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At the Constitutional Convention, the proposal to create a two-chamber legislature-with representative in both houses based on each state's population-was known as the
During the process of ratifying the Constitution, what was true of the three most populous states, Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York?
To extend a debate to prevent a bill from coming to a vote
Both houses of Congress depend on ________
House elections are held in _____ of ____ numbered years
____ a district means drawing lines so they include as many of the opposing party's voters as possible.
A filibuster can be stopped with ______ which limits the time
25 years old, citizen for 7 years, legal resident of the state
Once a bill makes it out of committee it goes to _________
The Census is taken every ____ years
30 years old, citizen for 9 years, legal resident of the state they precide over
____ a district means dividing the opponent's voters into other districts to weaken the opponents voter's base
All laws introduced are placed in the _______
Most procedures in Congress are organized around _______
Minimum people needed for official legislative action
If the House consents to unanimously to debate a bill out of regular order
Used for petitions to discharge a bill from committee
Gerrymandering is the dividing of a district with equal populations, but with boundary lines that ____
New congressional terms begin on _____ in ______ numbered years
A law that requires lobbyists to clearly state who their clients are and what they are lobbying for is