Congressional Leadership - Reg Gov

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  1. 3. captain, organizer, persuader, or strategist: Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader
  2. 7. captain, organizer, persuader, or strategist: The majority leader in the House
  3. 10. captain, organizer, persuader, or strategist: the Whips
  4. 11. this person in the house sets the agenda, schedules debates, assigns members to committees
  5. 16. even though their party doesn't hold the most seats the _______ leader contributes to the agenda by fighting for their party's point of view.
  6. 18. this person is considered the president of the senate but all they can ever do is cast a vote in case of a 50-50 tie.
  7. 20. the house of _______ has 435 members
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  1. 1. this person has the power to set the agenda in the Senate and is the most powerful person in that house
  2. 2. this person is currently the president of the senate
  3. 4. Congress' "to do" list on what laws they decide to work on
  4. 5. Congress' terms of session last this amount of years
  5. 6. this is the person in both houses that makes sure party members support the party's interests and agenda when voting
  6. 8. review term: powers that are specifically written in Article 1 of the Constitution.
  7. 9. this is a ceremonial position that has no role in agenda setting but can fill in for the vice president when needed
  8. 12. captain, organizer, persuader, or strategist: the minority leaders in both houses
  9. 13. In the house the _______ leader helps the speaker with the agenda and assigns party members to committees
  10. 14. this house has 100 members
  11. 15. fancy name for a two house legislature
  12. 17. review term: powers that are not specifically stated but are necessary and proper to carry out a stated power of Congress.
  13. 19. the number of seats for each state in the house of reps is based on _______