Two Houses of Congress
Legislative Branch
| |House of Representatives |Senate |
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|Number of members from Texas | | |
|Elected by? | | |
|Names of Texas members |District 7 | |
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| |District 10 | |
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|How often are members elected? | | |
|Qualifications | | |
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|Title of Presiding officer | | |
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|Name of the Presiding officer | | |
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|Responsibilities | | |
|Privileges of members of Congress | | |
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|Party that controls each House | | |
Two Houses of Congress
*We are currently in the ____ term of Congress and the ______ session.
*The United States Congress is a ____________ body, which means that it is made up of _________ houses.
* A _______________is the length of time between elections.
* A term of Congress lasts for _____________ years.
* The _____________amendment of 1933 changed the date of the start of a term of Congress from December to January _____. This amendment is sometimes called the Lame Duck amendment because it _____________________________________________________
*There are ___________ sessions to each term of Congress. Only the ___________ can call a special session of Congress .Since 1948(or after WWII) this has not been necessary because __________ ____________________ *The size of the House of Representatives is set by _________. *The seats in the House are __________ or redistributed among the States on the basis of ___________ after each __________ census. The _________________ Act of ______ set up “automatic reapportionment.” This act set the House at _________, but can be changed by another act of __________.
*Following each census, the ______ ________ determines the number of seats each state should have. The State __________ determines how the state will REAPPORTION its seats.
*Congressional election that occurs in non-presidential election years is called _____ _______ elections.
* The _____amendment in 1913 changed the selection of the US Senators by members of the ___________ __________ to an election by the ___________. The Senate is sometimes called “the house that never dies” because only _______ of the body goes up for reelection. * The people that members of Congress represent are called their ________________. * A person in office running for reelection is called an _________________.
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