This is Jeopardy!

1. This is Jeopardy!

2. The House of Representatives Terms Powers Miscellaneous The Senate 200 200 200 200 200 400 400 400 400 400 600 600 600 600 600 800 800 800 800 800 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000

3. Has a term of this many years.

4. Must be this old to become a member

5. This made it possible to directly elect senators

6. The president of the Senate

7. When the president of the Senate is absent this person presides in their place.

8. The term of office for a Representative

9. The number of members in the House of Representatives

10. Because they are based on population the House is considered this.

11. To be a member of the House one must be a citizen for this many years.

12. He is our 2nd district representative.

13. The powers written in the Constitution are examples of this kind of power

14. This is where you can find the powers of Congress in the Constitution

15. The Necessary and Proper Clause is also called this

16. Even though the President is the Commander in Chief, Congress has this power over him.

17. This clause gives Congress the power to set the rules of Naturalization

18. The Senate is considered this because they never have all of their seats up for election at the same time

19. The act of drawing district lines to benefit a certain party

20. The people of a legislative district

21. Senators today are elected by direct elections of the people of the state because of this

22. Every ten years the seats of the House of Representative are _____ among the states because of the change in populations

23. Because Congress is made up of two houses it is considered this

24. The number of members of Congress the state of Indiana sends

25. After the House has impeached the President the Senate must do this

26. Many members of Congress come from this kind of background

27. Members of Congress have this, the ability to not pay for postage and printing

28. The Senate 2 The House 2 Terms 2 How a Bill Becomes a Law Miscellaneous 400 400 400 400 400 800 800 800 800 800 1200 1200 1200 1200 1200 1600 1600 1600 1600 1600 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000

29. This person presides of the House of Representatives

30. The minimum age requirement for the House

31. Party of the President generally loses House members in these election years

32. This committee is in the House but not the Senate, it will look at the process of debate on each bill.

33. The House has this many different calendars that bills have to make it onto

34. The Senate is sometimes referred to as this, stemming from the idea of hierarchy in government

35. Some consider the Senate the stepping stone to this

36. The newly elected Senator from Indiana

37. During lawmaking they are generally more or less formal?

38. The Senate doesn’t always meet as a whole, they keep tabs on the Senate floor through these.

39. See themselves as agents for the people who elected them

40. Believe that each question must be decided on merit

41. Believe that they owe their first allegiance to their political party

42. Try to be a combination of all the types of voters

43. To accuse or bring charges up against an elected official

44. The first thing a bill must do before it can be considered is be this

45. In both the House and the Senate the bill must go to these

46. These can be added to a bill to make it more appealing for other members to vote favorably

47. The Senate has the power to do this to delay a vote and further discussion on a bill

48. Once the bill has passed both the House and Senate, the first time, it must go to this.

49. In committees this can determine who the Committee Chairperson is.

50. These are committees that are permanent