This is Jeopardy!

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The SenateThe House of

Representatives Powers Terms Miscellaneous

Has a term of this many years.

Must be this old to become a member

This made it possible to directly elect senators

The president of the Senate

When the president of the Senate is absent this person presides in their

place.

The term of office for a Representative

The number of members in the House of Representatives

Because they are based on population the House

is considered this.

To be a member of the House one must be a citizen for this many

years.

He is our 2nd district representative.

The powers written in the Constitution are

examples of this kind of power

This is where you can find the powers of

Congress in the Constitution

The Necessary and Proper Clause is also

called this

Even though the President is the

Commander in Chief, Congress has this power

over him.

This clause gives Congress the power to

set the rules of Naturalization

The Senate is considered this because they never have all of their seats up for election at the same

time

The act of drawing district lines to benefit a

certain party

The people of a legislative district

Senators today are elected by direct

elections of the people of the state because of

this

Every ten years the seats of the House of

Representative are _____ among the states because of the change in

populations

Because Congress is made up of two houses

it is considered this

The number of members of Congress the state of

Indiana sends

After the House has impeached the President the Senate must do this

Many members of Congress come from this

kind of background

Members of Congress have this, the ability to not pay for postage and

printing

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The House 2 The Senate 2

Terms 2 MiscellaneousHow a Bill Becomes a

Law

This person presides of the House of

Representatives

The minimum age requirement for the

House

Party of the President generally loses House

members in these election years

This committee is in the House but not the Senate, it will look at the process of debate

on each bill.

The House has this many different

calendars that bills have to make it onto

The Senate is sometimes referred to as this,

stemming from the idea of hierarchy in government

Some consider the Senate the stepping

stone to this

The newly elected Senator from Indiana

During lawmaking they are generally

more or less formal?

The Senate doesn’t always meet as a whole,

they keep tabs on the Senate floor through

these.

See themselves as agents for the people

who elected them

Believe that each question must be decided on merit

Believe that they owe their first allegiance to

their political party

Try to be a combination of all the types of voters

To accuse or bring charges up against an

elected official

The first thing a bill must do before it can be

considered is be this

In both the House and the Senate the bill must

go to these

These can be added to a bill to make it more appealing for other members to vote

favorably

The Senate has the power to do this to delay

a vote and further discussion on a bill

Once the bill has passed both the House and

Senate, the first time, it must go to this.

In committees this can determine who the

Committee Chairperson is.

These are committees that are permanent

These are the accepted leaders of their parties

Only these two things can hold the force of law

when passed

The ability of Congress to regulate trade is

found under this named clause

Final Jeopardy!

When Congress has adjourned its session

within 10 days of giving the President a bill and it dies because he doesn’t

sign it