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| House of Rep Qualifications |
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| you must be 25, 7 year citizen, 2 year term |
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| its illigal its a way to set congressional districts but through political affiliation rather than population. |
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| why is the whip powerful? |
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| the whip is powerful because he educates freshmen and gets people from his party to vote |
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| the people being re-elected for office, they previously already have held their position. |
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| they fill in for the vice president in the senate, and place rules on debate. |
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| What congressional term are we in |
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| Why do incumbants usually win. |
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| they have already done lots of case work, they have had a chance to raise lots of money during their period in office to spend on their campaign. they hold safe seat |
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| What does the conference committee do? |
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| they are in charge of proof reading all the bills. |
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| what does the House Rules Committee do? |
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| puts bills on the calander and sets rules for debate in the house |
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| What is a standing committee? |
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| a committee that is only temporary created to serve a certain purpose |
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| what are simple resolutions? |
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| statements of opinion from house or senate, it does not inforce anything |
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| what are concurrent resolutions? |
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| statement from both house and senate however it differs from simple resolution in the manner that it needs approval from both houses. can bring toops back from war! |
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| what is a joint resolution |
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| they are previously proposed ammendments, 2/3rds of both the house and the senate have to approv, and then the administrator general submits to the individual state of ratification. |
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| What are the 3 functions of congress |
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| soveriegn powers, financial powers and promotions and regulation. |
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| who is the majority leader in the senate? |
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| any bill requiring funding, |
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| a tax placed on goods that our government sees as bad. |
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| where does a bill go after it gets through the sub-committee |
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| it goes back to the main committee. |
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| they pertain to the house and senate, they are rights that the members have, freedom from arrest,freedom of opinion, and penalities of misconduct |
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| must be 30 years of age, a 7 year citizen, and live in the state you are representing. |
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| who is the president of the senate? |
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| Dick Cheyney our current vice president |
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