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22 Cards in this Set
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# of Electoral votes needed to win the presidency
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270
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# of Representatives in the House
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435
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# of members in the Senate
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100
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Length of terms for Representatives and Senators
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2 and 6
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Age to be a Representative and Senator
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25 and 30
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% of bills that become law
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> 5%
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# of signatures needed to file for cloture
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16
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# of days needed to wait to vote for cloture after obtaining the necessary number of signatures
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2
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# of Senate votes needed to invoke cloture
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60 (3/5 of full Senate)
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# of Senate votes needed to invoke cloture prior to LBJ's presidency
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67 (2/3 of full Senate)
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Fraction of Senate votes necessary to ratify treaties
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2/3
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Vote necessary from both houses to overturn a presidential veto
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2/3
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Size of congressional staffs in the 1940s and currently
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4,000 and 40,000 approximately
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Date of the Marbury vs. Madison court case
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1803
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# of District courts in the Federal System
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94
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Number of Appeals or Circuit Courts in the Federal System
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12
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Number of Justices on the Supreme Court
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9
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Rule of Four
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Supreme Court of the United States practice that permits four of the nine justices to grant a writ of certiorari
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Number of cases presented to the Supreme Court on Appeal each year
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4,000-5,000
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Number of cases considered by Supreme Court
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about 150
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Average number of committees that a Senator belongs to
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12
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Number of days needed to pass for a bill to become pocket vetoed
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10
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