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Bicameral
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A two house congress that balances the small states and large states
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Qualifications for House and Senate
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House: 25 years old, 7 year citizenship, must live in the state they represent.
Senate: 30 years old, 9 year citizenship, must live in the state they represent. |
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Indirect consequence of a bicameral legislative
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Gridlock, compromise, checks and balances
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Conneticut Compromise
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A decision made during the constitutional convention to give each state the same number of representatives in the senate and a house of representatives where the representation is determined by size.
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Most significant advantage for a Congressional candidate
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Franking Privileges
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House Powers
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Impeachment
Tie breaking in presidential election currency tax |
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Senate Powers
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Treaties
approve justices |
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Shared powers of House and Senate
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War
bills |
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435
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Number of members in the House of Representatives
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100
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Number of members in congress
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Delegate
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Role played by elected representatives who vote the way their constituients would want them to, regardless of their own opinions.
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Caucus
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Associations of members of congress created to advocate on behalf of an ideology, constiituiency or regional and economic interest
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Cloture / Cloture Rule
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Mechanism requiring sixty senators to vote to cut off debate.
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Committe system
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A process in which congress creates groups to specialize in a specific task, The majority party has the power to choose the committee chairs. The three types of committees are standing committees, select committees, and joint committees.
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Conference committees
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Joint committe created to iron out differences between Senate and House versions of a specific piece of legislation.
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