Politics of the United States Questions
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Doing casework means helping individual constituents with problems such as....
Do incumbents of the House or the Senate have a better percentage of being reelected?
The _______ is less centralized and disciplined and has weaker leadership because it has less members and each of its members votes count the same.
The _______________ is the most important leader in the House of Representatives. They hold the only legislative office mandated by the Constitution.
_____________ are individuals who already hold office. Most of them decide to run for reelection.
The constitution specifies only that members of the House much be at least _____ years old and have been American citizens for ____ years.
t/f There are so few women in congress because fewer women become major party nominees for office and women with children have more responsibility and are less ambitious about running for office.
Activities of members of Congress that help constituents as individuals, particularly by cutting through bureaucratic red tape to get people what they think they have a right to get
American has a ________ legislation which is a legislation divided into 2 houses.
Constituents vote choices are more responsive to the policy records of _________ legislators and they also appraise these candidates higher than male candidates on non-policy characteristics such as integrity, competence, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
There are 535 members of Congress. A _______ are members of the Senate. The other _______ are members of the House of Representatives.
The constitution specifies only that the senators must be at least ___ years old and have been American citizens for __ years.
t/f Each members of congress must reside in the state from which they are elected
The Speaker of the House is selected by the ________ ________ and is normally a _________ member of that party.
supreme court interprets/applies constitution in cases they hear decide which laws are unconstitutional
majority of people needed to votecant speak for more than hour w/o unanimous consent
commander in chief of armed forcesadd states to the USexec agreements and orders made war and armed forces abroad
popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, federalism.
legis - veto legislation, call special sessions judicial - apoints supreme court justices, federal judges
25, resident of the state you are running from, us citizen for 7 years