Senator

Question 1

Senate

Answer 1

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.

Question 2

What is the senate composed of ?

Answer 2

The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety.

Question 3

How many senators represent each state ?

Answer 3

2 senators

Question 4

How many years does each senator serve ?

Answer 4

6 year terms

Question 5

How many senators represent the 50 states in America ?

Answer 5

100 senators

Question 6

Who is the Presiding Officer and president of the Senate ( the upper chamber of Congress ) ?

Answer 6

The Vice President of the United States of America

Question 7

In its absence, who takes the Vice President seat ?

Answer 7

The president pro tempore (often shortened to president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate.

the president pro tempore is an elected member of the Senate, able to speak or vote on any issue.

Question 8

What are some of the powers of advice and consent the Senate holds ?

Answer 8

the approval of treaties, and the confirmation of Cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court justices, federal judges, flag officers, regulatory officials, ambassadors, other federal executive officials and federal uniformed officers.

Question 9

What is meant by the term “with the majority of the seats” ?

Answer 9

With the support of more than half of the members of the upper chamber/ House of Representatives

Question 10

Ex Officious

Answer 10

virtue of office

Rules applying to ex-officio members. Ex-officio is a Latin term meaning by virtue of office or position. Ex-officio members of boards and committees, therefore, are persons who are members by virtue of some other office or position that they hold.

Question 11

What type of trials does the Senate conduct ?

Answer 11

The Senate conducts trials of those impeached by the House.

Question 12

What happens If no candidate receives a majority of electors for Vice President ?

Answer 12

the duty falls to the Senate to elect one of the top two recipients of electors for that office of Vice President

Question 13

The legislative branch consists of ?

Answer 13

The House of Representatives and the Senate which together forms the United States Congress.

Question 14

Legislative duties

Answer 14

Legislative—Makes laws

Congress, comprised of the House of Representatives and Senate

Question 15

Executive duties

Answer 15

Executive—Carries out laws

president, vice president, Cabinet, most federal agencies

Question 16

Judicial duties

Answer 16

Judicial- interpret laws

the Supreme Court and other federal courts

Question 17

How many members are in the House of Representatives ?

Answer 17

435 elected members, divided among the 50 states in proportion to their total population.

Question 18

How long is a term in the House of Representatives ?

Answer 18

2 year term

Question 19

Senate vs. House of Representatives

Answer 19

Senators represent their entire states, but members of the House represent individual districts. The number of districts in each state is determined by a state’s population. … Today, Congress consists of 100 senators (two from each state) and 435 voting members of the House of Representatives.

Question 20

Define minority leader

Answer 20

The Republican Party leader; the head of the minority party in a legislative body, especially the US Senate or House of Representatives.

The minority leader is responsible for leading the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives. These responsibilities include speaking for the party and its policies, protecting the minority’s rights, and nominating minority party Members to committees.

Question 21

Define minority party

Answer 21

The Republican Party; A minor party is a political party that plays a smaller (in some cases much smaller, even insignificant in comparison) role than a major party in a country’s politics and elections.

“the chief job of the minority party is to become the majority.” It does this by offering an ongoing “critique of the majority party, in committees and on the floor, spotting weaknesses in the majority’s policies and using them to draw distinctions between the parties.”

The minority party develops alternatives and agendas of its own and attempts to construct winning coalitions on their behalf. Partisan Opposition. The minority party offers strong opposition to majority party initiatives, but does not counter with policy alternatives of their own.

Question 22

Who is the minority party in congress ?

Answer 22

The Republican Party

Question 23

What parties makeup the House of Representatives in Congress ?

Answer 23

The Democratic Party and Republican Party

Question 24

What is a majority party leader ?

Answer 24

Democrat Party is majority; Elected at the beginning of each Congress by members of their respective party conferences to represent them on the Senate floor, the majority and minority leaders serve as spokesmen for their parties’ positions on the issues.