Ch 10 The Legislative Branch

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  1. 3. Who is the only one allowed to call Congress into special session?
  2. 5. The Senate's seats are never up for election at the same time.
  3. 7. How many members are in the House of Representatives?
  4. 9. How many years do senators serve?
  5. 10. Lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party.
  6. 12. Trustees believe that each question they face must be decided on its ______?
  7. 14. Who favored a bicameral Congress in order that one house might act as a check on the other.
  8. 16. 15 members of the Senate have been expelled by that body, 1 in 1797 and 14 during the ________?
  9. 17. Today, ________ and representatives are paid $169,600 a year.
  10. 18. Gerrymandering based solely on race, however is a violation of which amendment?
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  1. 1. What are the congressional elections that occur in the nonpresidential years - that is, between presidential elections?
  2. 2. How old do you have to be to become a Senator?
  3. 3. What attempts to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles.
  4. 4. As the nation's population grew, and as the number of states increased, so did the size of the _____.
  5. 6. The Senate has been called into special session alone how many times?
  6. 8. How many terms does Congress last?
  7. 9. Members of the House and Senate also act as ________ of their constituents.
  8. 11. Over more than 200 years, the House has expelled only ____ members.
  9. 13. _________ legislature - that is, one made up of two house.
  10. 15. What did the Senate call Durenberger's conduct?