committee which is where all tax legislation originated.
Which chamber has fewer committees?
Senate
Which chamber has unlimited floor debate?
Senate
Which chamber is less relaxed?
House
Which chamber gets less media?
House
Which chamber has less reliance on staff?
House
Which chamber serves on more committees?
Senate cause you have few colleagues (100 members)
Which chamber has more committees?
House
Which chamber has filibusters?
Senate, filibusters are EVIL!!
Which chamber has more media coverage?
Senate
Which chamber has restricted floor debate?
House
Which chamber serves on less committees?
House cause there’s 435 of ya
Which chamber becomes policy specialist (experts)?
House
Which chamber has more reliance on personal staff?
Senate
Which chamber has shared power and speaking?
Senate (equal representation), (equal speaking), leaders are guides but even a rookie can grab the floor!
Which chamber are policy generalist?
Senate, they know a lot about a lot
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.
Which chamber takes care of the impeachment process?
BOTH!
committee of the whole
wtf is it?!?!
