1.Committee | | Manipulative Congressional District lines to favor a party in election |
2. Air Force One | | Number of Years aSenator Serves |
3. The Beast | | Office where the President does most of his work |
4. 1600 Pennsylvania Ave | | Total Number of Representatives California Has int he House |
5. 90% Die | | Address of the White House |
6. Bill | | What happens to most bills in Committee |
7. 25 | | AKA the Flying White house |
8. 435 | | Number of years that a Representative Serves |
9. 20,000 | | This position carries out decisions of their party and steer floor action to their party’s benefit. |
10. 30 | | Elected by the Senate and is always the leading member of the majority party. Assigns bills to committee |
11. 100 | | Number of Bills submitted to committee each year |
12. 2 years | | residents of a congressional district or state |
13. 6 years | | Total Number of Senators |
14. Lobbyists | | Current President of the Senate |
15. Gerrymandering | | Total Number of Representatives Alaska Has int he House |
16. Rider | | Position filled by the Vice President, The Vice President. May only vote to break ties in the Senate |
17. Constituents | | The House of Representatives is based on the _________ of a state |
18. Census | | People whose job it is to convince Congressmen to vote a particular way. |
19. Population | | A draft proposal of a Law that must be voted on before being sent to the president. |
20. Equal Representation | | Age Requirement for the House of Representatives |
21. Immunity | | Age requirement for the Senate |
22. Secret Service | | - legal protection. Congress members cannot be sued for anything they say while performing congressional business |
23. Nuclear football | | Considered the MOST important and powerful within the halls of Congress. Elected, and the acknowledged leader of the majority partying the House. |
24. Oval Office | | The Presidents Armored Limo |
25. West Wing | | An add on to a bill that would not normally get voted on |
26. Grassroots Lobbying | | Series of offices that were added to the White House by Teddy Roosevelt |
27. Joint Committee | | Organization that was formed to protect our money but now also protects the President |
28. Party Whips | | an organized effort to urge local citizens to try to influence the decisions of Washington |
29. Floor Leaders | | Total number of Representatives in the House |
30. President of the Senate | | the Number of Senators a state has is based on __________ |
31. Speaker of the House | | When members of both houses of congress meet together to discuss a bill |
32. joe Biden | | official population count, taken every 10 years, serves as the basis for distribution of Representatives |
33. President Pro-Tempore | | Where most of the Hard Work of Congress is done |
34. John Boehner | | This Position assists floor leaders. They keep count on who will vote on which bill and ensure party discipline |
35. 53 | | Current Speaker of the House |
36. 1 | | Presidents Briefcase that he must have at all times incase of war |