The Legislative Process & It's Influences

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1/3 of the Senate seats are up for re-election

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Allows for direct election of Senators​

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Counting of each state's population every 10 years​

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Assigning Congressional seats based on population​

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Continuous Body

17th Amendment

Census

Apportionment

Multiple Choice

The Senate's constituency is _________ while the House of Representatives constituency is _____________.

• state; congressional districts
• district; state legislatures
• city; local municipalities
• region; state assemblies

Multiple Choice

After a national census has been taken, changes in population distribution cause the changing of congressional seats among the states. This effect is commonly called

• Congressional districting

• Apportionment

• Gerrymandering

• Reapportionment

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Match the following

• 6 year term

• 2 year term

• 17th Amendment

• 100 members

• 435 members

senate serve

House of Representatives serve

Direct Election of Senators

Senate has

HOR has

• senate serve

• House of Representatives serve

• Direct Election of Senators

• Senate has

• HOR has

Match

Match the following

• vice president

• population

• representatives

• legislative

• term

casts a Senate vote only in case of a tie

basis of representation in the House of Representatives

focus on their districts, rather than the entire state

Framers planned for this branch to be the most powerful

the two-year period during which Congress meets

• casts a Senate vote only in case of a tie

• basis of representation in the House of Representatives

• focus on their districts, rather than the entire state

• Framers planned for this branch to be the most powerful

• the two-year period during which Congress meets

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Representation in the House of Representatives is based on a state's ​

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while in the Senate, every state has ​

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​ representatives.

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population

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