Review on Congress Unit
Who draws Congressional districts
Gerrymandering
Malapportionment
Qualifications to be a member of the House of Representatives
Qualifications to be a Senator
Length of term for members of the House of Reps
Length of term for Senators
What Congress can do if the President vetoes a bill
How Congressmen are compensated
What Powers the Senate has that the House does not
Speaker of the House
Majority/Minority Leaders
Role of the Vice President in the Senate
Whips
Quorum
Filibuster
How to end a filibuster
Pocket Veto- President leaves on desk for 10 days
Cloture- vote to end a filibuster
Bicameral Legislature
# of total members in the House of Reps
# of total members in the Senate
# per state in House of Reps
# per state in Senate
House of Reps role in electing the President
Senate’s Role in Electing the Vice President
Staggered terms in the Senate
When Members of Congress are elected (as stated in the Constitution)
Debt
Deficit
If a new state joins the union…
How will it affect the House of Reps?
How will it affect the Senate?
Necessary and Proper Clause
Elastic Clause powers assumes in order to carry out the Expressed Powers
Standing Committee
Primary Reason Congress Has Committees
Ways to take a vote in Congress (3)
How a bill becomes a law
How a bill becomes a law without the President’s signature (2 ways)—
Joint Resolution—
Significance of the following in Congress:
Joe Biden
John Boehner
Nancy Pelosi
Peter Roskam
Dick Durbin
Mark Kirk
Harry Reid
Mitch McConnell
Roles of Congresspeople
What commerce power means
Impeach
Censure
Demographics of Congress (How much they reflect the population)
Graduated/Progressive Income Tax