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civics n stuff

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referendums

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direct votes - direct democracy - marijuana!! - gambling !!

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Great compromise of ___ gave a _____ system to represent the people - senate + hr

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1787, bicameral

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no. of people in hr

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435 - based on pop. of state - dc has one non voting rep in HR - DC has no senate rep - DC delegate can however introduce legislation and possesses same powers as representatives in house comittees - dc also gets 3 electoral votes yay! - this is cuz the 23rd amendenmt omg!!!!

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no. of senators

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100 = 50 x 2 per state

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founding fathers were very __ minded

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legislative

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census conducted every HOW Long

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10 yrs

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federalism

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sharing of power, as in w/ the state as well :), distinct rules/limits for state and fedeeral gov power

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why is dis census important

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gibs funding, hr reps/# of congressmen, electoral votes

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how many electoral votes?

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538 = 435 HR + 100 senators + dc gets 3 votes lmaoaoaoao

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how do we divide congressional rep

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geographically; town, county, district, states

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wats gerrymandering

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illegally dividing congressional rep typically but like districts n shirt in favor of one party over another

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who won thanks to kind of legal gerrymandering

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our boi andy kim

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nj republican dude

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chris smith

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do states gaf if youre a noncitizen

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nahhhhhhhhhhhhh federal law says nuh uh if u no citizen but also state laws differ and a lot of states dont check

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house of rep list off random info 123 GO

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  • lower chamber of congress
  • 435 members since 1913
  • speaker of the house is most powerful
  • everyone up for election every 2 yrs
  • abt 1 rep for each us district of 735k people
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mike joghnson

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current speaker of the house, republican, born 1962, been speaker since oct 25th 2023, LA 4th congressional district, decides what the hr will work on basically omgosh

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chris smith go

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republican, nj’s 4th district (howell, jackson, wall, lil bit of freehold twp, colts neck, tinton falls on da east) one of 3 republican mofos in nj delegation (12 reps in total based on 2020 census) does the larger portion of monmouth county

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frank pallooneeee

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democrat, one of 9 democrats (remember theres hr 12’s reps!!) 6th distrct, represent monmouth shoreline (redbank, matawan, long branch, monmouth beahc, asbury park, atlantic highlands, rumson, oceanport on da east)

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Andy kim

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FABVORED DEMOCRT FOR THE SENATE LESOSGOOGOGOGOG district 3 (omg that’s me in good ol marlboro!! also includes freehold, BTHS area, englishtown, manalapan, like most of burlington county so aweosme on da west basically), won due to redistricting

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George santos

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convicted felon. used to be ny 3rd congression district but whoops not anymore ig. expelled in a BIPARTISAN VOTE!!! WOO TWO SIDES!!!!! 311-114 L fawkin loser. Brazil: Felony check fraud; United States: Wire fraud and aggravated Identity theft. wow! Affiliated w republican party but independent kinda? important cuz he wasn’t ever convicted before he got shoed out. “knowlingly caused” his campaign to file false reports, capaign funds for personal purposes, used doner credit cards, MONEY LAUNDERING? sixth guy ever expelled ever wow!!!

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BOB MENENDEZ

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GOOFY AH GOLD BAR BOB. got chareged w bribery and aiding a us fioreign agent, smth about egypt and turkey, bro was getting paid w gold bars, replaced sep 9th by george hemly as to finish his term, hemly is chie f of staff kinda iconic right, used to be nj senator got kicked out LAWL. 16 counts of political corruption. aint that great! big D for democrat

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GEORGE HEMLYYYYYYYYYYY

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uh he finishing bobs term. appointed by GOVERN PHILL murphy :D. served as murphys cief of staff. He’ll be gone soon likely replaced by ANDY KIM :fire: :fire: :100: FAX

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coroorory booker

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jr nj state senator, but gunna be senior now :P, won 2020 in nj senate, served since 2013 apparently, first african american senator from nj lol

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Phil murphy

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uh idk how about the LITERAL GOVERNOR. who had our homie george hemly 4 senate cuz they like owed eachother favors or smt

