Q8

In which chamber does each state have the same number of votes, no matter how large or small its population?

Which has the final approval for signing new bills into law?

What conflict did the Framers resolve by choosing a bicameral legislature?

A bicameral legislature describes a legislative body made of _____.

How long does a typical session of Congress last?

How many senators are serving in the Senate today?

The first session of a Congress begins _____.

The number of senators would increase only if _____.

Which comparison of the House and Senate is true?

In deciding on a bicameral legislature, the Framers followed the example of _____.

Each state is divided into _____ for representation in the House of Representatives.

How often are elections held for the House of Representatives?

To be elected to the House, representatives must _____.

Which statement about the House of Representatives is true?

How is each state's representation in the House of Representatives determined?

To avoid punishment for serious crimes, House members will sometimes _____.

The leader of the House of Representatives is known as _____.

Each of the 435 members of the House of Representatives is elected _____.

What is determined by the census that is taken every ten years?

How many senators serve in the Senate today?

Which is true about a senator's term in office?

How long must candidates for senator have been citizens of the United States?

Which comparison of the House and Senate is true?

For whom do senators and representatives work?

How many members of the Senate have been expelled?

Which statement is true about the qualifications for senators?

Who has the power to expel senators from office?

Which part of the Senate is up for election at any one time?

How did the Framers of the Constitution hope to make the Senate a more responsible body than the House?

There are _____ senators from each state.

For whom do senators and representatives work?

Candidates who want to run for the Senate must be at least _____.

In which political body does each state have the same number of votes, no matter how large or small its population?

A senator may serve _____.

The Framers of the Constitution wanted to be sure that every state would be represented _____.

What special privilege does the Constitution give members of Congress?

Aside from a salary, what is a benefit that members of Congress enjoy as a part of their compensation as elected federal officials?

Which statement best describes senators and members of the House of Representatives?

What is the franking privilege?

_____ is the most important job a member of Congress does.

One option a member of Congress can follow for how to cast a vote is as _____, or person who has been given power to act for others.

When a member of Congress votes as a delegate, he or she _____.

What is a drawback of a member of Congress voting as a partisan?

What is a benefit of a member of Congress voting as a politico?

The Framers of the Constitution hoped the smaller Senate would _____.

_____ is the most important job a member of Congress does.

How long is one term for a member of the House of Representatives?

Which comparison of the House and Senate is true ?

Which is true about the makeup of Congress?

The Framers of the Constitution created a bicameral legislature made up of _____.

Which has the final approval for signing new bills into law?

What happens if the President and the Vice President are unable to serve out their terms?

What is the franking privilege?

Senators and representatives work for _____.

For whom do senators and representatives work?

How often does the Constitution require Congress to reapportion seats in the House of Representatives?

How often are elections held for the House of Representatives?

A senator may serve _____.

Candidates who want to run for the Senate must be at least _____.

What is the franking privilege?

How did the Framers of the Constitution hope to make the Senate a more responsible body than the House?

The number of senators would increase only if _____.

How is each state's representation in the House of Representatives determined?

Some states elect their representatives at-large, which means _____.

States with the largest populations _____.

What conflict did the Framers resolve by choosing a bicameral legislature?

In which political body does each state have the same number of votes, no matter how large or small its population?

To be elected to the House, representatives must _____.

How many senators are serving in the Senate today?

To serve well, senators need to have _____.

All the members of Congress can vote on a bill when _____.

What happens if the President and the Vice President are unable to serve out their terms?

In _____, each state is represented according to the size of its population.

A suggested new law is called a _____.

In all but seven years since 1930, the federal government _____.

Which is a limit the Constitution places on the commerce power?

Which practice did the federal government use to deal with the Great Depression?

Why did the Framers give Congress the power to issue currency?

What can Congress do through its commerce power?

Which can Congress do under the expressed powers granted to it by the Constitution?

Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution lists _____ of Congress.

Which type of currency was not used in the United States during its early years?

When the federal government spends more money than it takes in, it borrows money to make up the difference. What is this called?

A major problem with the Articles of Confederation was that the document _____.