Respectively, the minimum age requirement for members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Dec 25, 2015
Respectively, the minimum age
requirement for members of the House of Representatives and
the Senate.
Respectively, members of the House and the Senate
are required to have resided in the United
States for at least how many years?
In 1963, following the decennial census, the number of seats in the House decreased from 437 to 435 as a result
of this process.
The Supreme Court ruled that this process which
allows Congress to adjust to population shifts by redrawing
congressional districts may be done more
frequently than after each U.S. census.
Although Congress alone is given formal law-making power, this action by the President also has the force of law.
Even though the Constitution specifies that all revenue bills must originate here, it is not unusual, today, to see budget bills considered simultaneously in both houses.
Power to charge the president, vice president, or other civil officers with Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
This is required to convict the president in a trial of impeachment, and approve presidential treaties.
The enhanced power of this particular officer has eroded the majority authority to control committee agenda.
This formal gathering of all Democratic party members is held to nominate or elect party officers, review committee assignments, discuss party policy, and impose party themes
House Republicans have a ‘Committee on
Committees’ to make committee assignments
and the Democrats version is called this.
The professionalization of the Speaker of the House reached its peak in 1903 under Speaker Joe Cannon. It was revitalized in the 1990’s giving this Speaker unprecedented control over the House.
This representative acts as the communications link within each party, takes nose counts on key votes, and convinces members to toe the party line.
The establishment of these bodies which allow for greater specialization are especially important in the House when considering legislation.
Investigations and special studies are conducted by both houses of Congress in this type of committee which often focuses public attention on major matters.
This is a type of joint committee where differences between Senate and House versions of a piece of legislation are ironed out.
These committees have considerable power
and can kill bills, amend them radically, or hurry them through.
In the face of committee inaction, a vote of 218, through
this action, can force a bill out of committee
to the floor for a vote.
Which members of Congress hold few committee assignments and are allowed to become policy or issue specialists?
Complete the following statement made by a
political scientist;“_________ ___________
are to members what stocks are to investors.”
Measures that allow legislators to bring jobs and new public works programs back to their
districts, improve their chances of reelection, and ironically
attract much public criticism are called what?
Congress can approve programs, but unless money for them is approved they are largely symbolic. This committee, which has this monetary impact, also provides its members with power and influence among their colleagues.
The number of years (term limits) a member of the
House or Senate can serve as a committee chair on any
one committee
One recent study found that 43 percent of the 198 House
members as well as 50 percent of the Senate members who left
Congress between 1998 and 2004 registered as this.
The fact that most Americans approve of their own members of Congress
while having very low regard for Congress collectively
illustrates the power of this.
An interesting poll of NBC and the Wall Street Journal found
that a majority of people agreed that society would be
better if most of the members of Congress were what?