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• Section 2
• 1. The House of Representatives
• 2. Representative
• 3. 25
• 4. U.S. Citizen
• 5. You must live in the state you
represent
PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT
•Section 3
•1. The Senate, senator
•2. 30
•3. 9 years
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•Section 5
•1. Both make their
own rules
•2. 2/3 or 67 Senators
WHO DOES WHAT?
The House of
Representatives
•B
•E
•I
Both
D
F
H
The Senate
•A
•C
•G
COMPROMISE!
• House Version of the Education Bill
• Extend the school year by 10 days
• Lengthen the school day by one hour
• Senate Version of the Education Bill
• Extend the school year by 6 days
• Require the school day to start earlier
COMPROMISE-FIND A SOLUTION!
• Item One
• Extend the school year by
[(10+6)/2] by 8 days.
• Item Two
• Lengthen the school day by
making it start one hour earlier.
COMPROMISE-GETTING SUPPORT
•Which chamber will
support your compromise
the most?
•Would they both agree?
•Explain your answer.
SELF-CHECK QUIZ
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
• 1The Senate has _____ members.
•
A)
50
•
B)
100
•
C)
435
•
D)
538
• 2 The most powerful leader within the House of
Representatives is the _____.
•
A)
majority leader
•
B)
president pro tempore
•
C)
Speaker of the House
•
D)
majority whip
SELF-CHECK QUIZ
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
• 3 A _____ committee is a permanent committee.
•
A)
conference
•
B)
select
•
C)
special
•
D)
standing
• 4 Congress's implied powers are derived from _____.
•
A)
the enumerated list
•
B)
the "necessary and proper" clause
•
C)
the first 17 clauses of Article I, Section 8
•
D)
habeas corpus
SELF-CHECK QUIZ
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
• 5 People hired by private groups to influence
government decision makers are called _____.
•
A)
pages
•
B)
special-interest groups
•
C)
standing committees
•
D)
lobbyists
• 6 A member of the House of Representatives must be
at least _____ years old.
•
A)
21
•
B)
25
•
C)
30
•
D)
35
SELF-CHECK QUIZ
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
• 7 A government project or grant that primarily benefits
the home district or state of a particular member of
Congress is called a _____.
•
A)
kickback
•
B)
piece of the pie
•
C)
rollover
•
D)
pork-barrel project
• 8 A tactic for defeating a bill in the Senate by talking a bill
to death is called a _____.
•
A)
cloture
•
B)
rally
•
C)
filibuster
•
D)
rider
SELF-CHECK QUIZ
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
• 9 Congress may not pass _____ laws, which make an
act a crime after the act has been committed.
•
A)
impeachment
•
B)
implied powers
•
C)
cloture
•
D)
ex post facto
• 10 Congress can override the president's veto with a
_____ vote of each house.
•
A)
majority
•
B)
two-thirds
•
C)
three-fourths
•
D)
seven-eighths