The Congress

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  1. 3. proposed law
  2. 5. the length of term for a US Senator is this many years
  3. 6. US House of Representatives elects members based on
  4. 8. Minimum age to become a US Representative
  5. 10. Each branch of the government has the power to limit the actions of the other two
  6. 14. US Senator from California
  7. 17. each election approximately what fraction of Congress is up for re-election?
  8. 18. Second in command of the US Senate
  9. 20. Bills that deal with what start in the House
  10. 21. listed powers of the Congress
  11. 22. number of members required to do business
  12. 24. What political position also is the President of the Senate?
  13. 26. What is Congress allowed to regulate?
  14. 28. 435 member half of the US Congress
  15. 33. single house system
  16. 34. Years of citizenship necessary to become a Senator
  17. 38. Members of the US House of Representatives are up for re-election this many years apart
  18. 39. person in office running for re-election
  19. 42. US government has 3 independent branches
  20. 46. US Representative from the North Valley
  21. 47. 2 house system
  22. 49. spreading voters of the same belief system into many districts
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  1. 1. The supreme law of the land
  2. 2. the most powerful position in Congress
  3. 4. What branch of government is the US Congress?
  4. 7. clause that says Congress can do something not in the Constitution as long as it relates to something that is
  5. 9. assistant floor leaders
  6. 11. US Senate and US House of Representatives together are known as
  7. 12. US Representative from Sherman Oaks
  8. 13. a proposal that won't pass on its own that gets attached to a bill that will pass
  9. 15. What is Congress allowed to collect?
  10. 16. Which chamber of Congress must approve a bill before it goes to the President?
  11. 18. The Senate confirms what?
  12. 19. meetings of the members of each party just before Congress convenes
  13. 23. The main job of Congress is to pass
  14. 25. How many steps for a bill to become a law?
  15. 27. drawing boundaries for a voting district to benefit a specific party
  16. 29. The number of factors Congress considers when voting for a law
  17. 30. a district where one person or party will continually win re-election
  18. 31. The majority needed to overturn a Presidential veto
  19. 32. Which article in the Constitution lays out the rules for Congress?
  20. 35. measure passed by one house that isn't actually a law
  21. 36. redistribution of Congressional seats every 10 years based on the census
  22. 37. 100 member half of the US Congress
  23. 40. US Senator from California
  24. 41. Vice President of the United States
  25. 43. Senator delays Senate action by talking at great lengths
  26. 44. Minimum age to become a Senator
  27. 45. Congress has the sole power to declare what?
  28. 48. putting voters of the same belief system into one district