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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the major job of the legislative branch? - CORRECT ANSWERS
make laws
What two groups make up Congress? - CORRECT ANSWERS House of
Representatives and Senate
Who can call a special session of Congress? - CORRECT ANSWERS
president
Each state has how many senators? - CORRECT ANSWERS two
How are seats in the House of Representatives determined? - CORRECT
ANSWERS by population
How many memebers are in the senate? - CORRECT ANSWERS 100
How many members are in the House of Representatives? - CORRECT
ANSWERS 435
Qualifications for Senate - CORRECT ANSWERS minimum age 30,
U.S. citizen for 9 years, and resident of the state represented
qualifications for representatives - CORRECT ANSWERS 25 years of
age
U.S. citizen for 7 or more years
, Resident of state in which elected
What is the term of office for a Senator? - CORRECT ANSWERS 6
years
what is the term of office for reps? - CORRECT ANSWERS 2 years
who is the president of the senate - CORRECT ANSWERS VP Mike
Pence
Who is the leader of the House of Representatives? - CORRECT ANSWERS
Speaker of the House
who are the current senators from iowa? - CORRECT ANSWERS Joni
Earnst (r) Chuck Grassley (d)
who is your representative from the third congressional district? - CORRECT
ANSWERS cindy axne
What type of bills must originate in the House of Representatives? - CORRECT
ANSWERS bills that are becoming a law
how are changes made to the constitution? - CORRECT ANSWERS
congress with a 2/3 majority vote
which articale describes the legislative branch? - CORRECT ANSWERS
article 1
how many terms may a senator serve? - CORRECT ANSWERS 6