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curtis bashaw
opp of andy kim. big fat r. def gonna lose cuz hes some political outsider lmaoaooaooaoao. nj doesn't #elect republicans bro.
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SENATORSS terms RAHHHH gO
elected for 6 years each term, meaning 1/3 approx up for election every 2 yrs woah!!!! o
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senator history BAM go
senators were chosen by state legislators n not votes originally until epic 17th amendment required direct popular voting in eachc state 2 pick senators yay!! super democracy!!!
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wehn was 17th amendment
1912 B)
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CHUCK SCHUMER
majority leader in charge of senate >:DDDDDDDDDDDD (get it D for demcoract)
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pres of senate
vp our bbg kamal has power to commit tie breaking!!!!!!!
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president pro tempore
patty murry of washington i dont think u need to know that but wtv amirirte. super administrative role, 3rd in line to presidency, longest serving majority leader gets dibs, but nobody funkin wants it cuz its so much work
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what do the senate do
confirm appointments and ratifies treaties, who has majoirty in the senate is very important (2 parties)
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TIE BREAKERS
kakmala on top thats all u gotta know im p sure she had a woppping 33 in first 3 years omgosh!!!
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wsg w our election rn also what congress we at
33 senate seats up, other shirt apparently i suck at writing it down idk .. idk u dont need to know this prolly but im still writing cuz y not 118TH CONGRESS WOOO
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what abt 118th congress (2023)
42+4 democrats = 51 voting senators, 49 republicans, 213 house of rep for d, 221 house of rep for r
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HR stuff
nominations, approvals, investigations, impeachments (they keep impeaching trump or something cuz political strat??)
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KEY POWERS OF CONGRESSSSs
congress makes laws, veto override takes 2/3 of both houses, declares war "war powers clause"
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key powers of da senate
ratifying foreign treaties and confirming appointments
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key powers of da hr
tax n spend aka power of da purse also has da power to hold investigate hearings and impeachmetns (cue donald trump sfuffering)
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wehn u vote for pres ur actually voting for
elecottototors (that comitted to voting for that canidate fo the party u checked out)
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how do ur votes correlate 2 electors
all the designated electors for ur state elect the president that wins popular vote
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how many electoral votes does nj got
14
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how many electoral votes do we get guys
based on states rep in congress: + 2 for senate (as in a flat +2, +1 for every senator) + 1 for every hr member
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lowest number of electoral votes
3, which dc gets lmaoaoaoaooa. (+2 for senate +1 for HR)
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big improtant tipper states
nd, wy, sd, vt, ak, de, dc (guess the acronym time!!)
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what num amendment gave dc vote
23rdomgish
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early voting
makes it easier for people 2 vote, 2 late if it happens after you vote ykykyk
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mail in voting
makes it easier x2, ballot harvesting
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in personal election day votign
standard citiizenship thing drivers license is not proof oc tcitizienship blah blah blah republicsans want this n this only cuz the other two thingies are democrat poliies omg
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republcian tickets whos awn it
trump, nikki haley, jd vance (jaems david vance)
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d ticket whos on it
joe biden, kamala, tim walz
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trump
lol a convicted felon who get persecuted in ny but lives in florida so he can still vote by a small legal exception otherwise hes trump obviously r a ton of legal battles get assassinated to omany times uh yea
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nikki haley
came in 2nd on that votey votey thingy i forgot if fhas a name but lost horribly lmao she did ok for not being trump ig its called the priamry btw ims tupid
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jd vance
new boi, little political expreine, oh senator, vp candidate, military, some business exp
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sleepy joe
bro hes joe biden hes tired all the time and he got berated with ageism allegations he stepped aside for kamal alike half way thru cuz he succed
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tim walz
gpvermer from minnesota, military exp, ex history teacher fella
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who shot trump!
thomas crooks
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rfk - ronald f kennedy maybe i forgor
independent candidate who noobdy gaf about oh but he threw his allegiance to trump and is telling people to vote for him even tho some states wont take him awf the ticket
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nicole sharahan
google lady vp of rfk rich ah lady married google ceo then divorced got sum money probably got chosen for her money threw her support to trump/vance
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swing states but the realest form
nv, nc, pa, ga, wi, mi, az
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how many votes 2 win ellection
270!!!!!!!!!!111 if tie goes to new hr!!! which decides from top 3Q!!! this happened in the corruipt bargain of 1862!!!!!!! happened twie lol!!!!! if it happens each state gets 1 vote that al l the hr peeps agree on so sigma.
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nj government people just name them bro
governor phil lmurphy, d interim senator george hemyl, d senator senior corey booker, d chris smith 4th, r frnak pallone 6th, D andy kim 3rd, d

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