Chapter 5 The Organization of Congress

Section 1 Congressional Membership

Bicameral Legislature


Sessions


What is the 20
th
Amendment?


How long does Congress meet for?


How many members are in the House of Representatives?


How does the Constitution set the number of representatives?


What are the qualifications for the House of Representatives?


Census


Reapportionment


Redistricting


Baker vs. Carr


Reynolds vs. Sims


Wesberry vs. Sanders


Gerrymandering

Elbridge Gerry


What does packing a district mean?


What are the qualifications for the Senate?


What are the terms of office?


What are some of the salaries and benefits for the senate memebers?


What is Franking privilege?


Hutchison vs. Premire


What is exclusion?


Powell vs. McCormack


Censure


Who makes up the members of Congress?


What are incumbents?


Why have incumbents been so successful?


Section 2 House of Representatives

What are the house rules?


What work do committees do?
Constituents


What do the leaders of the House of Representative do?
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What does the Speaker of the house do?


What is a caucus?


Who is currently speaker of the house?


What do the majority leaders do?


Whips


What does the minority party do?


What are bills?


What is the hopper?


Calendars do what?


What are the five calendars that the house uses?


Rules Committee =


Give some functions of the rules committee


What is a quorum?


Section 3 The Senate

Why is the atmosphere in the Senate more informal then the House of
Representatives?


Who presides over the Senate?


What are the duties of the vice president?


President Pro tempore


Who are the most important officers in the Senate?


What does the majority leaders do?


The Calendar of General Orders


Executive Calendar


Filibusters


What tactics are used to delay or prevent a vote?


What is Cloture?


Section 4 Congressional Committees

The committee system serves what purposes?
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What are the four basic kinds of committees and who does each do?
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Subcommittees


Selected Intelligences committee -


What is the committee chairpersons role?


What is the seniority system?


Section 5 Staff and support Agencies