Flach Cards Collections
house/senate organization seats
House Majority Leader, House Majority Whip, House Minority Leader, House Minority Whip, Main Leaderof Senate, President Protemp, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Whip, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Whip, Speaker of House
2011-04-28 • 11 Cards
Differences and Similarities of the Senate and House
Duties of House, Duties of Senate, Privileges of House, Privileges of Senate, Qualifications of House, Qualifications of Senate, Salary of House, Salary of Senate, Some duties of Members in House, Some duties of Members in Senate, Term of House, Term of Senate
2011-04-28 • 12 Cards
house senate and both
both, both, both, both, both, both, both, both, house, house, house, house, house, house, house
2011-04-28 • 27 Cards
Senate (upper)
Age Requirements, Date of Elections, Election of senators, How chosen originally, How chosen today, Length of a term, Length of Citizenship, Members per state, Powers of senate (cont), Powers of the Senate, President of the Senate, Residence, Senate Committees, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader
2011-04-28 • 18 Cards
Branches of Governmennt - Part One - Senate
(blank) all impeachment cases and can remove presidents from office, (blank) in the state he/she is representing, (blank) senators in total, (blank) upper house, Each state has (blank), QUALIFICATIONS: (blank) years old, QUALIFICATIONS: citizen for (blank) years, Serve (blank) year terms
2011-04-28 • 8 Cards
House or Senate Statements
Both, Both, both, both, both, both, House, House, House, House, house, house, house, house, house
2011-04-28 • 25 Cards
House of Representatives vs. Senate
Check and Balance of the two, House, House, House, House, House, House, House, House, House, Senate, Senate, Senate, Senate, Senate
2011-04-28 • 18 Cards
Senate and House Positions
House Majority Leader, House Majority Whip, House Minority Leader, House Minority Whip, President of the Senate, President Pro Tempore, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Whip, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Whip, Speaker of the House
2011-04-28 • 11 Cards
Civics Terms #3
Amendment, Articles of Confederation, bicameral, census, compromise, congress, Connecticut Compromise, debate, delegate, dissent, equal representation, federal, House of Representatives, legislative, proportional representation
2011-04-28 • 18 Cards
Senate Leadership
Majority leader, Majority whip, Minority leader, Minority whip, President of the Senate, President pro tem (been there longest)
2011-04-28 • 6 Cards
Legislators for the Senate
President pro tempore; aka longest serving member of the majority party, Majority leader of the Senate; schedules the votes, decides which bills are brought up, elected by party caucus, President of the Senate ; aka the Vice President
2011-04-28 • 3 Cards
House & Senate Differences
100 Members, 25+ Years, 30+ Years, 435 Members, 6 year terms, Live in the State they represent, Unlimited number of Terms, US Citizen for 5 years, US Citizen for 9 years
2011-04-28 • 9 Cards
requirements for president/ h of r/ senate
1. 25+ years of age 2. live in U.S. for 7 years 3. resident of state representing, 1. 35+ years of age 2. natural born in U.S. 3. resident of U.S. for 14 years, 1. 30+ Years of age 2. resident of state representing 3. live in U.S. for 9 years
2011-04-28 • 3 Cards
Congress/ Senate
A member of Congress can be expelled, a qualification for a House member, an example of expressed power of Congress, Committee, Committee chairperson, Congress, Congress can not, Congress does not have to power to, Congress has the sole power, example of implied power of Congress, expressed powers, number of seats in the Senate for each state is determined by, Senator must have been a US citizen for at least, standing committee, term for a senator
2011-04-28 • 15 Cards
12.4 - The Bill in the Senate
Limiting debate (Rule XXII in the Standing Rules of the Senate), Stalling tactic; minority of senators seeks to delay or prevent Senate action on a measure; Senate must either drop the bill or change it in some manner acceptable to the minority (attempt to "talk a bill to death"), If Congress adjourns its session within 10 days of submitting a bill to the President, and the President does not act, the measure dies, President's refusal to sign a bill
2011-04-28 • 4 Cards