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67 Cards in this Set
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What is often referred to as the people's branch?
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Congress
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Who was the first women in Congress?
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Janet Rankin
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What was the first state that allowed women to vote?
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Wyoming
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Who was the first black in Congress?
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Joseph Rainey
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Who was the first black senator?
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Senator Reveals
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We are currently in what session of Congress?
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109th
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What ammendment tells us about the congressional term?
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20th ammendment
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How long is each congressional session?
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2 years
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What is the time restraint on ratifying an ammendment?
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7 years
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We have had more presidents from which branch of Congress?
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Senate
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What is a filibuster?
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A tactic used in the senate to block a bill
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Which branch of congress has unlimited debate?
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Senate
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What is a cloture?
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a vote to end a filibuster
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What are 7 important functions of Congress?
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1) Representation
2) Law making 3) Concenus building 4) Over seeing the bureaucracy 5) Policy Clarification 6) Confirming president appointees and ratifying 7) Investigating operations of govt agencies and other problems |
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Which branch gets a say on Vice President?
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House
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What ammendment requires a vice president?
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25th
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What are some criticisms of Congress?
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-Inefficient
-Unrepresentative -Unethical -Lacks collective responsibility -Delegats too much to the executive branch -Too responsive to organized interests |
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Which branch of congress must do annual financial disclosures?
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House and Senate
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What runs our system?
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money
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Who was the first woman leader in Congress? And what leadership title did she hold?
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Pelosi, House Minority leader
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Who are Oklahomas 2 senators?
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Inhofe, Colburn
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How is the senate represented?
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through equal representation among the states
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What created our bicameral legislature?
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The Great Compromise
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There are how many members in the house?
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435
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In 1789, there was 1 representative for every _____ people?
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30,000
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How many members were there in the first session of the house?
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65
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How many electoral college votes were there in 1789?
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91, 65 House + 26 Senate
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CA has the largest congressional delegation, what is it?
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55, 53 house 2 Senate
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Since 1912, Congressional districts contain approximately how many people?
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500,000
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435 members of house became the fixed number in what year?
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1929
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How long is a house term?
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2 years
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What percentage of senate members stay in place, creating stability?
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2/3
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Where in the constitution can you find about the census?
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Art. 1, Sec 2, Clause 3
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How often is the census conducted?
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every 10 years
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What 2 things does the census do for us?
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1) it appropriates the # of seats in the house
2) it allocates federal dollars |
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When does the new congressional term start?
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January 3
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What is reapportionment?
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lose or gain representation based on the census(nat'l level)
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What is redistricting?
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lose or gain representation on a local level
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What is the minimum age you can be to be a senator?
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30
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What is the minimum years you have to be a citizen to be a senator?
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9 years
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What ia a requirement, to be elected a senator?
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must be an inhabitant of the state he/she represents (resident)
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What is prohibited to being elected a senator?
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tou can hold any other office
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Term of a senator is?
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6 years
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Approximately how much of the senate is elected every 2 years?
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1/3
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What is the minimum age requirement to be a house member?
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25
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Minimum number of years a house member must be a citizen?
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7 years
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Requirements of potential house members?
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Must be a resident of the state; not the district, although it is politically practiced that you must be a resident in the district
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What is prohibited of future house members?
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must hold no other office
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What is the term house members serve?
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2 years
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The 110th session of congress starts?
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Jan 3 2007
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House/Senate members make approximately how much money?
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160/165,000
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What is an incumbent?
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the person who currently holds the office
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What is a challenger?
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the person who is running against the incumbent
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5 advantages of incumbency?
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1) Name recognition
2) Staff 3) Travel Allowance 4) Money 5) Work hard for us/experience |
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What is a franking privilege?
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incumbents are allowed to self promote themselves without using their own money
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Name a house representative from Oklahoma?
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Representative Lucas, of the 3rd congressional district
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Staff members of incumbents do?
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casework
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what is casework?
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individual work done for constitutents
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the average sucessful house seat costs?
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750, 000
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average sucessful senate seat costs?
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4 million
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what is the percentage of relected incumbents in the house?
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95-98%
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Senators represent?
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the whole state
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House members represent?
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a portion of the state
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What is the significant difference between house and senate?
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how decisions are made
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Decisions are made where in the senate?
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on the floor
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the vice president serves as what in the senate?
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the president of the senate
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Decisions are made how in the house?
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through committees
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