Ch 10 Congress

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  1. 4. Only a fraction of its seats up for election at any one time, the Senate is the sole_______ in Congress.
  2. 5. An emergency may prompt the President to call a _____________ of Congress
  3. 7. Congress must meet formally at least twice during each_____ to carry out the business of lawmaking.
  4. 10. How old do you have to be in order to be a member of the House?
  5. 13. Senators are elected for _________ year terms
  6. 14. States with only one member in the House of Representatives use the ________ system to elect their representative.
  7. 16. seats in the House of Representatives are ________among the states according to their populations.
Down
  1. 1. The regular period of time which Congress conducts business.
  2. 2. few members of congress today are _________.
  3. 3. Voters choose among candidates running exclusively in their districts under the ________ system of election.
  4. 6. Compensation for the Senate and the House is ______
  5. 8. The ___________ establishes the number of Senate seats each state gets.
  6. 9. The total number of seats in the House is _____ by the constitution.
  7. 11. How long do you need to be a citizen to serve in the Senate?
  8. 12. Gerrymandering generally takes place at the ________ level.
  9. 15. How many members does each state get in the Senate?
  10. 17. do you need to live in the congressional district you represent in congress?