Part E Flashcards
435
House of Representatives
100
Senators in the US
2 years
The term for the House of Representatives
4 years
Presidents term
6 years
Senators term
1607
Settlers settled in Jamestown
1619
First slave ship deal to the US
1776
Declaration of Independence
1787
The constitution was written
1861-1865
American Civil war
Article I
Explains the Legislative Branch
Article I, Section 8
Explains the power of congress. (Tax, etc)
Article II
Explains the Executive Branch
Article III
Explains the Judicial Branch
Electoral College
Process in which an nominated president who is winner of a state election, picks electors to cast their vote.
NPVIC
- means a group of states enter an agreement that they will cast their votes based on popular vote.
Filibuster
a parliamentary procedure where debate over a proposed piece of legislation is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on the proposal. It is sometimes referred to as “talking out a bill” or “talking a bill to death”[
Cloture
A process, inherited by the French, to end debate rapidly.
republican
A person who believes in a representative government
Republican
A member of the Republican Party
democrat
A person who believes in popular-base election/government.
Democrat
A member of the Democratic Party
Chuck Schumer
NY State Senator
Nancy Pelosi
Minority leader of House of Representatives of the 12th congressional district in California
