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2 years which Congress serves |
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| Period of time during which, each year, Congress assembles and conducts business. There are 2 sessions to each term in Congress. |
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| to suspend until the next session |
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| to end or discontinue a session |
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| a meeting to deal with some emergency situation. |
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when the House of Rep. distribute seats among the states on the basis of their respective populations |
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| to redistribute seats in the House |
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| Congressional elections that occur in the nonpresidential years |
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| arrangement where the voters in each distric elect of the State's representatives from among a field of candidates running for a seat in the House of that district. |
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| elected from the State as a whole |
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| District lines drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the State's legislature. It is illegal. |
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| How many members are in the House of Rep? |
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| How long is a term in the House of Rep? |
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| How many members are in the Senate? |
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| How long is a term in the Senate? |
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| How old does a Senator have to be, to be elected? |
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| How many years US citizenship must a member of the House of Rep & Senate have? |
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7 for House of Rep
9 for Senate |
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| all of its seats are never up for election at the same time |
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| the people and interests the senators represent. |
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| Decions must be decided on its merits. Consience and independent judgment are their guides. Trustees call issues as they see them, regardless of the views held by their constituents or by any of the other groups that seek to influence their decisions. |
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| Lawmakers who owe their first allegiance to their political party |
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| Lawmakers who attempt to combine the basic elements of the trustee, delegate, and partisan roles |
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| Process by which Congress check that the various agencies in the executive branch are working effectively and acting in line with the policies that Congres has set by law. |
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| Benefit that allows members of Congress to mail letters without paying for postage. |
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| What are the three major roles members of Congress play? |
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-legislators and representatives of their constituents -committe members -servants of their constituents and politicians. |
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| How much are sentators paid in salary a year? |
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| How much are members of Congress paid in salary per year? |
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| Congress assigns to a particular use |
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Which of the 2 (House of Rep & Senate) feature groups of diversity? |
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| House of Rep is becoming more diverse while Senate is mostly middle aged white male |
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